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Opportunities to Improve Tobacco Control for State Agency Employees
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11 01 2023
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Source: J Occup Environ Med. 65(11):e710-e716
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Alternative Title:J Occup Environ Med
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Description:Objective:
To explore tobacco-related knowledge and perceptions at Washington State (WA) agencies.
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Cross-sectional employee survey and qualitative focus groups with managers/supervisors. We produced descriptive statistics to examine differences in awareness and perceptions of tobacco-control efforts among employees and conducted a rapid thematic analysis of focus group data.
Results:
Of employees, only 18% with a history of tobacco use had utilized their agency’s cessation benefits. Employees who did not use tobacco and who had higher education had more favorable attitudes toward tobacco-control efforts. In the focus groups, manager/supervisors described limited tobacco cessation promotion at their agency, barriers to tobacco control implementation, and concerns about the perceived effectiveness of additional tobacco-control efforts.
Conclusions:
States agencies should increase promotion of tobacco control policies and programs to increase awareness and reduce disparities in tobacco use.
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Pubmed ID:37641188
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC10840754
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Volume:65
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Issue:11
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