Barriers and opportunities for improving smoke-free area implementation in Banda Aceh city, Indonesia: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the challenges and opportunities for implementing smoke-free areas (SFAs) within eight area categories using the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control as a framework for analysis.

Design

This study used qualitative methods (in-depth interviews and document reviews). All transcripts from the interviews and formal documents were coded using NVivo V.11 software and analysed using an inductive thematic analysis.

Setting

Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

Participants

Seventy-three participants were interviewed, stratified by ages (18-59 years): policymakers (n=4), SFA implementers (n=33), SFA's non-compliance prosecutors (n=2), SFA observers (n=4), communities/respected figures (n=30); and 10 documents were reviewed.

Results

Barriers to t

SUBMITTER: Sufri S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10729120 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature