School of Nursing, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA.
School of Pharmacy, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA.
Public Health Nurs. 2021 Sep;38(5):879-884. doi: 10.1111/phn.12916. Epub 2021 May 3.
To determine compliance with North Dakota's smoke-free law in vape shops and other tobacco specialty shops selling electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) or e-liquids.
In this 2019 descriptive study, shops (n = 35) were assessed for compliance with the smoke-free law by observation of indoor and outdoor areas for smoking or vaping, or evidence of such activity in prohibited areas, and the presence of required no-smoking signs.
Only two shops (5.7%) were fully compliant with the smoke-free law. Full compliance for indoor and outdoor environments was 8.5% and 42.8%, respectively. Vaping occurred inside five shops (14.3%), and smoking occurred outdoors within required smoke-free areas in two (5.7%) shops. Four (11.4%) and 17 (48.6%) shops complied with indoor and outdoor signage requirements, respectively.
Overall compliance remained low, although much of the noncompliance was related to signage. Use or evidence of ENDS use occurred both indoors and outdoors where prohibited by law. Classifying ENDS as tobacco products would require tobacco licensure of shops selling ENDS and e-liquids, aiding in identification of the shops for education and enforcement efforts to ensure compliance with the law and to improve public health protection.
确定在销售电子烟或电子烟液的蒸汽烟商店和其他烟草专卖店中，遵守北达科他州无烟法律的情况。
在这项 2019 年的描述性研究中，通过观察室内和室外吸烟或吸电子烟的情况，或在禁止吸烟的区域发现此类活动的证据，以及查看是否有需要的禁止吸烟标志，对商店是否遵守无烟法律进行评估。
只有两家商店（5.7%）完全遵守了无烟法律。室内和室外环境的完全合规率分别为 8.5%和 42.8%。有五家商店（14.3%）在室内吸电子烟，有两家商店（5.7%）在室外无烟区吸烟。四家商店（11.4%）和 17 家商店（48.6%）分别符合室内和室外标志要求。
尽管大部分不合规与标志有关，但总体合规率仍然较低。电子烟的使用或使用证据在法律禁止的室内和室外都有发生。将电子烟归类为烟草产品将要求销售电子烟和电子烟液的商店获得烟草许可证，这有助于识别这些商店，以便进行教育和执法工作，确保法律得到遵守，并改善公共健康保护。
