Rigotti N A, Bourne D, Rosen A, Locke J A, Schelling T C
Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114.
Am J Public Health. 1992 Feb;82(2):229-35. doi: 10.2105/ajph.82.2.229.
Compliance with state and local laws restricting smoking in public places and workplaces has not been systematically evaluated.
We assessed workplace compliance with a comprehensive no-smoking law adopted in Brookline, Mass, and tested whether mailing information to businesses increased awareness of and compliance with the law. We conducted a random sample telephone survey of 299 businesses (87% response rate). Self-reported compliance was validated by direct observations.
One year after its adoption, the law was popular with businesses. The prevalence of smoking restrictions, smoking policies, and no-smoking signs was 80%, 59%, and 40%, respectively. One third of businesses banned smoking. Full compliance with the law was low, however, because few businesses posted a copy of their smoking policy as required. The mailing increased employers' awareness of the law. Employers sent the mailing also reported better compliance, but this was not confirmed by direct observations.
The law was popular and contributed to a high prevalence of workplace smoking restrictions. Different interpretations of the law by policymakers and businesses seemed to explain why formal compliance was low. The mailing increased awareness of, but not compliance with, the law.
尚未对遵守州和地方法规限制在公共场所和工作场所吸烟的情况进行系统评估。
我们评估了马萨诸塞州布鲁克莱恩市通过的一项全面无烟法律在工作场所的遵守情况，并测试了向企业邮寄信息是否能提高对该法律的认识和遵守程度。我们对299家企业进行了随机抽样电话调查（回复率为87%）。通过直接观察来验证自我报告的遵守情况。
该法律通过一年后，受到企业欢迎。吸烟限制、吸烟政策和无烟标志的普及率分别为80%、59%和40%。三分之一的企业禁止吸烟。然而，完全遵守该法律的情况较少，因为很少有企业按要求张贴其吸烟政策副本。邮寄信息提高了雇主对该法律的认识。收到邮寄信息的雇主也报告说遵守情况更好，但直接观察并未证实这一点。
该法律受到欢迎，并促使工作场所吸烟限制的普及率较高。政策制定者和企业对该法律的不同解释似乎可以解释为何正式遵守情况较低。邮寄信息提高了对该法律的认识，但并未提高遵守程度。
