A group-randomized tobacco trial among 30 Pacific Northwest colleges: Results from the Campus Health Action on Tobacco study

No Smoking Here: Examining Reasons for Noncompliance With a Smoke-Free Policy in a Large University

“…Previous research has found smoking among tertiary students to be largely opportunistic and predicted by perceived social norms, accessibility to permitted smoking areas and exposure to peer smoking (Seo, Macy, Torabi, & Middlestadt, 2011). It is not surprising that efforts that address the reciprocal interactions between people and their environment appear more effective in reducing smoking rates and promoting broad normative changes than individual approaches (Fong et al, 2006;Murphy-Hoefer et al, 2005;Thompson, McLerran, Livaudais, & Coronado, 2010).…”

Cigarette butts near building entrances: what is the impact of smoke-free college campus policies?

“…Little research has directly addressed the impact of 100% smoke- or tobacco-free college campus policies (ie, including outdoor areas) on smoking behaviour 28. Prior work that has addressed smoking on college campus through health education and information approaches has shown limited to no success 18 29. Other research has examined the impact of indoor policies on college campuses, rather than campus-wide policies 30 31…”

Motivational interviewing for smoking cessation in college students: A group randomized controlled trial

“…There are a growing number of college initiatives to address smoking (Harris et al, 2009b), yet few cessation interventions have been evaluated (Bader et al, 2007; Murphy-Hoefer et al, 2005) and none have been disseminated widely. Prior studies of smoking interventions designed for college students show mixed results (e.g., (Thompson et al, 2010)) and, when positive, lack evaluation of sustained effects (An et al, 2008), show marginal effects (Prokhorov et al, 2008), or lack random assignment (Travis and Lawrance, 2009). …”