학술논문

Change in Compliance of Staff at 4 Vietnam Universities after the Enactment of Smoke-free Environment Decree
Document Type
article
Source
Environmental Health Insights, Vol 14 (2020)
Subject
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Language
English
ISSN
1178-6302
11786302
Abstract
Background: The Tobacco Control Law in Vietnam was adopted in 2012 and came into force from May 2013, followed by a number of guiding sub-law legal documents. Smoke-free campus policy in university is considered an important measure to protect people from secondhand smoking as well as staffs and students will be in favour of the policy. Furthermore, there has been evidence suggested that smoke-free policy had positive impact on active smoking as well as anti-smoking attitude. Methods: A cross-sectional self-administered study of staff at 4 universities were conducted in 2 phases, Phase 1 as early introduction of the Law (n = 900) and Phase 2 as 1-year post (n = 885). Demographics, tobacco consumption, compliance status and compliance with awareness towards the campus smoking regulations were assessed in both phases. Results: Daily smoking prevalence decreased significantly ( P