Subjective Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Tobacco Use Among U.S.Navy Atlantic Fleet Aircraft Carrier Personnel

摘要

The objective of this study was to document crew members subjective exposure toenvironmental tobacco smoke (ETS), smoking behavior, and attitudes regarding smoking policy aboard U.S. Atlantic Fleet carriers during a time of increased restrictions on tobacco use and to examine differences in exposure to ETS, tobacco use behavior, and attitudes among ships. Overall, exposure to ETS among nonsmokers was relatively low and significantly decreased over time. In general, there were positive increases in attitudes regarding the ship's smoking policies. The results indicate that there were significant reductions in ETS exposure with more consistent reductions among ships that had greater declines in the number of designated smoking areas; however, there was very little change in the smoking rate among crew members during the time of the increased smoking restrictions.