Table 1 Questionnaire responses on smoke-free policy
From: Smoke-free hospitals – the English experience: results from a survey, interviews, and site visits
Question | Responses | Acute Trusts (%) | Mental Health Settings (%) | All Trusts (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Trust Type/Setting | Acute | 132 (76.3)** | 186 (77.2) | |
Mental Health* | 54 (79.4)** | |||
Trust comprises more than one site | Yes | 91 (68.9) | 54 (100) | 145 (78.0) |
Frequency of infringements of policy | At least daily | 86 (65.2) | 20 (37.0) | 106 (57.0) |
At least weekly | 23 (17.4) | 7 (13.0) | 30 (16.1) | |
At least monthly | 4 (3.0) | 2 (3.7) | 6 (3.2) | |
Less than monthly | 7 (5.3) | 6 (11.1) | 13 (7.0) | |
Never | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.7) | 2 (1.1) | |
Don't know/not answered | 12 (9.1) | 17 (31.5) | 29 (15.6) | |
Specific exemptions granted at sites which allow for exemptions (n = 186 plus 4 EIR responses in a form other than the questionnaire) | Bereaved/distressed relatives | 30 (44.8) | 4 (9.3) | 34 (30.9) |
Smoking rooms | 4 (6.0) | 18 (41.9) | 22 (20.0) | |
Sheltered areas in grounds | 17 (25.4) | 17 (39.5) | 34 (30.5) | |
Psychiatric patients | 10 (14.9) | 28 (65.1) | 38 (34.5) | |
Entrances | 2 (3.0) | 2 (4.7) | 4 (3.6) | |
Long-stay patients | 5 (7.5) | 14 (32.6) | 19 (17.3) | |
Other | 17 (25.4) | 3 (7.0) | 20 (18.2) | |
Case-by-case basis° | 9 (13.4) | 3 (7.0) | 12 (10.9) | |
Terminally ill patients° | 5 (7.5) | - | 5 (4.5) | |
Overall success of policy implementation | Very successful | 36 (27.3) | 12 (22.2) | 48 (25.8) |
Quite successful | 85 (64.4) | 38 (70.4) | 123 (66.1) | |
Not successful | 5 (3.8) | 2 (3.7) | 7 (3.8) | |
Don't know | 6 (4.5) | 2 (3.7) | 8 (4.3) |