Adoption of Tobacco- and Smoke-Free Policies in a US National Sample of Postsecondary Educational In
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Trad C, Bayly J, Saint-Fort L, Andrews M, Patel M, Sabado-Liwag M, Haynie D, Simons-Morton B, Choi K.
Adoption of Tobacco- and Smoke-Free Policies in a US National Sample of Postsecondary Educational Institutions.
Am J Public Health. 2018 Aug 23:e1-e4. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304568. [Epub ahead of print]
To examine the institutional characteristics associated with the adoption of tobacco- and smoke-free policies among US postsecondary educational institutions. In 2017, we collected information on tobacco policy types and institutional characteristics of a national sample of US postsecondary educational institutions (n = 605) attended by the participants of the NEXT Generation Health Study. We used logistic regression to examine the relationships between these variables. Overall, 35.2% of these institutions adopted tobacco-free policies (i.e., prohibit all tobacco product use on campus), 10.1% had smoke-free policies (i.e., prohibit smoking but not other tobacco product use on campus), and 53.7% did not have tobacco- or smoke-free policies. Proprietary (privately owned, for-profit) institutions (vs public institutions) were the least likely to have tobacco- or smoke-free policies (P < .05), which were disproportionately attended by racial/ethnic minority students. Adoption of these policies also varied by census region (P < .05). Prevalence of tobacco- and smoke-free policies among US postsecondary educational institutions is low. Public Health Implications. Wide dissemination of evidence-based interventions to accelerate adoption of tobacco-free policies in all postsecondary educational institutions is warranted. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print August 23, 2018: e1-e4. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2018.304568).
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