The Ontario ban on smoking on school property: issues and challenges in enforcement
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- DOI: 10.1007/BF03403923
The Ontario ban on smoking on school property: issues and challenges in enforcement
Abstract
We document implementation and enforcement activities undertaken by high schools and health units with regard to the 1994 ban on smoking on school property in Ontario. Telephone interviews were conducted in the early summer of 1996 with 213 high school administrators and 38 tobacco enforcement personnel in health units. While some schools are unclear about enforcement responsibility, most are making efforts to enforce the ban, including warning and suspending students. Some school administrators (30%) suggest the reinstitution of designated smoking areas on school property. One quarter of health units had not made enforcement visits in schools in the 1995-96 school year and a minority accounted for most of the warnings and tickets issued to students. While most tobacco enforcement officers perceive that schools support the ban, they report some problems in obtaining cooperation in enforcement. However, only 11% suggest returning to designated smoking areas on school property.
Nous présentons les mesures d’application prises par les écoles secondaires et les unités de santé pour mettre en oeuvre l’interdiction de fumer sur les lieux de l’école décrétée en 1994. Au début de l’été 1996, on a procédé à des entrevues par téléphone auprès de 213 administrateurs d’écoles secondaires et de 38 employés des unités de santé chargés de faire respecter cette interdiction. Bien que certaines écoles ne sachent pas clairement qui est chargé de faire respecter cette interdiction, la plupart d’entre elles s’efforcent de la faire appliquer en avertissant et en suspendant les étudiants délinquants. Certains administrateurs scolaires (30 %) proposent de désigner de nouveau des zones fumeur sur les lieux de l’école. Un quart des unités de santé n’avait effectué aucune visite d’inspection dans les écoles au cours de l’année scolaire 1995–1996, et en outre ce n’est qu’une minorité d’entre elles qui ont donné la plupart des avertissements ou des amendes aux étudiants. Si la plupart des agents chargés de faire respecter l’interdiction de fumer ont le sentiment que les écoles y sont favorables, ils déclarent néanmoins rencontrer quelques difficultés pour obtenir leur cooperation dans ce sens. Toutefois, seulement 11 % d’entre eux proposent de désigner de nouveau des zones fumeur dans les écoles.
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