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Smoke-Free OSU: A Snapshot of the First Y ear of the Policy . Healthy OSU. The Project Team. Marc Braverman School of Social & Behavioral Health Sciences Extension Family and Community Health Program Lisa Hoogesteger Director, Healthy Campus Initiatives Jessica Johnson - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Smoke-Free OSU: A Snapshot of the First Year of the Policy
Healthy OSU
The Project Team
• Marc BravermanSchool of Social & Behavioral Health SciencesExtension Family and Community Health Program
• Lisa HoogestegerDirector, Healthy Campus Initiatives
• Jessica Johnson Research associate, Healthy Campus InitiativesGraduate student, Master of Public Health program
Special thanks to...• Pat Ketcham
Student Health Services
• Rebecca Mathern & Amanda ChampagneOSU Office of the Registrar
• Linda Sather & Donna ChastainOSU Office of Human Resources
• Lisa Leventhal & Candi LoebOSU Office of Research Integrity
• President’s Office OSU-Corvallis & OSU-Cascades
• Virginia LesserSurvey Research Center & Dept. of Statistics
• Brian FlayCollege of Public Health and Human Sciences
• Chris SinnettCommunity Network
• Family & Community Health Program, OSU Extension,College of Public Health and Human Sciences
Today’s presentation and discussion
• Focused on Corvallis campus only• Will examine how the policy has been working• Will identify current issues and actions needed
Planning for the policy at OSU
Spring 2008: Smoke-free campus proposed by Student Health Advisory Board
Fall 2008: OSU Smoke-Free Task Force created
January 2011: Smoke-free OSU-Corvallis decision finalized
September 2012: Smoke-free campus policy begins
Backdrop:The national trend in smoke-free
campuses
Campuses that are 100% smoke-free or tobacco-free:Fall 2008................... 130Fall 2011................... 586November 2013..... 1,127 (including 758 tobacco-free)
Source: Americans for Nonsmokers Rights (www.no-smoke.org)
Our primary evaluation questions
• What is the level of awareness on campus about the policy?
• What are the levels of support for the new OSU policy?
• How much smoke exposure is there on campus now?
• What are opinions about how the policy should be enforced?
• How have smokers responded? What are current patterns of
smoking and tobacco use?
The Campus SurveySpring 2013
• The databases• Students: From Office of Registrar N = 22,141• Faculty & Staff: From Office of Human Resources N = 4,820
• Time frame• May 23: Initial invitations• May 29 – June 13: Reminders (3 to students; 2 to faculty/staff)
• IRB review
The Campus SurveyData Analysis
• Response rates Students: 25.7% Faculty/Staff: 42.6%
• Post-survey weighting Student responses weighted by: ▪ Gender
▪ Class standing Faculty/Staff responses weighted by: ▪ Gender
▪ Age ▪ OSU position
• Smoking rates (weighted) Students: 4.4% daily; 8.3% occasional Faculty/Staff: 3.0% daily; 1.6% occasional
Findings:Awareness of the smoke-free policy
______________________ ______________________ Students Faculty & Staff
Non-smokers Smokers Non-smokers Smokers50%
55%
60%
65%
70%
75%
80%
85%
90%
95%
100%
89% 90% 92%99%
Support for Smoke-Free Policy(“Our campus should be 100% smoke-free”)
All
Non-sm
oker
s
Smok
ers All
Non-sm
oker
s
Smok
ers
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%
0.7160.797
0.177
0.77 0.803
0.1
_________________________ ________________________ Students Faculty & Staff
Comments:Support/ Non-support for the policy
• “Thank you for making campus smoking-free! I have been here since 2008 and have seen a significant decrease in the amount of smoking & I LOVE it!” (Student)
• “I was skeptical at first that this was over-bearing, but now support the policy.” (Faculty/Staff)
• “Smoking isn’t illegal and should be allowed on campus. We need to stop trying to legislate behavior.” (Faculty/Staff)
• “The smoke free policy has made an enormous difference to those of us with asthma....I have not had to visit a doctor this year for asthma.” (Faculty/Staff)
• “Completely ban tobacco use anywhere and everywhere on OSU property.” (Faculty/Staff)
Exposure to smoke on campus – at building entrances
All Non-smokers Smokers0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
19% 21%11%
9% 9%
6%
Three or more timesOnce or twice30% 17%28%
Exposure to smoke on campus – near campus boundary
All Non-smokers Smokers0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
27% 28% 22%
50% 51%48%
Three or more timesOnce or twice
77% 79% 70%
“It bothers me to go through cigarette smoke ...outside”
All
Non-sm
oker
s
Smok
ers All
Non-sm
oker
s
Smok
ers
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
0.7760.856
0.232
0.822 0.857
0.143
__________________________ _________________________ Students Faculty & Staff
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
0.217 0.244
0.047
0.288 0.299
0.078
Would ask a smoker to put out his/her cigarette...
__________________________ _________________________ Students Faculty & Staff
Students’ opinions about enforcing the policy
All Non-smokers Smokers0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
26%19%
73%
47%52%
14%16% 18%
3%
35%39%
9%12% 12%
17%
No enforcement procedure
Small fine
Large fine
Refer violators
Other strategy
Comments:Enforcement of the policy
• “I do have qualms still about the amount of visitors who smoke during sporting events.” (Student)
• “Gentle warnings should be given. I don’t want it to be punitive, but I also don’t want people to smoke on campus.” (Student)
• “There are a lot of visitors on campus every day not seeming to know the rules. We need BIG signs to let people know this is a nonsmoking campus.” (Faculty/Staff)
• “When it was implemented in September 2012, students did follow the policy...However, as the time goes by, I see more and more students are coming back to smoke within the campus sphere.” (Faculty/Staff)
Adjustment to the policy by smokers
NRT
SLT or
E-ci
g
Phys. A
ctivi
ty
Other
distr
actio
n
Go off ca
mpus
Smoke o
n campu
s
No nee
d/Oth
er0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
3%9% 8%
15%
45%
13%
33%
6% 3%7%
21%
62%
6%
23%Students
Fac/Staff
Compliance: Have you smoked on campus…?
Students Fac/Staff0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
57%
80%
32%
14%11% 5%
Yes, many times/every day
Yes, once/a few times
No, not at all
Comments:Other concerns & suggestions
• “It does not seem like a healthy choice for a female smoker who lives in the dorms and is up late studying to have to walk a mile off campus to have her smoke break.” (Student)
• “I think the campus needs to acknowledge the cultural aspect of smoking for students and be sensitive to that when creating and enforcing policies around smoking.” (Student)
• “I think the options the campus has available to assist in student efforts to quit smoking need to be made more apparent...I had no idea these options were available.” (Student)
Interpretation & Conclusions
1. How is the policy working?
2. What needs our attention now?
3. Next steps: Sustainability
How is the policy working?• High levels of support by students, faculty,
and staff• Campus community is largely satisfied with
smoke-free environment• ...except for campus boundary
• Input has been received for enforcement decisions
• OSU has been recognized as a “Gold Campus” & “mentor campus”NW Center for Public Health Practice, Univ. of Washington
What needs our attention now?
(a) Trash & refuse
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What needs our attention now?
(b) Signage
Examples from U. of O.
What needs our attention now?
(c) Communication & Enforcement• Campus partners: Visitors• Community partners: Businesses, Health Department• How will enforcement be carried out?
Next Steps: Sustainability
• Increase trash & refuse pickup• Implement signage across campus• Continued communication and education
• Continued monitoring• Increased enforcement
• Work with OSU-Cascades on their decision process
Questions & Discussion
http://oregonstate.edu/smokefree