Implementing a tobacco-free workplace program at a substance use treatment center: a case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with substance use disorders smoke cigarettes at much higher rates than the general population in the United States and are disproportionately affected by tobacco-related diseases. Many substance use treatment centers do not provide evidence-based tobacco cessation treatment or maintain comprehensive tobacco-free workplace policies. The goal of the current work is to identify barriers and facilitators to a successful and sustainable implementation of a tobacco-free workplace program, which includes a comprehensive tobacco-free policy and evidence-based cessation treatment services, in a substance use treatment center.

Methods

This study is based on an ethnographic approach and uses a qualitative case study design. Data were collected via interviews with sta

SUBMITTER: Rogova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10865640 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature