The prediction of intention to smoke only in designated work site areas

The aim of the study was to identify the psychosocial factors influencing intention to smoke only in work site areas designated for smoking. The subjects were 71 cigarette smokers who completed a questionnaire investigating intentions, attitudes, subjective social norm, perceived control, past behavior, role beliefs, personal normative belief, and self-efficacy regarding smoking only in restricted work site areas. The regression of intention on all variables yielded an adjusted R2 of .76 (P less than .0001), with personal normative belief (beta = .55, P less than .0001), perceived self-efficacy (beta = .26, P less than .005), and perceived barriers (beta = .19, P less than .05) being the significant predictors. The results suggest that access to designated areas should be facilitated if the aim of the policy is to ensure that smokers smoke only in these areas. If the purpose of the smoking policy, however, is to put additional pressure on smokers in designating only a limited number of smoking areas, then enforcement of the policy is a necessary condition for smoker compliance.