E-cigarettes in airports and on flights: Europe and the US
Por:
Lopez, MJ, Continente, X, Soong, A, Stillman, F, Zheng, L, Garcia-Esquinas, E, Pang, YJ, Navas-Acien, A
Publicada:
1 ene 2019
Resumen:
Background. While progress has been made to create smoke-free airports, sales of e-cigarettes at airports and airplanes and the presence of advertisements might detract from these smoke-free policies. The objective of this study is to describe the presence of policies, advertising, sales and use of e-cigarettes in airports and on flights in Europe and the US.
Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted between March-May, 2014. The study included 21 large and mid-sized airports of Europe and the US as well as 19 flights. A standardised protocol was used to observe points of sales and advertisements and to collect information on the implementation of policies on e-cigarette use. In addition, a series of questions were developed to obtain policy details from airport personnel and flight attendants.
Results. Retail outlets selling e-cigarettes in airports were present in approximately 20% and 40% of the observed pre and post-security areas, respectively. In post-security, 27.8% of the airport staff reported that the use of e-cigarettes indoors was not allowed, 22.2% reported that they did not know, 27.8% reported that it was only allowed in the smoking room, and 22.2% reported that it was allowed anywhere. Smoking ban announcements were made on all flights. However, only 15.8% of the flights made a specific announcement regarding the ban of using e-cigarettes.
Conclusions. In light of our results, it seems necessary to reinforce in-flight e-cigarette smoking ban announcements and to instruct airport employees about the existence of e-cigarette smoking policies. Furthermore, airports themselves should also be encouraged to adopt smoke-free policies.
Filiaciones:
Lopez, MJ:
Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Serv Avaluacio Metodes Intervencio, Barcelona, Spain
CIBERESP, CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ, Barcelona, Spain
IIB St Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Continente, X:
Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Serv Avaluacio Metodes Intervencio, Barcelona, Spain
IIB St Pau, Barcelona, Spain
CIBERESP, CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ, Barcelona, Spain
Soong, A:
Univ Pompeu Fabra, Dept Ciencies Expt & Salut, Barcelona, Spain
Stillman, F:
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Hlth Behav & Soc, Inst Global Tobacco Control, Barcelona, Spain
Zheng, L:
Univ Autonoma Madrid IdiPaz, Univ Med, Dept Medicina Prevent & Salud Publ, Madrid, Spain
Garcia-Esquinas, E:
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Madrid, Spain
CIBERESP, CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ, Barcelona, Spain
Pang, YJ:
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Environm Hlth Sci
Navas-Acien, A:
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Environm Hlth Sci
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Madrid, Spain
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