Use of a Living Lab approach to implement a smoke-free campus policy
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Mullin, M., Shane Allwright, S., McGrath, D.,Hayes, CB., Use of a Living Lab approach to implement a smoke-free campus policy, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, 7, 2023, 5354-Download Item:
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While universities have increasingly become tobacco-/smoke-free, to our knowledge, no campus has reported 100% policy compliance. Innovative approaches to encourage compliance and ongoing data collection are needed. This paper describes actions undertaken, framed within a Living Lab (LL) approach, to implement smoke-free campus policies in an Irish university. The action research comprised student-collected data on observed smoking on campus to evaluate adherence and compliance, first to a smoke-free zones policy (June 2016–March 2018), and then to a smoke-free campus policy (March 2019–February 2020). From June 2016–February 2020, 2909 smokers were observed. Adherence, defined as the average reduction in number of observed smokers from baseline in May 2016 from 5.7 to 4.9 was 79% (Compliance, defined as the proportion of smokers who complied when reminded of the policy, was 90% (2610/2909). Additional activities included development of a broader health promotion programme; identification of a pattern of ‘social smoking’; and promoting increased awareness of the environmental harms of tobacco. Ongoing policy implementation is essential for smoke-free policies and should include data collection and evaluation. Actions framed within the characteristics of a LL achieved fewer observed smokers. A LL approach is recommended to encourage policy adherence and compliance.
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Author: Hayes, Catherine; Allwright, Shane
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Smoke-free campus policy, Tobacco-free campus policy, Living lab, Action research, Policy adherence, Policy compliance, UniversitySubject (TCD):
Inclusive Society , Making Ireland , Public healthDOI:
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