Gupta Vinay K, Arora Monika, Sharma Indrani, Nazar Gaurang P, Modi Bhavesh, Singh Deepti, Millett Christopher, Reddy K Srinath
Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India.
Public Health Foundation of India; Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth, New Delhi, India.
WHO South East Asia J Public Health. 2013 Jul-Dec;2(3):174-180. doi: 10.4103/2224-3151.206764.
India's Smoke-Free Law (SFL) was implemented in 2004 and reinforced on 2nd October 2008. This research attempts to understand the knowledge and opinion of hospitality venue (HV) managers about second-hand smoke (SHS) and SFL as well as self-reported compliance with SFL in two Indian states.
A survey was conducted among 804 randomly sampled HVs from project STEPS (Strengthening of tobacco control efforts through innovative partnerships and strategies) in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, India. Four hundred and three HVs from two districts in Gujarat and 401 HVs from six districts in Andhra Pradesh were selected. The owner, manager or supervisor of each HV was interviewed using a pre-tested structured interview schedule. Association of opinion scales with respondents' background characteristics was assessed through the analysis of variance (ANOVA) method.
Out of the 403 respondents in Gujarat and 401 in Andhra Pradesh, 56.1% and 84.3% had knowledge about SFL respectively. Compliance of HVs with SFL was 21.8% in Gujarat and 31.2% in Andhra Pradesh as reported by the managers. Knowledge about SHS was noted among 39.7% of respondents in Gujarat and 25.4% in Andhra Pradesh. Bivariate results indicated that more educated HV managers showed higher support for smoke-free public places (P < 0.001) and were more concerned about the health effects of SHS exposure (P = 0.002).
Complete self-reported compliance with, and knowledge of SFL as well as SHS was not found in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh. The education level of HV managers is an important determinant to ensure compliance with SFL in public places.
印度无烟法于2004年实施，并于2008年10月2日得到强化。本研究旨在了解印度两个邦的酒店场所（HV）经理对二手烟（SHS）和无烟法的认识与看法，以及他们自我报告的无烟法遵守情况。
对印度古吉拉特邦和安得拉邦的“通过创新伙伴关系和战略加强烟草控制努力”（STEPS）项目中随机抽取的804个酒店场所进行了调查。从古吉拉特邦的两个区选取了403个酒店场所，从安得拉邦的六个区选取了401个酒店场所。使用预先测试的结构化访谈提纲对每个酒店场所的业主、经理或主管进行访谈。通过方差分析（ANOVA）方法评估意见量表与受访者背景特征之间的关联。
在古吉拉特邦的403名受访者和安得拉邦的401名受访者中，分别有56.1%和84.3%的人了解无烟法。经理报告称，古吉拉特邦酒店场所对无烟法的遵守率为21.8%，安得拉邦为31.2%。古吉拉特邦39.7%的受访者和安得拉邦25.4%的受访者了解二手烟。双变量结果表明，受教育程度较高的酒店场所经理对无烟公共场所表现出更高的支持（P < 0.001），并且更关注二手烟暴露对健康的影响（P = 0.002）。
在古吉拉特邦和安得拉邦，未发现完全自我报告的无烟法遵守情况以及对无烟法和二手烟的了解。酒店场所经理的教育水平是确保公共场所遵守无烟法的重要决定因素。
