Centre for Tobacco Control Research, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Health Promot J Austr. 2011 Dec;22(3):166-71. doi: 10.1071/he11166.
New Zealand's (NZ) smokefree legislation, implemented on 1 January 2004, requires that all school and early childhood centre buildings and grounds are 100% smokefree; one aim being to prevent young people being influenced by seeing people (including teachers) smoke there. This study, conducted in 2008, investigated teachers'smoking behaviour and perceived adherence to the legislation.
A national NZ cross-sectional survey of 2,004 teachers (oversampling Māori), who were randomly selected from the electoral roll of registered voters and sent postal invitations to complete an anonymous survey.
The response rate was 70%. Current smokers numbered 7%, and proportionately more Maori and Pacific Island teachers (12% each) smoked than European/Other teachers (7%). Of current smokers, 37% smoked non-daily. Smokers smoked less on work than non-work days. Introducing smokefree legislation was associated with teachers changing when they smoked, cutting down, quitting or trying to quit. Perceived compliance with the legislation was high, although 30% of teachers reported seeing staff smoking. Proportionately, significantly more teachers from low than from high socioeconomic schools perceived poor compliance and staff visibly smoking.
Smokefree legislation affects people's smoking behaviour. Smoking in NZ is becoming confined to population subgroups defined by socioeconomic status and ethnicity. Our findings argue for supporting cessation among those who work with children and young people, and for targeting support at school communities in areas of low socioeconomic status or with large populations of Māori or Pacific peoples.
新西兰（NZ）的无烟立法于 2004 年 1 月 1 日实施，要求所有学校和幼儿中心的建筑物和场地 100%无烟；目的之一是防止年轻人受到在那里看到人们（包括教师）吸烟的影响。这项于 2008 年进行的研究调查了教师的吸烟行为和对立法的遵守情况。
对 2004 名教师（毛利人抽样过多）进行了一项全国性的新西兰横断面调查，他们是从登记选民的选举名册中随机选择的，并寄发了参加匿名调查的邮政邀请。
回应率为 70%。目前吸烟者人数为 7%，毛利人和太平洋岛民教师（各占 12%）吸烟的比例高于欧洲/其他教师（7%）。在目前的吸烟者中，37%的人非日常吸烟。吸烟者在工作日比非工作日吸烟少。引入无烟立法与教师改变吸烟时间、减少吸烟、戒烟或试图戒烟有关。教师们认为立法的遵守程度很高，尽管 30%的教师报告说看到工作人员吸烟。来自低社会经济学校的教师比来自高社会经济学校的教师更认为遵守情况差，并且工作人员明显吸烟。
无烟立法影响人们的吸烟行为。新西兰的吸烟现象越来越局限于社会经济地位和族裔定义的人群。我们的研究结果表明，需要支持那些与儿童和年轻人一起工作的人戒烟，并针对社会经济地位低或毛利人和太平洋岛民人口众多的学校社区提供支持。
