Work-site smoking policies: their population impact in Washington State.
This article presents data from a population-based, random-digit dialing telephone survey of 1228 employed adults in Washington State, conducted 1989 through 1990. Eighty-one percent of men and 91% of women reported work-site smoking restrictions. Employees in work sites with no-smoking policies were less likely to be current smokers; men in work sites with policies restricting smoking smoked fewer cigarettes on both workdays and nonworkdays. Forty-eight percent of male and 53% of female smokers reported reduced smoking as a result of work-site policy. Work-site smoking policies, intended to protect against smoke exposure, may also reduce employee smoking.
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98104.
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D000328:Adult; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011050:Policy Making; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology