title: Attitudes towards smokefree campus policies in New Zealand.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examines the level of support for a completely smokefree campus policy and other smokefree policy initiatives amongst staff and students at a New Zealand University.
  
  
  METHODS
  Attitudes to smoking on campus, smokefree campus policies, implementation and enforcement of smokefree policies were assessed using an online survey of 332 staff and 268 students; giving a response rate of 51% from staff and 41% from students.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most participants had never smoked, or were past smokers; few reported being current smokers. Participants agreed that exposure to second-hand smoke is harmful, disliked being exposed to second-hand smoke on campus, and felt the university should promote a healthy work and study environment. Results indicated strong support for smokefree policies, and participants made several recommendations regarding smokefree policies. Most disagreed that compliance with a smokefree policy should be voluntary, but felt that campus security should warn people who breach the policy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results provide a sound basis for university administrators to implement smokefree policies. While around half of the tertiary education institutions in New Zealand already have a completely smokefree campus policy, greater adoption of this policy by tertiary education institutions would foster realisation of the government's goal that New Zealand become a smokefree nation by 2025. A potential barrier preventing tertiary education institutions working towards a smokefree campus is a perceived risk of opposition from staff and students. Our study found strong support for smokefree campus policies; these findings should encourage other universities, polytechnics and other tertiary education providers to adopt full campus smokefree policies.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Society Social and Behavioural Research Unit, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. louise.marsh@otago.ac.nz.
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marsh
authors.forename: Lindsay A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cameron
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005178:Faculty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D061845:Smoke-Free Policy; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities