In preparation for the tobacco product policy, two surveys were conducted with University of Hawai‘i at Manoa employees. The survey results are provided in two separate reports. The first survey was conducted with 289 randomly selected faculty and clerical employees at Manoa campus. The second survey was conducted with 137 custodial, maintenance and grounds service employees at Manoa campus.
The survey results demonstrate that critical needs for a stronger tobacco product policy to protect health of UH community. One of the key findings of the survey was that exposure to second-hand smoke is extremely prevalent among the employees surveyed. A large majority of employees, including a sizable portion of current smokers, reported that they were bothered about being exposed to second-hand smoke at work.
Moreover, 28% of faculty and clerical employees and 40% of custodial, maintenance and grounds service employees reported that they have health problems affected by exposure to second-hand smoke.
A large majority of the current smokers (68% of faculty and clerical employees smokers, and 79% of custodial, maintenance and grounds service employees smokers) reported that they are interested in quitting smoking.
For more details, please read the full reports. Questions and comments about these reports can be directed to Hye-ryeon Lee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Speech at hyeryeon@hawaill.edu.
These reports are in Acrobat PDF format.
• Smoking-Related Attitudes and Behaviors Among University of Hawai‘i-Manoa Faculty and Clerical Employees
• Smoking-Related Attitudes and Behaviors Among University of Hawai‘i-Manoa Custodial, Maintenance, and Grounds Service Employees