title: Occupational disparities in smoke-free workplace policies in Arkansas.
abstract: This report summarizes trends in Arkansas to protect workers from the documented harm caused by secondhand smoke. We also examined whether employees comply with smoke-free policies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  While considerable progress has been made to protect workers from secondhand smoke, Arkansas workers report significantly lower rates of smoke-free policies than workers nationally and ranked 46th among the states in this important area of occupational health in 2001-02. Blue-collar and service workers in the state lag significantly behind their white-collar counterparts and men report lower rates of smoke-free policies than women. Once implemented, however, compliance with a smoke-free policy is nearly universal among working Arkansans.
authors.affiliation: Arkansas Department of Health, USA.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Bourne
authors.forename: Donald R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Shopland
authors.forename: Christy M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009790:Occupations / Q000145:classification; D011640:Public Policy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States; D017132:Workplace / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution