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Assessing How A Tobacco-Free Campus Leads To Attitude Change And Support Among Students, Faculty, And Staff., Trevin E. Glasgow, Carrie A Miller, D Jeremy Barsell, Elizabeth K. Do, Bernard F Fuemmeler

Health Sciences Education Research

INTRODUCTION: Universities are increasingly considering tobacco-free campus policies to help promote a healthy learning and working environment. We assessed attitudes of students, faculty, and staff, before and after the implementation of a tobacco-free campus policy at a large, urban university. We also examined individual factors associated with these attitudes.

METHODS: An independent panel design method was used to assess students, faculty and staff about their tobacco product use, attitudes towards tobacco policies, and support for cigarette and e-cigarette bans 3 months before and 7 months after a university-wide policy change to ban tobacco and e-cigarettes on campus. Survey participants before …