The pit and the pendulum: the impact on teen smokers of including a designated smoking area in school tobacco control policy

Baillie, Lynne; Lovato, Chris Y.; Taylor, E.; Rutherford, M.; Smith, Mary Atkinson

doi:10.1093/her/cym003

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“…STPs may force adolescents to choose between spending school hours at alternative smokers locations or not (Baillie et al, 2008). Why this dilemma causes social pressures for some adolescents was captured by an adolescent who felt socially isolated because she did not go to the smoker's place as she was "trying to quit … but most of my friends are there" (p. 1013).…”

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Understanding the impact of school tobacco policies on adolescent smoking behaviour: A realist review

Schreuders

Nuyts

Putte

et al. 2017

Social Science & Medicine

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Understanding the impact of school tobacco policies on adolescent smoking behaviour: A realist review

Schreuders

Nuyts

Putte

et al. 2017

Social Science & Medicine

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“…Enforcing a school tobacco-free environment reduces adolescent smoking rates (Pinilla et al 2002 ), yet imposes demands on staff and teachers that are difficult to uphold (Ashley et al 1998 ). Furthermore, there is contradictory evidence that regulated smoking locations on school property (i.e., smoking pits) are effective at reducing smoking rates among youth (Sussman 1989 ; Ashley et al 1998 ; Baillie et al 2008 ; Kumar et al 2005 ; McBride 2006 ). Sussman ( 1989 ) suggests that these designated areas legitimize smoking.…”

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School Smoking Policy Characteristics and Individual Perceptions of the School Tobacco Context: Are They Linked to Students’ Smoking Status?

Sabiston

Lovato

Ahmed

et al. 2009

J Youth Adolescence

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The purpose of this study was to explore individual-and school-level policy characteristics on student smoking behavior using an ecological perspective. Participants were 24,213 (51% female) Grade 10-11 students from 81 schools in five Canadian provinces. Data were collected using student self-report surveys, written policies collected from schools, interviews with school administrators, and school property observations to assess multiple dimensions of the school tobacco policy. The multi-level modeling results revealed that the school a student attended was associated with his/her smoking behavior. Individuallevel variables that were associated with student smoking included lower school connectedness, a greater number of family and friends who smoked, higher perceptions of student smoking prevalence, lower perceptions of student smoking frequency, and stronger perceptions of the school tobacco context. School-level variables associated with student smoking included weaker policy intention indicating prohibition and assistance to overcome tobacco addiction, weaker policy implementation involving strategies for enforcement, and a higher number of students smoking on school property. These findings suggest that the school environment is important to tobacco control strategies, and that various policy dimensions have unique relationships to student smoking. School tobacco policies should be part of a comprehensive approach to adolescent tobacco use.

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“…Most studies of the association between school policies and smoking have measured school policies as reported by staff. It has been argued that eliciting students' perspectives on smoking in the school arena should provide additional knowledge about this relationship [9][10][11].…”

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Associations between schools' tobacco restrictions and adolescents' use of tobacco

Øverland

Aarø

Lindbak

2010

Health Education Research

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Schools are an important arena for smoking prevention. In many countries, smoking rates have been reduced among adolescents, but the use of smokeless tobacco is on the rise in some of these countries. We aimed to study the associations between schools' restrictions on smoking and snus and on the use of these tobacco products among students in upper secondary school. We employed data from a national representative study of 1444 Norwegian students, aged 16-20 years. Respondents were asked about their schools' restrictions on snus and smoking and own use of these products. We examined associations between restrictions and the use, controlling for age, gender, type of school and regional differences. We found clear consistent associations between schools' restrictions on tobacco use and less use of these products. More explicit pervasive restrictions were strongly associated with the prevalence of use. This first study on the associations between schools' restrictions on snus and the prevalence of snus use corroborate what has been found in many studies on smoking restrictions and smoking. Strict school tobacco policies may be an important tool if health authorities are interested in implementing measures to limit or reduce snus use among adolescents.

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The pit and the pendulum: the impact on teen smokers of including a designated smoking area in school tobacco control policy

Cited by 18 publications

References 26 publications

Understanding the impact of school tobacco policies on adolescent smoking behaviour: A realist review

Understanding the impact of school tobacco policies on adolescent smoking behaviour: A realist review

School Smoking Policy Characteristics and Individual Perceptions of the School Tobacco Context: Are They Linked to Students’ Smoking Status?

Associations between schools' tobacco restrictions and adolescents' use of tobacco

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