Smoking ban in US hospitals presents new challenges

Smoking cessation advice rates in US hospitals.

ment in adults. Int J Clin Pract. 2005;59(8):938-945. 6. Møller LM, Lose G, Jørgensen T. Risk factors of lower urinary tract symptoms in women aged 40-60 years. Ugeskr Laeger. 2001;163(47):6598-6601. 7. Sarma AV, Jacobson DJ, McGree ME, Roberts RO, Lieber MM, Jacobsen SJ. A population based study of incidence and treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia among residents of Olmsted County, Minne...

Ban smoking in public housing.

Ten years ago, I was the doctor for an 18-year-old with cystic fibrosis whose mother was a heavy smoker. The patient told me how she coughed, wheezed, and choked when she was at home. I became close with her; it seemed she was always in the hospital, and I couldn't help but think it was because she wanted to escape a toxic environment. Three years later, at 21, she died—more than 14 years befor...

UHC Presents Universal Challenges

Workplace smoking ban effects in an heterogeneous smoking population

Acknowledgements: We are very grateful to Anne-Laurence le Faou for providing us the database of French cessation services, as well as to Paul Dourgnon and Thierry Debrand at the Institute for Research and Information in Health Economics (IRDES), who gave us access to the ESPS survey. Abstract Many public policies, and especially health policies, are aimed at modifying individual behavior. This...

The Ontario ban on smoking on school property: issues and challenges in enforcement.

We document implementation and enforcement activities undertaken by high schools and health units with regard to the 1994 ban on smoking on school property in Ontario. Telephone interviews were conducted in the early summer of 1996 with 213 high school administrators and 38 tobacco enforcement personnel in health units. While some schools are unclear about enforcement responsibility, most are m...