Quantifying littered cigarette butts to measure effectiveness of smoking bans to building perimeters.

Autor: Seitz CM; Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA. cmseitz@uncg.edu, Strack RW, Orsini MM, Rosario C, Haugh C, Rice R, Wyrick DL, Wagner L
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of American college health : J of ACH [J Am Coll Health] 2012; Vol. 60 (4), pp. 331-4.
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2011.609205
Abstrakt: Objective: The authors estimated the number of violations of a university policy that prohibited smoking within 25 ft of all campus buildings.
Participants: The project was conducted by 13 student researchers from the university and a member of the local public health department.
Methods: Students quantified cigarette butts that were littered in a 30-day period inside the prohibited smoking area of 7 campus buildings (large residential hall, small residential hall, administrative building, 2 academic buildings, campus cafeteria, and student union).
Results: Investigators found a total of 7,861 cigarette butts (large residential hall: 1,198; small residential hall: 344; administrative building: 107; 2 academic buildings: 1,123 and 806; campus cafeteria: 2,651; and student union: 1,632).
Conclusions: Findings suggest that there is low compliance with the university's smoking policy. The described project may be repeated by students at other universities as a method to advocate for policy change.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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