Smoke Free Health Care: an organisational change to increase effective intervention for tobacco
Annie M. Kia A C , Eric K. van Beurden A , Gavin S. Dart A , Cecily M. Barrack B and Mark D. Mitchell AA North Coast Health Promotion, Population Health, Planning and Performance Directorate, North Coast Area Health Service
B Chronic Care, North Coast Area Health Service
C Corresponding author. annie.kia@ncahs.health.nsw.gov.au
NSW Public Health Bulletin 19(4) 60-64 https://doi.org/10.1071/NB07115
Published: 29 April 2008
Abstract
In 1999, the NSW Health Smoke Free Workplace Policy directed that grounds of health sites would become smoke free, in addition to the existing policy requiring smoke-free buildings. This was one of the first attempts by any health service to exclude tobacco entirely from health sites. This task required the adoption of evidence-based management of tobacco dependence and changing the culture of smoking in the health service. There were many barriers to implementation.
Acknowledgments
A large number of people made SFHC possible. These include: John Whiteford, Michelle Daly, Lyndy McPhee, Joanne Petrovic, Denise Hughes, Leanne Bacon, Ros Tokley, Chris Crawford, Uta Dietrich, Vahid Saberi, Gerry Williams, Franklin John-Leader and Jan Mills.
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