Failure of hospital employees to comply with smoke-free policy is associated with nicotine dependence and motives for smoking: a descriptive cross-sectional study at a teaching hospital in the United Kingdom

Table 4 Agreement with the tobacco control policies

	Respondents in agreement
	non-smokers	smokers*
Attitude question	frequency (%)	compliant frequency (%)	non-compliant frequency(%)
I am aware of this policy	601 (100.0)	69 (100.0)	32 (100.0)
The hospital is right to have such a policy	510 (85.3)	25 (36.8)	11 (34.4)
The policy protects people against passive smoke	313 (61.6)	24 (35.8)	15 (48.4)
The policy is adequately enforced	124 (20.7)	13 (18.8)	15 (46.9)
Smokers don't get enough help from the hospital if they want to quit	96 (16.1)	30 (43.5)	12 (37.5)
Smoking damages my health	525 (87.1)	60 (87.0)	27 (84.4)
I care about my health	593 (98.7)	66 (95.7)	28 (90.3)
	Fisher's exact test for significance
Attitude question	smokers vs non-smokers probability	compliant vs non-compliant* probability	non-smokers vs non-compliant* probability	non-smokers vs compliant* probability
I am aware of this policy	N/A†	N/A†	N/A†	N/A†
The hospital is right to have such a policy	<0.001‡	0.499	<0.001‡	<0.001‡
The policy protects people against passive smoke	<0.001‡	0.272	0.102	<0.001‡
The policy is adequately enforced	0.075	0.004‡	0.001‡	0.428
Smokers don't get enough help from the hospital if they want to quit	<0.001‡	0.365	0.004‡	<0.001‡
Smoking damages my health	0.451	0.473	0.409	0.55
I care about my health	0.008‡	0.27	0.014‡	0.094

*Those respondents who reported smoking were divided into compliant smokers and non-compliant smokers on the basis of their response to the question "When I am working at Addenbrooke's Hospital, I smoke on the site: More than twice a day/Once or twice a day/Once a week/Once a month/Never." Those who choose the answer "Never" were considered to be compliant.
†All participants agreed with "I am aware of this policy"
‡Significant

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