The Centre for Health Research & Psycho-Oncology, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW.
Health Promot J Austr. 2011 Apr;22(1):11-6. doi: 10.1071/he11011.
TAFE staff are likely to play a pivotal role in achieving smoke-free environments for vocational education.The aim of this survey was to explore staff experiences, behaviours and attitudes towards smoking and smoke-free policies for the TAFE setting.
A web-based survey that measured smoking behaviours, on-campus exposure to smoking, awareness of smoke-free policies and attitudes towards smoking and tobacco control was e-mailed to al staff at one TAFE New South Wales (NSW) institute. In total, 632 staff completed the survey.
Overall, 10% of staff reported to be current daily, weekly or occasional smokers. Most staff (76.2%) said that they saw someone smoking at TAFE every day and the most common location was'outside buildings'(75.3%). A majority of staff (75.9%) said they avoided places at TAFE where they were exposed to other peoples'cigarette smoke. Only 26% said that existing smoking policies were always enforced. Non-smokers had a significantly higher (p<0.005) pro-tobacco control attitudes score mean of 4.2 (SD=1.8), compared with the mean of 2.3 (SD=1.4) for current smokers. Status as a non-smoker was the only statistically significant predictor of high pro-tobacco control attitude score.
This study provides preliminary evidence that TAFE staff are likely to be supportive of smoke-free TAFE campuses.
TAFE 员工可能在实现职业教育环境无烟化方面发挥关键作用。本调查的目的是探讨员工在 TAFE 环境中对吸烟和无烟政策的经验、行为和态度。
我们采用网络调查的方式，对新南威尔士州（NSW）一所 TAFE 的所有员工进行了吸烟行为、校园内吸烟暴露、对无烟政策的认识以及对吸烟和烟草控制的态度的测量。共有 632 名员工完成了调查。
总体而言，10%的员工报告自己是当前的每日、每周或偶尔吸烟者。大多数员工（76.2%）表示每天在 TAFE 看到有人吸烟，最常见的地点是“建筑物外”（75.3%）。大多数员工（75.9%）表示他们避免在 TAFE 接触他人香烟烟雾的地方。只有 26%的人表示现有的吸烟政策总是得到执行。不吸烟者的烟草控制态度评分均值（4.2，SD=1.8）明显高于（p<0.005）当前吸烟者的均值（2.3，SD=1.4）。不吸烟的状态是高烟草控制态度评分的唯一具有统计学意义的预测因素。
这项研究初步表明，TAFE 员工可能支持 TAFE 校区无烟化。
