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Effect of anti-smoking legislation on school staff smoking may dissipate over time.
- Source :
- European Journal of Public Health; Oct2013, Vol. 23 Issue 5, p791-793, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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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]
- Subjects :
- 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
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11011262
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 90505099
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckt009