Expectations and changing attitudes of bar workers before and after the implementation of smoke-free legislation in Scotland.docVIP

BMC Public Health BioMedCentral Research article Open Access Expectations and changing attitudes of bar workers before and after the implementation of smoke-free legislation in Scotland Shona Hilton*1,2, Sean Semple2,3, Brian G Miller3, Laura MacCalman3, Mark Petticrew1, Scott Dempsey3, Audrey Naji2 and Jon G Ayres2 Address: 1MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK, 2Department of Environmental Occupational Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK and 3Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, UK Email: Shona Hilton* - shona@sphsu.mrc.ac.uk; Sean Semple - sean.semple@abdn.ac.uk; Brian G Miller - ler@; Laura MacCalman - laura.macCalman@; Mark Petticrew - mark@sphsu.mrc.ac.uk; Scott Dempsey - scott.dempsey@iom- ; Audrey Naji - audrey.naji@abdn.ac.uk; Jon G Ayres - j.g.ayres@abdn.ac.uk * Corresponding author Published: 14 August 2007 Received: 23 April 2007 Accepted: 14 August 2007 BMC Public Health 2007, 7:206 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-206 This article is available from: /1471-2458/7/206 ? 2007 Hilton et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: In Scotland on March 26, 2006 a comprehensive prohibition on smoking in all enclosed public places was introduced. This study examines bar workers attitudes towards a smoke-free working environment. Methods: An intervention study comparing bar workers opinions before and after the implementation of the smoke-free legislation. Bars were randomly selected in three Scottish cities (Glasgow, Edinburgh Aberdeen) and towns (Aberdeenshire Borders). Bar workers were recruited from 72 bars that agreed to participate from159 approached. Pre- and post- implementation att