Adoption of Electronic-cigarette-free, Hookah-free and American College Health Association Recommend
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Bayly J, Trad C, Saint-Fort L, Andrews M, Patel M, Haynie D, Simons-Morton B, Choi K.
Adoption of Electronic-cigarette-free, Hookah-free and American College Health Association Recommended Tobacco-free Policies among a National Sample of Postsecondary Educational Institutions.
J Am Coll Health. 2018 Nov 2:1-6. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2018.1527772. [Epub ahead of print]
To examine the prevalence of various types of tobacco-free policies among a US national sample of postsecondary educational institutions (PEIs). A national sample of US PEIs (N = 605) attended by the participants of the NEXT Generation Health Study. Tobacco policies of these PEIs were reviewed to determine if they were e-cigarette-free (yes/no), hookah-free (yes/no), and ACHA-recommended tobacco-free (yes/no) in June-December 2017. Logistic regression models were used to examine the relationships between institutional characteristics and tobacco policies. Overall, 39.2, 26.0, and 20.0% of the sample adopted e-cigarette-free, hookah-free, and ACHA-recommended tobacco-free policies, respectively. Proprietary PEIs (vs. public) were less likely to have ACHA-recommended tobacco-free policies, while PEIs in the South and Midwest (vs. West) were more likely to have ACHA-recommended tobacco-free policies (p < 0.05). Most sampled PEIs did not have ACHA-recommended tobacco-free polices. Subsequent research needs to investigate how ACHA-recommended tobacco policies influence tobacco use.
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