Total smoking bans in psychiatric inpatient services: a survey of perceived benefits, barriers and support among staff

Table 3 Clinician perceived barriers to a successful total smoking ban

	Agree		Uncertain		Disagree
	%	n	%	n	%	n
Fear of patient aggression	89	63	4	3	7	5
Patients will continue to smoke	72	52	14	10	14	10
Staff are too busy with patient mental health	61	43	15	11	24	17
Lack of staff cohesion/consistency	59	42	24	17	17	12
Staff resistance to change	58	41	22	16	20	14
Lack of staff time	57	41	21	15	22	16
Lack of staff confidence	53	38	21	15	26	19
Lack of staff knowledge	52	37	16	11	32	23
Staff will continue to smoke	51	37	24	17	25	18
Lack information about policy/procedures	49	35	21	15	30	21
Processes aren't developed	44	31	37	26	19	14
Support systems aren't in place	44	32	36	26	19	14
Lack of staff skills	43	30	14	10	43	30
Insufficient training provided	40	29	29	21	31	22
Lack of staff interest	36	26	26	19	38	27
Lack of resources	35	25	42	30	23	16
Lack of sustainability	32	23	32	23	36	26
Lack of management support	29	21	25	18	46	33
Lack of staff commitment	26	19	38	27	36	26

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