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Cigarette butts near building entrances: what is the impact of smoke-free college campus policies?
- Source :
- Tobacco Control; Mar2013, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p107-112, 6p, 3 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- BackgroundIndoor and outdoor tobacco-free campus policies for schools, hospitals and universities are increasingly being adopted. Yet, little direct evidence exists on the impact of tobacco-free campuses on tobacco outcomes.ObjectivesTo identify differences in cigarettes smoked at main campus building entrances by campus policy strength.MethodsResearchers collected cigarette butts (n=3427) at main building entrances (n=67) at baseline and follow-up on 19 community college campuses stratified by strength of campus outdoor tobacco policy (none, perimeter/designated area, 100% tobacco free). Outcome measures included the number of butts per day at building entrances averaged to create a campus score. Analysis of variance techniques examined differences in scores by the strength of campuses' outdoor tobacco policy.ResultsOne hundred per cent tobacco-free community college campuses had significantly fewer cigarette butts at doors than campuses with no outdoor restrictions. Butts on community college campuses with partial policies were not statistically different from campuses with no policy or campuses with a 100% tobacco-free policy but indicated that a dose–response relationship may exist.ConclusionsThis study provides some of the first evidence on the impact of 100% tobacco-free outdoor policies on college campuses using an objective and reproducible measure. Such policies likely provide a more healthful environment for students, staff, faculty and visitors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PASSIVE smoking
ANALYSIS of variance
COMMUNITY colleges
DOSE-response relationship in biochemistry
FISHER exact test
HEALTH policy
WASTE management
RESEARCH funding
SMOKING
STATISTICS
T-test (Statistics)
TOBACCO
DATA analysis
INTER-observer reliability
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
PREVENTION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09644563
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Tobacco Control
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 85586413
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050152