Table 2 Tobacco control policy support and perceptions among university staff and students
Staff | Students | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current Smokers | Non-Smokers | Current Smokers | Non-Smokers | |||||
N = 73 | % (95% CI) | N = 470 | % (95% CI) | N = 36 | 95% CI | N = 196 | 95% CI | |
Support for a campus-wide tobacco control policy | ||||||||
Staff and students should not be exposed to Second Hand Smoke on campus | 43 | 59.7 (47.5–71.1) | 417 | 88.9 (85.7–91.6) | 22 | 61.1 (43.5–76.9) | 189 | 96.4 (92.8–98.6) |
We should aspire to make the university free of tobacco smoking | 11 | 15.3 (7.9–25.7) | 342 | 72.6 (68.3–76.6) | 4 | 11.1 (3.1–26.1) | 158 | 80.6 (74.4–85.9) |
Staff and students should not be allowed to smoke e-cigarettes on campus | 10 | 13.7 (6.8–23.8) | 248 | 52.6 (47.9–57.1) | 6 | 16.7 (6.4–32.8) | 104 | 53.1 (45.8–60.2) |
Tobacco sales should be banned on campus | 12 | 16.4 (8.8–27.0) | 345 | 73.9 (69.6–77.8) | 9 | 25.0 (12.1–42.2) | 165 | 83.2 (77.2–88.1) |
Support for tobacco control policy intervention measures | ||||||||
Stop smoking support should be provided on campus | 49 | 67.1 (55.1–77.7) | 383 | 82.0 (78.2–85.4) | 33 | 91.7 (77.5–98.2) | 180 | 92.8 (88.2–96.0) |
Smoking shelters should be provided on campus | 57 | 78.1 (66.9–86.9) | 183 | 39.3 (34.8–43.9) | 29 | 80.6 (64.0–91.8) | 98 | 50.0 (42.8–57.2) |
No-smoking signs should be clearly placed around campus | 45 | 63.4 (51.1–74.5) | 408 | 87.7 (84.4–90.6) | 18 | 51.4 (34.0–68.6) | 176 | 90.3 (85.3–94.0) |
Perceptions of a campus-wide tobacco control policy | ||||||||
A tobacco-free campus would improve the University’s public image | 11 | 15.1 (7.7–25.4) | 323 | 69.0 (64.6–73.2) | 8 | 22.2 (10.1–39.1) | 165 | 84.2 (78.2–89.0) |
A tobacco-free campus would improve the health of staff and students | 23 | 31.5 (21.1–43.4) | 389 | 83.5 (79.8–86.7) | 15 | 41.7 (25.5–59.2) | 182 | 93.3 (88.9–96.4) |