The status of restrictive smoking policies: a survey of medical schools in the United States and Canada

All schools of medicine in the United States (N = 128) and Canada (N = 16) were surveyed by telephone to determine if they had instituted policies to restrict smoking. Some policy restricting smoking was reported by 80.56 percent of US schools (N = 103) and by 93.8 percent of Canadian schools (N = 1...

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Published inAmerican journal of public health (1971) Vol. 81; no. 1; pp. 101 - 102
Main Authors Stillman, F A, Becker, D M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC Am Public Health Assoc 01.01.1991
American Public Health Association
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Biological and medical sciences
Canada
Humans
Initiatives
Medical schools
Medical sciences
Polls & surveys
Public health
Public Policy
Schools, Medical
Smoking
Smoking Prevention
Tobacco
Toxicology
United States
Canada
United States > US
USA
Human
Canada
Sanitary program
Health policy
University
United States
Withdrawal
America
Tobacco smoking
Inquiry
North America
Public health
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Summary:All schools of medicine in the United States (N = 128) and Canada (N = 16) were surveyed by telephone to determine if they had instituted policies to restrict smoking. Some policy restricting smoking was reported by 80.56 percent of US schools (N = 103) and by 93.8 percent of Canadian schools (N = 15). However, only 52.3 percent of US (N = 67) and 56.3 percent of Canadian medical schools (N = 9) indicated they had formal written policy statements. Only 13 percent of US schools and 19 percent of Canadian schools had banned smoking totally.
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ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.81.1.101