Journal article
Testing effects of awareness of statewide smoke-free air law and risk perception on smoking behaviors
Health education (Bradford, West Yorkshire, England), Vol.121(2), pp.189-199
02/02/2021
DOI: 10.1108/HE-09-2020-0088
Abstract
Purpose To reduce the smoking rates and alleviate societal problems associated with smoking, health administrators and policy makers have attempted to promote and implement statewide smoking free policy. The present study examined how adults' awareness of and attitude toward the smoke-free air law, their perceived risks of secondhand smoke and current smoking status were associated with smoking attitude and behaviors. Design/methodology/approach As part of the Indiana Adult Tobacco Survey, 2,027 respondents participated in cross-sectional telephone surveys. A series of independent sample t-test and binary logistic regression analyses were performed. Findings Awareness of the state law was inversely related to negative attitude toward smoking behaviors. Individuals who reported favorable attitude toward the state smoke-free air law and higher risk perceptions of secondhand smoke showed negative attitude toward smoking behaviors. Non-smokers and former smokers were significantly different from current smokers with regard to attitude toward smoking. Negative attitude was significantly related to intention to quit smoking. Awareness of the state law, perceived risk and current smoking status were key determinants for anti-smoking attitude and behavior. Originality/value Findings highlight the importance of effective dissemination of the state law and recommend a strategic intervention design that invokes risk perceptions of secondhand smoke.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Testing effects of awareness of statewide smoke-free air law and risk perception on smoking behaviors
- Creators
- YoungJu Shin - Arizona State UniversityNicole L. Johnson - Iowa City VA Hlth Care Syst, Ctr Access & Delivery Res & Evaluat, Iowa City, IA USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Health education (Bradford, West Yorkshire, England), Vol.121(2), pp.189-199
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing
- DOI
- 10.1108/HE-09-2020-0088
- ISSN
- 0965-4283
- eISSN
- 1758-714X
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- A70-3-198083/61910-0-4003610101500 TPCC-200-100 / Indiana State Department of Health
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/02/2021
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984627214902771
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