Tobacco-Free Policy Support among Students in University Campuses

Siti Munira Yasin; Aisyah  Zubillah; Mohamad Ikhsan  Selamat; Nurhuda Ismail

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v5i14.2246

Authors

Siti Munira Yasin Faculty of Medicine, University Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus
Aisyah Zubillah Faculty of Medicine, UiTM
Mohamad Ikhsan Selamat Public Health Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, UiTM Sungai Buloh
Nurhuda Ismail Public Health Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, UiTM Sungai Buloh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i14.2246

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine support for various tobacco-free policies among students in public universities. This cross-sectional study was conducted among 406 students from three main campuses of a university in July 2018. Three hundred ninety-two students responded from three campuses in Selangor. There was a significant association between knowledge of secondhand smoke (SHS) and the types of tobacco-free policies.Â Students who perceived knowing the dangers of SHS also supported smoke-free cars and campus policy. In conclusion, knowledge of secondhand smoke, third-hand smoke, and tobacco-free policies should be enhanced.

Keywords: Â Tobacco-free campus, Second-hand smoker, students.

eISSN: 2398-4287Â© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i14.2246