Evaluation of smoking prohibition policy in a health maintenance organization.
- 1 August 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 76 (8), 1014-1015
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.76.8.1014
Abstract
Four months after Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound adopted a policy prohibiting smoking in its 35 facilities, we assessed attitudes and behavior of a sample of 447 employees. Results indicated that 85 per cent of employees approved of the decision to go smoke-free, the rate of reported smoking decreased, and a large proportion of non-smokers believed that their own and co-workers' work performance had improved. Suggestions for successful implementation of future programs are provided.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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