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REDUCTION OF CIGARETTE SMOKING IN A UNIVERSITY CAFETERIA
Author(s) -
Jason Leonard A.,
Liotta Richard F.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1982.15-573
Subject(s) - cafeteria , smoke , environmental health , cigarette smoking , public health , cigarette smoke , nicotine , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , pathology , waste management , engineering
Passive smoking has been shown to be hazardous to the health of nonsmokers. Given this documented link between exposure to smoke‐filled environments and deleterious health consequences, there is a need to develop effective procedures that establish and maintain no‐smoking areas in various public settings. The present study focused on decreasing cigarette smoking in a section of a university cafeteria. Posting of no‐smoking signs was found to decrease levels of smoking only minimally. However, when smokers were verbally prompted not to smoke, in the presence of the signs, marked decreases in smoking occurred in the target area.