| Autor: |
E, Aakko, E, Schafer, V A, Gyarmathy, E, Narita, P, Remington |
| Rok vydání: |
2001 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin. 100(3) |
| ISSN: |
1098-1861 |
| Popis: |
Although Wisconsin's clean indoor air law prohibits or restricts smoking in certain areas, it specifically exempts manufacturing and assembly workplaces from its provisions. We conducted a mail survey of 1500 randomly selected employers to determine the nature and extent of smoking policies in Wisconsin's blue-collar workforce. Of the 1042 (70%) respondents, 49% prohibit all smoking; 26% allow smoking only in designated areas; 18% allow smoking in all areas except designated non-smoking areas; and 7% allow smoking anywhere. Larger employers were more likely to have smoking policies. Of the 61% of respondents who indicated having a formal smoking policy, the reasons for having the policy were safety (40%), health (38%), or employee request (12%). For those employers without a smoking policy, the main reasons were that few employees smoke (37%), the decision is left to the employee's discretion (32%), or employees may object to having a policy (10%). About half of the employees in manufacturing and assembly workplaces continue to be exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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