ArticlePublic health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
Employee smoking behavior changes and attitudes following a restrictive policy on worksite smoking in a large company.
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- Effect of smoke-free workplaces on smoking behaviour: systematic review.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2002Pooled it
- The Healthy Worker Project: a work-site intervention for weight control and smoking cessation.American journal of public health · 1993Trial
- Effect of an eight week smoking ban on women at US navy recruit training command.Tobacco control · 2000Article
- The effects of household and workplace smoking restrictions on quitting behaviours.Tobacco control · 1999Article
- Smoking control in restaurants: the effectiveness of self-regulation in Australia.American journal of public health · 1993Article
- An evaluation of the workplace smoking bylaw in the city of Toronto.American journal of public health · 1993Article
- [Restrictions to smoking at the workplace and smoking habits: a literature review].Sozial- und Praventivmedizin · 1992Review
- Prevalence and restrictiveness of smoking policies in King County, Washington, manufacturing worksites.American journal of public health · 1990Article
- Effects of workplace smoking bans on cigarette consumption.American journal of public health · 1990Article
- The power of policy: the relationship of smoking policy to adolescent smoking.American journal of public health · 1989Article
- A comparative evaluation of a restrictive smoking policy in a general hospital.American journal of public health · 1989Article
- An evaluation of the Vermont worksite smoking law.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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Abstract
A Connecticut insurance company adopted a policy prohibiting smoking in all work areas. Three months later, the authors assessed smoking behavior changes and attitudes of a sample of 1,210 employees, 56.6 percent of the total. The survey showed that the policy of no smoking in the work areas did not markedly affect smoking cessation, that it reduced cigarette consumption for those who continued to smoke, that those who previously smoked most were most likely to reduce consumption, and that despite negative feelings about the policy by smokers, only 29 percent of smokers and 4 percent of nonsmokers wanted a worksite smoking policy eliminated. During the 1-year prepolicy period, smoking prevalence decreased from 25.2 percent to 23.6 percent of the sample. During the 3-month postpolicy period, smoking prevalence decreased to 22.0 percent. During the prepolicy period, consumption did not change significantly (from 0.99 to 0.95 packs per day) and few smokers increased (11 percent) or decreased (13 percent) consumption. During the postpolicy period, consumption decreased by 32 percent to 0.67 packs per day, and 12 times as many smokers decreased (44 percent) as increased (3.5 percent) consumption. Of those who smoked at least two packs per day, 93 percent smoked less after the policy. Among nonsmokers, 70 percent thought the policy had a positive overall effect on the work environment, compared with 19 percent of smokers.
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