title: Public opinions about supervised smoking facilities for crack cocaine and other stimulants.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of this study was to estimate awareness and opinions about supervised smoking facilities (SSFs) for smoking crack cocaine and other stimulants and make comparisons with awareness and opinions about supervised injection facilities (SIFs) in Ontario, Canada.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used data from a 2009 telephone survey of a representative adult sample. The survey asked about awareness of, and level of support for, the implementation of SSFs and SIFs. Data were analysed using statistical models for complex survey data, which account for stratified sampling and incorporate sampling weights.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 1035 participated in the survey. Significantly fewer had knowledge about SSFs (17.9 %) than about SIFs (57.6 %). Fewer strongly agreed with implementation of SSFs (19.6 %) than SIFs (28.3 %). Just over half (51.1 %) of participants somewhat agreed or disagreed, 15.7 % strongly agreed, and 10.6 % strongly disagreed with implementing both SSFs and SIFs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Members of the public in Ontario had little knowledge of SSFs compared to SIFs. Recent federal government changes in Canada may provide the leadership environment necessary to ensure that innovative, evidence-based harm reduction programs such as SSFs are developed and implemented.
authors: Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, Canada. carol.strike@utoronto.ca.
authors: Carol
authors: C
authors: Strike
authors: Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Canada. nooshin.rotondi@gmail.com.
authors: Nooshin Khobzi
authors: NK
authors: Rotondi
authors: Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, Canada. tara.watson@utoronto.ca.
authors: Tara Marie
authors: TM
authors: Watson
authors: Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, Canada. gillian.kolla@utoronto.ca.
authors: Gillian
authors: G
authors: Kolla
authors: Centre for Research on Innercity Health, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Canada. ahmed.bayoumi@utoronto.ca.|Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Canada. ahmed.bayoumi@utoronto.ca.|Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, Canada. ahmed.bayoumi@utoronto.ca.|Division of General Internal Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Canada. ahmed.bayoumi@utoronto.ca.
authors: Ahmed M
authors: AM
authors: Bayoumi
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016578:Crack Cocaine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018671:Needle-Exchange Programs; D009864:Ontario; D011639:Public Opinion; D012907:Smoking; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D016578:Crack Cocaine