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[Smoking in upper secondary schools].

Karl Erik Lund1, Janne Scheffels, Janne Oftedal

  • 1Statens institutt for rusmiddelforskning, Oslo. kel@sirus.no

Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening : Tidsskrift for Praktisk Medicin, Ny Raekke
|January 13, 2004
PubMed
Summary

County regulations successfully made Norwegian upper secondary schools smoke-free. This top-down approach, rather than school-led initiatives, was key to implementing smoke-free school grounds and reducing student and teacher smoking.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Adolescent Health
  • Tobacco Control

Background:

  • Calls for smoke-free upper secondary schools in Norway by education and health ministers.
  • Previous prevalence of smoking on school grounds and varying regulatory environments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To track changes in smoke-free school grounds from 1998 to 2003.
  • To assess schools' future plans for smoking bans.
  • To identify implementation challenges and compare smoking intensity across regulatory settings.

Main Methods:

  • Telephone interviews with headmasters of all Norwegian upper secondary schools.
  • Data collection in 1998 and 2003 to enable comparative analysis.

Main Results:

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  • Significant decrease in schools allowing smoking on grounds (91% in 1998 to 71% in 2003).
  • Schools in counties with new regulations showed the most substantial implementation of smoke-free policies.
  • Most headmasters preferred political authorities, not individual schools, to enact smoking bans.

    • Conclusions:

    • County-level regulations are an effective and necessary strategy for creating smoke-free school environments.
    • Top-down regulatory approaches are favored by school leadership for implementing smoking bans.