Association between employer's knowledge and attitude towards smoking cessation and voluntary promotion in workplace: a survey study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Workplace smoking cessation (SC) intervention is effective in increasing quit rate but little was known about the factors associated with voluntary SC promotion. Comprehensive smoke-free legislation, including banning smoking in all indoor area of workplaces, has been enforced in Hong Kong. This survey investigated the prevalence of company's compliance with smoke-free legislation and examined the relation between voluntary SC promotion in workplace and employer's knowledge of and attitude towards smoking and SC.

Methods

Half (50.3%, n = 292) of a convenience sample of companies completed a self-administered questionnaire on company's voluntary SC promotion in the workplace. Factors investigated included company's characteristics (size, type, and number of

SUBMITTER: Wang MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5686804 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature