Drope J, Glantz S
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, Institute for Health Policy Studies and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco 94143-1390, USA.
Tob Control. 2003 Sep;12(3):264-8. doi: 10.1136/tc.12.3.264.
To describe how the British Columbia Capital Regional District successfully passed, implemented, and enforced a 100% smokefree bylaw in all public places, including restaurants and bars, despite an aggressive campaign by the tobacco industry (acting through the hospitality industry) to stop it.
Information was obtained from news reports, internal tobacco industry documents, reports, public documents, and interviews with key players. Tobacco industry documents were accessed between February and April 2002. This project was approved by the University of California San Francisco committee on human research.
As in the USA and elsewhere in the world, the tobacco industry in British Columbia, Canada, recruited and created hospitality associations to fight against the district smokefree bylaw. They used the classic industry rhetoric of individual rights and freedoms, economic devastation, and ventilation as a solution. Public health authorities were able to counter industry strategies with a strong education campaign, well written bylaws, and persistent enforcement.
It is possible to overcome serious opposition orchestrated by the tobacco industry and develop and implement a 100% smokefree bylaw in Canada. Doing so requires attention to detail in drafting the bylaw, as well as a public education campaign on the health dangers of secondhand smoke and active enforcement to overcome organised resistance to the bylaw. Jurisdictions considering smokefree bylaws should anticipate this opposition when developing and implementing their bylaws.
描述不列颠哥伦比亚省首府地区如何成功通过、实施并执行一项在包括餐馆和酒吧在内的所有公共场所全面禁烟的法规，尽管烟草行业（通过酒店业采取行动）开展了积极的活动以阻止该法规的实施。
信息来源于新闻报道、烟草行业内部文件、报告、公共文件以及对关键人物的访谈。2002年2月至4月期间查阅了烟草行业文件。该项目获得了加利福尼亚大学旧金山分校人类研究委员会的批准。
与美国及世界其他地方一样，加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省的烟草行业招募并成立了酒店协会来反对该地区的禁烟法规。他们使用了个人权利和自由、经济破坏以及通风作为解决方案等烟草行业的经典说辞。公共卫生当局通过开展强有力的教育活动、精心制定法规以及持续执法来应对烟草行业的策略。
在加拿大有可能克服烟草行业精心策划的严重反对，并制定和实施一项全面禁烟的法规。这样做需要在起草法规时注重细节，以及开展关于二手烟健康危害的公众教育活动并积极执法，以克服对该法规的有组织的抵制。考虑制定禁烟法规的司法管辖区在制定和实施法规时应预见到这种反对。
