TY - JOUR
T1 - Enforcing an outdoor smoking ban on a college campus
T2 - Effects of a multicomponent approach
AU - Harris, Kari Jo
AU - Stearns, Julee N.
AU - Kovach, Rachel G.
AU - Harrar, Solomon W.
N1 - Funding Information:
The project was partly supported by The BACCHUS Network and The Office of Health Enhancement of the Curry Health Center at The University of Montana. The authors thank the students and staff at The Health Enhancement office for completing observations. The authors also thank Casey Ruggiero for her assistance with data entry and Olivia Jolly for her enthusiasm.
PY - 2009/9/1
Y1 - 2009/9/1
N2 - Objectives: Data on effective strategies to enforce policies banning outdoor smoking are sparse. This study tested the effects of an enforcement package implemented on a college campus. Participants: Thirty-nine observers recorded compliance of 709 outside smokers. Methods: Smoking within 25 feet of buildings was noncompliant. The intervention included moving receptacles, marking the ground, improving signage, and distributing reinforcements and reminder cards. Results: The proportion of smokers complying with the ban was 33% during the baseline observation period, increased to 74% during the intervention week, and was at 54% during the follow-up. Differences across conditions was statistically significant (χ2(2, N = 709) = 6.299, p <.001). Compliance proportions varied by location in all conditions. Conclusions: Enforcing an outdoor smoking ban using a multiple component package increased compliance with the nonsmoking policy on a college campus.
AB - Objectives: Data on effective strategies to enforce policies banning outdoor smoking are sparse. This study tested the effects of an enforcement package implemented on a college campus. Participants: Thirty-nine observers recorded compliance of 709 outside smokers. Methods: Smoking within 25 feet of buildings was noncompliant. The intervention included moving receptacles, marking the ground, improving signage, and distributing reinforcements and reminder cards. Results: The proportion of smokers complying with the ban was 33% during the baseline observation period, increased to 74% during the intervention week, and was at 54% during the follow-up. Differences across conditions was statistically significant (χ2(2, N = 709) = 6.299, p <.001). Compliance proportions varied by location in all conditions. Conclusions: Enforcing an outdoor smoking ban using a multiple component package increased compliance with the nonsmoking policy on a college campus.
KW - Public policy
KW - Smoking
KW - Tobacco smoke pollution
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70449387224&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/07448480903221285
DO - 10.1080/07448480903221285
M3 - Article
C2 - 19892648
AN - SCOPUS:70449387224
SN - 0744-8481
VL - 58
SP - 121
EP - 126
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
IS - 2
ER -
