Why Be Smoke-Free? A Qualitative Study of Smoke-Free Restaurant Owner and Manager Opinions

Why be smoke-free? A qualitative study of smoke-free restaurant owner and manager opinions.

This qualitative study captured the opinions of the owners and managers of smoke-free restaurants. The purpose of this study, initiated by local citizens who were members of a group called Healthy Alamance, was to identify the motivations and experiences of restaurant owners and managers who had committed to smoke-free indoor environments. Telephone interviews were attempted with all 80 owners/...

Africa's struggle to be smoke free.

www.thelancet.com Vol 375 January 9, 2010 107 Smokers watching teams slug it out on the fi eld in pursuit of 2010 FIFA World Cup glory will have to think twice before lighting up. The South African Government has slapped an outright ban on smoking in all the stadiums where games are to be played. South African director of Health Promotion Vimla Moodley says that stadiums will be 100% smoke free...

A qualitative investigation of smoke-free policies on hospital property.

BACKGROUND Many hospitals have adopted smoke-free policies on their property. We examined the consequences of such polices at two Canadian tertiary acute-care hospitals. METHODS We conducted a qualitative study using ethnographic techniques over a six-month period. Participants (n=186) shared their perspectives on and experiences with tobacco dependence and managing the use of tobacco, as wel...

Smoke free hospitals.

‘Excuse me, sir. Please don’t smoke here’. A qualitative study of social enforcement of smoke-free policies in Indonesia

OBJECTIVE District policies were recently put into place in Indonesia prohibiting smoking in public spaces. This study sought to (1) assess participants' general knowledge of secondhand smoke (SHS) dangers; (2) assess participants' awareness of and specific knowledge of smoke-free (SF) policies; and (3) assess the extent to which such policies are socially enforced and gather examples of succes...