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Restrictions on tobacco and alcohol use in Australian work‐places
Author(s) -
RICHMOND ROBYN,
HEATHER NICK,
HOLT PHOEBE
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1080/09595239600186141
Subject(s) - work (physics) , government (linguistics) , telephone survey , environmental health , productivity , alcohol , smoke , business , psychology , medicine , advertising , engineering , economic growth , economics , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , biochemistry , chemistry , waste management
In a telephone survey of 455 of the top 600 companies in Australia, around three‐quarters reported the existence of restrictions on both smoking and alcohol in the workplace. Forty‐six percent of companies had a total ban on smoking at work, 31% had designated limited areas where employees were permitted to smoke, and 23% had no policy on smoking. Seventy‐seven percent of companies encouraged a total alcohol‐free work environment. The larger the company, the more likely it was to have restrictions on smoking in the work‐place, but there was no relationship between the size of the company and alcohol restrictions. Government organizations were more likely to have restrictions on smoking than nongovernment organizations, but this difference was not apparent for alcohol restrictions. The major reasons given for smoking restrictions were related to health and comfort, while those for alcohol were related to work productivity and safety.