Changes of Attitudes and Patronage Behaviors in Response to a Smoke-Free Bar Law
Hao Tang, MD, PhD,
David W. Cowling, PhD,
Jon C. Lloyd, MA,
Todd Rogers, PhD,
Kristi L. Koumjian, MS,
Colleen M. Stevens, MSW and
Dileep G. Bal, MD, MPH
Hao Tang, David W. Cowling, Jon C. Lloyd, Todd Rogers, Kristi L. Koumjian, and Colleen M. Stevens are with the Tobacco Control Section, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento. Dileep G. Bal is with the Cancer Control Branch, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
Correspondence: All requests for reprints should be sent to Hao Tang, MD, PhD, Tobacco Control Section, California Department of Health Services, PO Box 942732, MS 555, Sacramento, CA 94234-7320 (e-mail: htang{at}dhs.ca.gov).
Objectives. We examined patron responses to a California smoke-freebar law.
Methods. Three telephone surveys measured attitudes and behaviorchanges after implementation of the law.
Results. Approval of the law rose from 59.8% to 73.2% (oddsratio [OR] = 1.95; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.58, 2.40).Self-reported noncompliance decreased from 24.6% to 14.0% (OR= 0.50; 95% CI = 0.30, 0.85). Likelihood of visiting a bar orof not changing bar patronage after the law was implementedincreased from 86% to 91% (OR = 1.76; 95% CI = 1.29, 2.40).
Conclusions. California bar patrons increasingly support andcomply with the smoke-free bar law.
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