A university campus experience on adaptation to the "smoke free outdoor" regulation
Journal Title: Dokuz Eylul Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Dergisi - Year 2017, Vol 31, Issue 3
Abstract
Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate compliance with the regulation of tobacco free zones by observing people smoking outside of the library and the adult hospital both inside the campus of a university hospital. Material and Method: This descriptive study was carried out by observing 4415 people using tobacco outside of Hacettepe University Sıhhiye Campus Adult Hospital and Institute of Health Sciences Library between 13th-17th of March, 2017. Written official permission was obtained from the institution. For data analysis, SPSS 15.0 was used. Results: Gender distribution in the study was 31.9% female, 68.1% male. 13.7% of the observed group were health personnel. 35.5% were using tobacco inside the tobacco free outdoor zone and 64.5% were using outside of the zone. 21.9% of people using tobacco outside the adult hospital and 80.8% outside the library were in the tobacco free zone. People using tobacco alone, used it 1.37 times more (%95 CI 1.17–1.59, p<0.001) than people in a group and people using tobacco outside of the library used it 15.2 times more (%95 CI 12.7–18.2, p<0.001) than people outside the adult hospital in the tobacco free zone. Conclusion: Environmental tobacco smoke or second-hand smoke which is an important problem for public health, does not have a safe level of exposure. For this reason, controlling risk of exposure is only possible by defining outdoor sites completely free of all tobacco products. To combat environmental tobacco smoke, tobacco free outdoor policies that include hospital or education sites should be implemented and efforts on behavioral improvement against tobacco use are needed.
Authors and Affiliations
Büşra YILMAZ, Ayşe ERTOY, Özge Naile ÖZYURT, Günnur HAKYEMEZ, Özge KONAK, Nurefşan SADIKOĞLU, Selim GÜLER, Ekin KOÇ, Sema ATTİLA, Dilek ASLAN
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- DOI 10.5505/deutfd.2017.83713
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