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Changes of attitudes and patronage behaviors in response to a smoke-free bar law
Tang, H., Cowling, DW., Lloyd, JC., Rogers, T., Koumjian, KL., Stevens, CM., & Bal, DG. (2003). Changes of attitudes and patronage behaviors in response to a smoke-free bar law. American Journal of Public Health, 93(4), 611-617. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.93.4.611
Objectives. We examined patron responses to a California smoke-free bar law.
Methods. Three telephone surveys measured attitudes and behavior changes after implementation of the law.
Results. Approval of the law rose from 59.8% to 73.2% (odds ratio [OR]= 1.95; 95% confidence interval [Cl]=1.58, 2.40). Self-reported noncompliance decreased from 24.6% to 14.0% (OR=0.50; 95% Cl=0.30, 0.85). Likelihood of visiting a bar or of not changing bar patronage after the law was implemented increased from 86% to 91% (OR = 1.76; 95% Cl = 1.29, 2.40).
Conclusions. California bar patrons increasingly support and comply with the smoke-free bar law.
