Tobacco free workplace policies and low socioeconomic status female bartenders in San Francisco.

نویسندگان

  • Roland S Moore
  • Juliet P Lee
  • Tamar M J Antin
  • Scott E Martin
چکیده

STUDY OBJECTIVE Multiple studies have found that, compared with employees in other settings, workers in bars and restaurants have been exposed to high levels of secondhand smoke, putting them at increased risk for health complications. Among these bar employees are many women of low socioeconomic status (SES). Smoke free workplace ordinances have been extended to bars and restaurants in cities and states throughout the USA; some bars, however, continue to be out of compliance with these laws. The objective of this study is to assess the relation between bartender gender and smoke free workplace compliance in bars. DESIGN This paper reports on analyses of observational data on compliance with smoke free workplace policy in 121 randomly selected bars together with qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with bartenders and patrons in bars. SETTING San Francisco County bars. MAIN RESULTS Findings from this research showed that smoke free policy non-compliance was associated with bars in which women were bartenders, increasing their tobacco exposure compared with male bartenders. In interviews, although some female bartenders expressed ambivalence toward the smoke free ordinance, many others described experiencing positive health and social consequences when the bars in which they worked could eliminate interior smoking. CONCLUSIONS The analyses presented here shed light on the benefits of improving the workplace environment for low SES female bartenders through the extension of strong smoke free workplace policies to all workplaces, including bars.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of epidemiology and community health

دوره 60 Suppl 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006