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ArticleLa Medicina del lavoro2021

Smoking at the workplaces in Italy after the smoking ban in the Lazio Region.

Luca Enrico Ruscitti, Fulvio Castellani, Giuseppe La Torre, Maria De Giusti, Fabio Dominici, Pasquale Valente

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Article in La Medicina del lavoro, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Luca Enrico RuscittiLocal Health Unit Roma 5, Department of Prevention, Rome, Italy. lucaenrico.ruscitti@aslromag.it.
Fulvio CastellaniSapienza University of Rome, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases. fulvio.castellani@uniroma1.it.
Giuseppe La TorreSapienza University of Rome, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases. giuseppe.latorre@uniroma1.it.
Maria De GiustiSapienza University of Rome, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases. maria.degiusti@uniroma1.it.
Fabio DominiciLocal Health Unit Viterbo, Department of Prevention, Viterbo, Italy. spisllmed@asl.vt.it.
Pasquale ValenteLocal Health Unit Roma 5, Department of Prevention, Rome, Italy. pasquale.valente@aslromag.it.
Sapienza University of Rome · ITAzienda Sanitaria Locale Roma 3 · ITAzienda Sanitaria Locale Viterbo · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn Italy, an anti-smoking law was issued in 2003, with the aim of reducing tobacco smoking inside public places.

objectivesThe aim of the study was to assess the observance of the smoking ban in Italy, during the period 2010-2014, in several workplaces and to evaluate the perception of workers, both smokers and non-smokers, on this issue.

methodsThis cross-sectional study analyzed data resulting from a self-administered questionnaires in 59 companies, from several working sectors (transport, healthcare and building), in the Latium Region in Italy.

resultsOut of 7200 questionnaires, 6996 were included in the analysis: 43.7% of the employees think that the smoking ban is respected in the workplace; women are more prone to think that the ban is not observed. Smokers tend to perceive the ban to be respected (AOR: 0.69; 95% CI: 0.62-0.77) while non-smokers feel more exposed to second-hand smoke (AOR: 1.57; 95% CI: 1.39-1.77). Workers in intellectual and highly specialized professions (AOR: 1.63; 95% CI: 1.25-2.13), technical professions (AOR: 1.64; 95% CI: 1.28-2.10) and craftsmen, skilled workers and farmers (AOR: 1.42; 95% CI: 1.09-1.85) tend to perceive the smoking ban not to be observed and the last two classes are the ones who feel the most exposed to second-hand smoke (AOR: 6.68; 95% CI: 0.50-0.90; AOR: 0.52; 95% CI: 0.38-0.70). DISCUSSION: The results of this study can be used as a starting point for the implementation of new strategies to reduce tobacco addiction, beginning from the compliance with the ban on smoking in the workplace and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle.

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Smoke-Free PolicyTobacco Smoke PollutionCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansItalySmoking PreventionWorkplaceTobacco Smoke Pollution

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