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A qualitative investigation of smoke-free policies on hospital property [PDF]
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2011 Many hospitals have adopted smoke-free policies on their property. We examined the consequences of such polices at two Canadian tertiary acute-care hospitals.We conducted a qualitative study using ethnographic techniques over a six-month period. Participants (n=186) shared their perspectives on and experiences with tobacco dependence and managing the ...
Annette S H, Schultz +3 more
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Barriers to implement a smoke free hospital : What action should be taken? [PDF]
, 2014 Objective: Tobacco is leading to increased morbidity and mortality. Hospitals have a key role to play in the effective control of tobacco. The aim of this survey was to identify the barriers in implementing a smoke free hospital.
Farrugia, Luisa +6 more
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Tobacco Use Insights, 2018 Objective: To provide a nontraditional source of data to university policymakers regarding student, faculty, and staff approval of university smoke/tobacco-free policies, as published through campus newspaper articles. Methods: From January to April 2016,
Christopher M Seitz +3 more
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MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2018 Each year in the United States, cigarette smoking causes an estimated 480,000 deaths, including approximately 41,000 deaths from secondhand smoke exposure among nonsmoking adults (1). Smoke-free policies protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke exposure,
Teresa W. Wang +6 more
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Compliance with the smoke-free policy in hospitals in Spain: the patients’ perspective
European Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2022 Objective To explore compliance with the smoke-free policy in hospitals in Catalonia, Spain, by exploring inpatients’ perceptions. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study of a random sample of 1047 inpatients from 13 public hospitals.
Fu Balboa, Marcela +8 more
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University Smoke-free Policies in Australia: Lessons for Indonesia [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Eliminating exposure to second-hand smoke is one of the best practices to control noncommunicable diseases. Indonesia has been dealing with growing burdens of noncommunicable disease due to the high and persistent prevalence of tobacco ...
Gartner, C. (Coral) +5 more
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Effect of smoke-free policies on the behaviour of social smokers [PDF]
Tobacco Control, 1999 To test the hypothesis that proposed amendments to the Occupational Safety and Health Act making all enclosed workplaces in Western Australia smoke free would result in a decrease in cigarette consumption by patrons at nightclubs, pubs, and restaurants without adversely affecting attendance.Cross sectional structured interview survey.Patrons of several
Philpot, SJ +5 more
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Malaysian health promotion board (MySihat) smoke-free city initiative
, 2018 Background and challenges to implementation Malaysia became a signatory to the WHO-FCTC on 23 September 2003 and ratified on 16 September 2005. National comprehensive smoke-free laws are ideal to protect the citizens from exposure to second hand smoke ...
Manimaran Krishnan
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Market regulation and firm performance: the case of smoking bans in the UK [PDF]
, 2009 This paper analyzes the effects of a ban on smoking in public places upon firms and consumers. It presents a theoretical model and tests its predictions using unique data from before and after the introduction of smoking bans in the UK.
Adda, Jerome +10 more
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One Last Puff? Public Smoking Bans and Smoking Behavior [PDF]
This paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in the timing
Kvasnicka, Michael +2 more
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