title: Workplace smoking policies in New Jersey businesses.
abstract: A New Jersey law enacted in 1985 requires smoking policies for work sites with 50 or more employees. In 1988, we surveyed a sample of New Jersey businesses to determine their smoking policies. Eighty-three percent of respondents with 50 or more employees reported implementing restrictive smoking policies. Of respondents with 2 to 49 employees, 35% had implemented policies. Our findings identify some of the factors other than a legal mandate that lead employers to restrict smoking in the workplace.
authors.affiliation: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Lewit
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Botsko
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D009515:New Jersey; D016134:Organizational Policy; D012907:Smoking / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D000074606:Smoking Prevention