Senior Resident, Oral Health Sciences Centre, Unit of Public Health Dentistry, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
Assistant Professor, Oral Health Sciences Centre, Unit of Public Health Dentistry, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
Indian J Public Health. 2021 Jan-Mar;65(1):67-70. doi: 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_38_20.
Tobacco-Free Educational Institution (ToFEI) guidelines are required to be followed by the schools. This cross-sectional study conducted in the year 2019 assessed the accordance with ToFEI guidelines among all the 84 schools of Raipur Rani educational block, Haryana. Investigators collected data from all the government (71) and private (13) schools during school working days. Tobacco sales within 100 yards of the school premises was covertly observed. None of the schools thoroughly complied with the tobacco-free school policy, though the compliance score for private schools (26.77 ± 19.15) was better than the government schools (13.65 ± 4.38). Only two private schools achieved the mandatory score of 50. All private schools and few government schools (42.3%) had successfully implemented the ban on tobacco sale within 100 yards of the school. None of the schools could achieve a ToFEI status in the present study. The policymakers and implementers should prioritize ToFEI agenda & support schools in achieving tobacco-free status.
需要遵循无烟教育机构 (ToFEI) 准则。这项于 2019 年进行的横断面研究评估了哈里亚纳邦拉伊布尔拉尼教育区的 84 所学校对 ToFEI 准则的遵守情况。调查人员在学校工作日期间从所有政府（71 所）和私立（13 所）学校收集数据。对学校场地 100 码范围内的烟草销售进行了秘密观察。尽管私立学校的合规评分（26.77 ± 19.15）优于政府学校（13.65 ± 4.38），但没有一所学校完全遵守无烟学校政策。只有两所私立学校达到了强制性的 50 分。所有私立学校和少数政府学校（42.3%）成功实施了在学校 100 码范围内禁止销售烟草的禁令。在本研究中，没有一所学校能够达到 ToFEI 地位。政策制定者和执行者应优先考虑 ToFEI 议程，并支持学校实现无烟状态。
