Support for and reported compliance among smokers with smoke-free policies in air-conditioned hospitality venues in Malaysia and Thailand: findings from the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Survey.
This study examined support for and reported compliance with smoke-free policy in air-conditioned restaurants and other similar places among adult smokers in Malaysia and Thailand. Baseline data (early 2005) from the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Survey (ITC-SEA), conducted face-to-face in Malaysia and Thailand (n = 4005), were used. Among those attending venues, reported total smoking bans in indoor air-conditioned places such as restaurants, coffee shops, and karaoke lounges were 40% and 57% in Malaysia and Thailand, respectively. Support for a total ban in air-conditioned venues was high and similar for both countries (82% Malaysian and 90% Thai smokers who believed there was a total ban), but self-reported compliance with bans in such venues was significantly higher in Thailand than in Malaysia (95% vs 51%, P < .001). As expected, reporting a ban in air-conditioned venues was associated with a greater support for a ban in such venues in both countries.
Yong
Hua-Hie
HH
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, The Cancer Council Victoria, 1 Rathdowne Street, Carlton, Victoria, Australia. hua.yong@cancervic.org.au
Foong
Kin
K
Borland
Ron
R
Omar
Maizurah
M
Hamann
Stephen
S
Sirirassamee
Buppha
B
Fong
Geoffrey T
GT
Fotuhi
Omid
O
Hyland
Andrew
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000389:Air Conditioning; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016015:Logistic Models; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012147:Restaurants / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055815:Young Adult
D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution