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. 2017 Jun 12;17(1):566.
doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4277-9.

Tobacco-free policies at worksites in Kansas

Elizabeth Ablah  1 , Frank Dong  2 , Kurt Konda  3
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Tobacco-free policies at worksites in Kansas

Elizabeth Ablah et al. BMC Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: This study sought to examine the relationship between tobacco-free policies at worksites to worksite demographics such as company size and geographic location.

Methods: Worksites participating in a worksite wellness workshop were asked to complete a worksite wellness instrument, which provided an assessment of their wellness practices already in place in the worksite, including the degree to which tobacco-free policies were in place at the worksite.

Results: At a bivariate level, those more likely to have tobacco-free policies included: urban employers (76.8% versus 50% rural employers, p = 0.0001); large employers (> = 250 employees) (74.3% versus 43.1% small employers (<50 employees), p = 0.0003); and schools (69.4%) and hospitals (61.5%) (versus 35.5%, agricultural/ manufacturing employers, p = 0.0125). At the multivariate level, rural employers (AOR = 0.47, 95% CI 0.23, 0.95) and small employers (AOR = 0.34, 95% CI 0.16, 0.71) had decreased odds, compared to their urban and large employer counterparts, of having tobacco-free policies.

Conclusions: Rural and smaller employers are less likely to have tobacco-free policies than their urban and large counterparts.

Keywords: Environment; Policy; Rural; Tobacco-free; Urban.

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