title: Support for smoke-free policies in the Cyprus hospitality industry.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study used attitudinal and behavioural indicators to measure support for smoke-free policies among employers and employees in the hospitality industry in Cyprus.
  
  
  METHODS
  A representative sample of 600 participants (95 % response rate) completed anonymous structured questionnaires on demographic variables, smoking status, exposure to second-hand smoke at work and related health beliefs, social norms, and smoke-free policy support.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants were predominantly males (68.3 %), with a mean age of 40 years (SD = 12.69), and 39.7 % were employers/owners of the hospitality venue. Analysis of variance showed that employers and smokers were less supportive of smoke-free policies, as compared to employees and non-smokers. Linear regression models showed that attitudes towards smoke-free policy were predicted by smoking status, SHS exposure and related health beliefs, and social norm variables. Logistic regression analysis showed that willingness to confront a policy violator was predicted by SHS exposure, perceived prevalence of smoker clients, and smoke-free policy attitudes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SHS exposure and related health beliefs, and normative factors should be targeted by interventions aiming to promote policy support in the hospitality industry in Cyprus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Sociology and Politics, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK. L.Lazuras@shu.ac.uk.|South East European Research Centre (SEERC), Thessaloniki, Greece. L.Lazuras@shu.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Lambros
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lazuras
authors.affiliation: Department of Commerce, Finance and Shipping, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus.
authors.forename: Christos S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Savva
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Healthcare Management Program, Open University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Talias
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Cyprus Institute of Biomedical Sciences (CIBS), Nicosia, Cyprus.|Department of Environmental Health, Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology (EOME), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Elpidoforos S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Soteriades
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003132:Commerce; D003535:Cyprus; D005260:Female; D033161:Government Regulation; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011998:Recreation; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012147:Restaurants; D061845:Smoke-Free Policy; D066262:Social Norms; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution
keywords: Cyprus; Hospitality industry; Policy support; Smoke-free policies