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. 2009 Nov;6(11):2793-9.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph6112793. Epub 2009 Nov 10.

State adoption of 100% smoke-free acute non federal hospital campus policies

Adam O Goldstein  1 , Julea Steiner, Anna McCullough, Kathryn D Kramer, Melva Fager Okun
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State adoption of 100% smoke-free acute non federal hospital campus policies

Adam O Goldstein et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2009 Nov.

Abstract

To assess the number and percentage of acute care hospitals in the U.S. that have adopted smoke-free hospital campus (SFHC) policies, researchers conducted an assessment from January 2008 to May 2008 of available data on SFHC policy adoption in each state. Slightly more than one third (34.4%) of acute care, non-Federal hospitals had adopted such policies, with wide variation of policy adoption between states.

Keywords: cessation; hospital; hospital campus; policy; policy diffusion; secondhand smoke; smoke-free; smoking; tobacco; tobacco-free.

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Cumulative adoption of TFHC policies in North Carolina acute care hospitals (Jan 2003–May 2008).
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