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JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY
Volume 32, Issue 1, Pages 46-59Publisher
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2010.45
Keywords
smoke-free policy; occupational exposure; compliance; passive smoking; smoking ban; environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)
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- Hellenic Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity (Yiannis Tountas)
- Behrakis foundation
- Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI)
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Compliance with laws making certain environments smoke free has focused mainly on smokers' behavior, while the role of non-smokers has scarcely been investigated. Our cross-sectional study interviewed 4043 adults (2037 smokers and 2006 non-smokers) in the general population of Greece during April 2009. Non-smokers reported that they would actively work for compliance with the law. The non-smokers were older, more educated (odds ratio, OR 1.4), and were more likely to be annoyed by the smell of environmental tobacco smoke (OR 2.4) or report that it irritates their eyes (OR 1.8). Policymakers should evaluate how non-smokers could actively support smoke-free laws through reporting of violations using media campaigns that inform them of their rights, and other measures. Journal of Public Health Policy (2011) 32, 46-59. doi: 10.1057/jphp.2010.45; published online 9 December 2010
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