Clearing the air: improving smoke-free policy compliance at the national oncology hospital in Armenia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoke-free policies shown to reduce population exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) are the norm in hospitals in many countries around the world. Armenia, a transition economy in the South Caucasus, has one of the highest male smoking rates in the European region. Although smoking in healthcare facilities has been banned since 2005, compliance with this ban has been poor due to lack of implementation and enforcement mechanisms and social acceptability of smoking. The study aimed to develop and test a model intervention to address the lack of compliance with the de jure smoking ban. The national oncology hospital was chosen as the intervention site.

Methods

This study used employee surveys and objective measurements of respirable particles (PM2.5) and air nicotine as

SUBMITTER: Movsisyan NK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4320561 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature