title: Evaluations of workplace smoking cessation programs: a critique.
abstract: This article reviews 21 published evaluations of workplace smoking cessation programs. Its purpose is to assess the quality of these evaluations and outline recommendations that may benefit such smoking cessation efforts. Issues that should be considered during the planning and evaluation of these smoking cessation programs include research design, behavior measurement and verification, employee recruitment strategies, nonsmoking behavior maintenance, and ethics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina, Greensboro 27412.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Bibeau
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Mullen
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: McLeroy
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Foshee
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D012107:Research Design; D012907:Smoking / Q000628:therapy; D000074606:Smoking Prevention