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    Before and after study of bar workers' perceptions of the impact of smoke-free workplace legislation in the Republic of Ireland.

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    Pursell, Lisa
    Allwright, Shane
    O'Donovan, Diarmuid
    Paul, Gillian
    Kelly, Alan
    Mullally, Bernie J
    D'Eath, Maureen
    Affiliation
    Department of Health Promotion, National University of Ireland, Galway, Republic of Ireland. lisa.pursell@nuigalway.ie
    Issue Date
    2007
    MeSH
    Adult
    Attitude to Health
    Cross-Sectional Studies
    Employment
    Female
    Health Care Surveys
    Humans
    Ireland
    Male
    Middle Aged
    Occupational Health
    Perception
    Questionnaires
    Restaurants
    Rural Population
    Self Disclosure
    Smoking
    Tobacco Smoke Pollution
    Urban Population
    Workplace
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    Before and after study of bar workers' perceptions of the impact of smoke-free workplace legislation in the Republic of Ireland. 2007, 7:131 BMC Public Health
    Journal
    BMC public health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10147/95631
    DOI
    10.1186/1471-2458-7-131
    PubMed ID
    17603892
    Abstract
    BACKGROUND: Objectives: To compare support for, and perceptions of, the impacts of smoke-free workplace legislation among bar workers in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) pre- and post-implementation, and to identify predictors of support for the legislation. METHODS: Setting: Public houses (pubs) in three areas of the ROI. Design: Comparisons pre- and post-implementation of smoke-free workplace legislation. Participants: From a largely non-random selection, 288 bar workers volunteered for the baseline survey; 220 were followed up one year later (76.4%). Outcome measures: Level of support for the legislation, attitude statements concerning potential impacts of the law and modelled predictors of support for the legislation. RESULTS: Pre-implementation 59.5% of participants supported the legislation, increasing to 76.8% post-implementation. Support increased among smokers by 27.3 percentage points from 39.4% to 66.7% (p < 0.001) and among non-smokers by 12.4% percentage points from 68.8% to 81.2% (p = 0.003).Pre-legislation three-quarters of participants agreed that the legislation would make bars more comfortable and was needed to protect workers' health. Post-legislation these proportions increased to over 90% (p < 0.001). However, negative perceptions also increased, particularly for perceptions that the legislation has a negative impact on business (from 50.9% to 62.7%, p = 0.008) and that fewer people would visit pubs (41.8% to 62.7%, p < 0.001). After adjusting for relevant covariates, including responses to the attitude statements, support for the ban increased two to three-fold post-implementation. Regardless of their views on the economic impact, most participants agreed, both pre- and post-implementation, that the legislation was needed to protect bar workers' health. CONCLUSION: Smoke-free legislation had the support of three-quarters of a large sample of bar workers in the ROI. However, this group holds complex sets of both positive and negative perspectives on the legislation. Of particular importance is that negative economic perceptions did not diminish the widely held perception that the ban is needed to protect workers' health.
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    1471-2458
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1186/1471-2458-7-131
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