Table 2 Existing tobacco control policies and practices
Teachers N = 1044 | Non-teaching staff N = 500 | p-value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | (CI 95%) | N (%) | (CI 95%) | ||
Policy prohibiting tobacco use among students | |||||
In school building | 782(74.9) | 72.3–77.5 | 294(58.8) | 54.5–63.1 | <.001 |
School area | 756(72.4) | 69.7–75.1 | 283(56.6) | 52.3–60.9 | <.001 |
On school events | 731(70.0) | 67.2–72.8 | 278(55.6) | 51.2–60.0 | <.001 |
Policy prohibiting tobacco use among school personnel | |||||
In school building | 505(48.4) | 45.4–51.4 | 230(46.0) | 41.6–50.4 | |
School area | 452(43.3) | 40.3–46.3 | 212(42.2) | 38.1–46.7 | |
On school events | 456(43.7) | 40.7–46.7 | 220(44.0) | 39.7–48.4 | |
Enforcement of a school policy | |||||
Yes | 490(66.0) | 62.6–69.4 | 229(67.8) | 62.8–72.8 | |
No | 83(11.2) | 8.9–13.5 | 28(8.3) | 5.4–11.2 | |
I do not know | 169(22.8) | 19.8–25.8 | 81(24.0) | 19.5–28.6 | |
Violation of the tobacco control policy by school personnel | |||||
Everyday | 60(5.8) | 4.4–7.2 | 30(6.0) | 3.9–8.1 | |
Once/week or once/month or less than one/month | 36(3.4) | 2.3–4.5 | 27(5.4) | 3.4–7.4 | |
Never | 443(42.4) | 39.4–45.5 | 185(37.0) | 32.8–41.2 | |
I do not know | 505(48.4) | 45.5–51.4 | 258(51.6) | 47.2–56.0 | |
Visible information about prohibiting smoking in the school and on its premises | |||||
Yes | 820(78.5) | 76.0–81.0 | 453(90.6) | 88.0–93.2 | <.001 |
No | 123(11.8) | 9.8–13.8 | 28(5.6) | 3.6–7.6 | <.001 |
I do not know | 101(9.7) | 7.9–11.5 | 19(3.8) | 2.1–5.5 | |