1. Effect of anti-smoking legislation on school staff smoking may dissipate over time.
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O’Loughlin, Erin K., Tremblay, Michèle, Dugas, Erika N., Barry, Amadou-diogo, and O’Loughlin, Jennifer L.
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SMOKING laws , *ANALYSIS of variance , *HIGH school students , *LONGITUDINAL method , *MIDDLE school students , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *REGRESSION analysis , *RESEARCH funding , *STATISTICAL sampling , *SCHOOL administrators , *SCHOOL children , *STATISTICS , *STUDENT attitudes , *TEACHERS , *DATA analysis , *SOCIOECONOMIC factors , *PRE-tests & post-tests , *REPEATED measures design , *DATA analysis software , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
This study describes student perceptions of school staff smoking before and after implementation of legislation prohibiting smoking on school grounds. Students completed self-report questionnaires before (grade 6) and after (grade 7, 9 and 11) the law. The percentage of students reporting that school staff smoked in areas where smoking is forbidden was 19%, 32% and 33% in grade 7, 9 and 11, respectively. The mean(SD) score for the frequency with which students saw school staff smoking decreased after the ban but increased thereafter [2.5(1.1), 1.9(1.0), 2.4(1.1) and 2.3(1.1)] in grade 6, 7, 9 and 11, respectively [F(2.861,1662.229) = 45.350, P < 0.001]. These data suggest that the effect of the law dissipated over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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