
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bonevski, Billie 
A1  - L. Paul, Christine 
A1  - A. Walsh, Raoul 
A1  - Bryant, Jamie 
A1  - Lecathelinais, Christophe 
T1  - Support for smoke-free vocational education settings: An exploratory survey of staff behaviours, experiences and attitudes
JF  - Health Promotion Journal of Australia
JO  - Health Promot J Aust
Y1  - 2011
VL  - 22
IS  - 1
SP  - 11
EP  - 16
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/HE11011 
N2  - Issue addressed: TAFE staff are likely to play a pivotal role in achieving smoke-free environments for vocational education. The aim of this survey was to explore staff experiences, behaviours and attitudes towards smoking and smoke-free policies for the TAFE setting. Method: A web-based survey that measured smoking behaviours, on-campus exposure to smoking, awareness of smoke-free policies and attitudes towards smoking and tobacco control was e-mailed to all staff at one TAFE New South Wales (NSW) institute. In total, 632 staff completed the survey. Results: Overall, 10% of staff reported to be current daily, weekly or occasional smokers. Most staff (76.2%) said that they saw someone smoking at TAFE every day and the most common location was ?outside buildings? (75.3%). A majority of staff (75.9%) said they avoided places at TAFE where they were exposed to other peoples? cigarette smoke. Only 26% said that existing smoking policies were always enforced. Non-smokers had a significantly higher (p<0.005) pro-tobacco control attitudes score mean of 4.2 (SD=1.8), compared with the mean of 2.3 (SD=1.4) for current smokers. Status as a non-smoker was the only statistically significant predictor of high pro-tobacco control attitude score. Conclusions: This study provides preliminary evidence that TAFE staff are likely to be supportive of smoke-free TAFE campuses. Key words: tobacco control, tertiary education settings, attitudes 
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