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Attitudes toward outdoor smoking ban at moffitt Cancer Center evaluated
Date:8/10/2012

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center who surveyed employees and patients about a ban on outdoor smoking at the cancer center found that 86 percent of non-smokers supported the ban, as did 20 percent of the employees who were smokers. Fifty-seven percent of patients who were smokers also favored the ban.

The study appeared in a recent issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.

"Policies restricting indoor worksite tobacco use have become common over the last 10 years, but smoking bans have been expanding to include outdoor smoking, with hospitals leading the trend," said study lead author Marina Unrod, Ph.D., applied research scientist in Moffitt's Tobacco Research and Intervention Program. "Research on the effects of smoking bans on employees is scarce, however. Accordingly, we wanted to examine the impact of a campus wide outdoor smoking ban at Moffitt both before and after the ban was imposed."

The researchers surveyed 607 employees (12 percent smokers) by anonymous questionnaires a few months before the ban and 511 employees (10 percent smokers) three months after the ban was imposed. In addition, 278 patients (23 percent smokers) completed anonymous questionnaires before the ban.

"Overall, our data revealed overwhelming support for the outdoor smoking ban by non-smoking employees and patients," explained Unrod. "Although a majority of employee smokers opposed the ban, a significant proportion was interested in quitting, and 11 employees quit after the ban's implementation."

The researchers noted that nearly one-third of smokers were interested in services to help them quit. Moffitt offered free smoking cessation interventions that included group classes, educational reading materials and nicotine replacement therapy, such as nicotine gum, patches and lozenges.

The researchers found that despite high interest in quitting and cessation services, few employees surveyed took adv
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Contact: Kim Polacek
kim.polacek@moffitt.org
813-745-7408
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
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