title: Employee and public responses to simulated violations of no-smoking regulations in Spain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study evaluated compliance with regulations prohibiting smoking in public places by using a new method of smoking simulation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sites in Sabadell, Spain, were visited by observers who lit a cigarette, simulating the act of smoking, and noted the placement and content of signs indicating smoking restrictions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A warning was given in only 17% of sites. A significant association was observed between the presence of signs banning smoking and the elicitation of a warning from people present.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Simulating the violation of smoking restrictions may be used as an efficient method of assessing enforcement of the prohibition of public smoking.
authors.affiliation: Service of Clinical Epidemiology and Information, Consorci Hospitalari del Parc Taulf, Sabadell Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bonfill
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Serra
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: López
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011639:Public Opinion; D012907:Smoking / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013030:Spain