Smoking Restrictions at Boston-Area Hospitals, 1990–1992: A Serial Survey

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• Personal Author:
  Kales SN
• Description:
  A survey was undertaken in 1990 to provide up to date information on the adoption of antismoking policies among hospitals in the Boston, Massachusetts area. It was repeated in 1992 to further assess the evolution of restrictions and response to the applicable standard. Staff at 40 hospitals participated in the study. Medical school affiliated hospitals composed 62% of the sample. In 1990 all 40 hospitals restricted tobacco use. Only 8% banned smoking altogether. By 1992 all of the 40 original participating hospitals were providing smoking cessation programs to employees. No hospital permitted the sale of tobacco products. By the end of 1991, 45% had smoking bans in place. By February of 1992, 72% had smoking bans in place. The results indicated a trend toward the adoption of strong and comprehensive smoking restrictions among the hospitals surveyed. Only two facilities relaxed their policy at any time during the 2 year study period; both cases concerned employee smoking lounges. The author suggests that these findings should bolster the confidence of administrators inside and outside hospitals on local and national levels who are in favor of further limitations on public smoking. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Health Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Smoke Smokers Staff Development Tobacco Products
• Keywords:
  Cigarette-smoking Employee-health Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality NIOSH-Grant NIOSH-Publication Regulations Tobacco-smoke Training

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• ISSN:
  0012-3692
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  104
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00234684
• Citation:
  Chest 1993 Nov; 104(5):1589-1591
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19770930
• Source Full Name:
  Chest
• End Date:
  19940630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:66777b812e01564ab65df806afb6bbfd24c157cc96d25e93dbedc94dff587b068dcce6b631279155b4f5e62b9164855dd8039ec2e096184f629c18b8eb7e9bae
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197733/cdc_197733_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.50 MB ]