Support for a Campus Tobacco-Free Policy among Non- Smokers: Findings from a Developing Country
| Autor: | Mohd Ariff Fadzil, Nik Shamsidah Nik Ibrahim, Mohamad Rodi Isa, Siti Munira Yasin, Mohammad Idris Zamhuri, Zaliha Ismail, Abu Bakar Abdul Majeed, Aimi Nadira Mat Ruzlin, Mohamad Ikhsan Selamat |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male Cancer Research Higher education Universities Epidemiology Cross-sectional study Developing country Logistic regression 01 natural sciences Tobacco smoke Odds 03 medical and health sciences Tobacco Use 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Surveys and Questionnaires Health care Tobacco medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine 0101 mathematics Students Workplace Developing Countries business.industry 010102 general mathematics Smoking Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Malaysia Cross-Sectional Studies Oncology Female Tobacco Smoke Pollution Headaches medicine.symptom business Attitude to Health |
| Zdroj: | Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP. 17(1) |
| ISSN: | 2476-762X |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND A tobacco-free workplace policy is identified as an effective means to reduce tobacco use and protect people from second-hand smoke; however, the number of tobacco-free policies (TFP) remains very low in workplaces in Malaysia. This study explored the factors affecting support for a tobacco-free policy on two healthcare campuses in Malaysia, prior to the implementation of TFP. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross- sectional study was conducted among 286 non-smokers from two healthcare training centres and two nearby colleges in Malaysia from January 2015 to April 2015. A standardized questionnaire was administered via staff and student emails. The questionnaire collected information on sociodemographic characteristics, support for a tobacco-free policy and perceived respiratory and sensory symptoms due to tobacco exposure. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to estimate the independent effects of supporting a tobacco-free campus. RESULTS The percentage of individuals supporting completely tobacco-free facilities was 83.2% (N=238), as opposed to 16.7% (N=48) in support of partially tobacco-free facilities. Compared to the supporters of partially tobacco-free facilities, non-smokers who supported completely tobacco-free health facilities were more likely to be female, have higher education levels, to be very concerned about the effects of other people smoking on their health and to perceive a tobacco-free policy as very important. In addition, they perceived that tobacco smoke bothered them at work by causing headaches and coughs and, in the past 4 weeks, had experienced difficulty breathing. In the multivariate model, after adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics and other factors, only experiencing coughs and headaches increased the odds of supporting a completely tobacco-free campus, up to 2.5- and 1.9-fold, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Coughs and headaches due to other people smoking at work enhances support for a completely tobacco-free campus among non-smokers. |
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