Center for Tobacco Policy Research, Washington University in St. Louis, 700 Rosedale Ave, CB 1009, St. Louis, MO 63112, USA.
J Sch Health. 2013 Aug;83(8):525-32. doi: 10.1111/josh.12061.
One way to address tobacco use by youth is for primary and secondary schools to adopt and implement comprehensive tobacco policies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the comprehensiveness of tobacco policies in St. Louis County, Missouri public school districts.
We evaluated the strength of tobacco policies from all 23 public school districts located in the county using the Center for Tobacco Policy Research's School Tobacco Policy Index, a standardized tool for rating school tobacco policies.
The districts averaged a score of 24.4 of 40 possible points on the Index. Policies scored highest on the Tobacco-Free Environment domain and lowest on the Enforcement domain. Policies averaged about half of the total possible points for the Prevention and Treatment Services and Policy Organization domains.
Despite more than a decade of efforts by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to improve school tobacco policies, this study shows that policies in St. Louis County districts have yet to meet the standard of comprehensiveness. It is recommended that schools adopt policies that are comprehensive and that address all domains of the School Tobacco Policy Index.
解决青少年吸烟问题的方法之一是让中小学采取并实施全面的烟草政策。本研究旨在评估密苏里州圣路易斯县公立学区烟草政策的全面性。
我们使用中心烟草政策研究的学校烟草政策指数评估了该县 23 个公立学区的烟草政策的强度，这是一个标准化的工具，用于评估学校的烟草政策。
各地区在指数上的平均得分为 40 分中的 24.4 分。政策在无烟环境领域得分最高，在执法领域得分最低。在预防和治疗服务以及政策组织领域，政策的平均得分约占总得分的一半。
尽管疾病预防控制中心十多年来一直努力改善学校的烟草政策，但本研究表明，圣路易斯县各地区的政策仍未达到全面性的标准。建议学校采取全面的政策，涵盖学校烟草政策指数的所有领域。
