Table 1 Company’s and employer’s characteristics (N = 292)
Company’s characteristics | n (%) |
Company size | |
Small (N = 1-10) | 104 (35.6) |
Medium (N = 11-100) | 88 (30.1) |
Large (N = 100+) | 100 (34.3) |
Company typea | |
Blue-collar | 92 (31.5) |
White-collar | 81 (27.7) |
Others | 119 (40.8) |
Having smoking employee | 153 (52.4) |
Having strict prohibition smokefree policy | 249 (85.2) |
Employers perceived responsible for assisting employees to quit smoking | 70 (24.0) |
Provision of assistance to help smoking staff to quit last year | 29 (9.9) |
Messages (Poster, notice or leaflet) | 22 (75.9) |
Health talks or enquiries | 7 (24.1) |
Referral to smoking cessation service (Department of Health) | 5 (17.2) |
Respondent’s characteristics | |
Age (yrs.; mean ± SD, range) | 37.4 ± 10.9 (18-85) |
Position | |
Employer (Owner of the company) | 56 (19.2) |
Manager | 119 (40.8) |
Supervisor | 117 (40.1) |
Perceived impact of smoking on company(0-5; mean ± SD)b | 3.30 ± 1.85 |
Productivity | 151 (55.7) |
Corporate image | 195 (70.9) |
Work environment | 220 (79.4) |
Environment outside workplace | 215 (78.8) |
Customer’s evaluation of service quality | 182 (67.4) |
Knowledge of smoking and second-hand smoke (0-7; mean ± SD)c | 3.42 ± 1.67 |
Quitting is too late if smoked for years | 212 (76.3) |
Quitting may harm health of elderly smokers and quitting is not necessary | 219 (79.4) |
Using low-tar cigarettes is a safe alternative to quitting | 200 (72.7) |
Nicotine gum and patches increase quit rate | 132 (47.8) |
1 out of 20 smokers will be killed by smoking | 34 (12.4) |
Preventing children and adolescent smoking is the most important way to reduce smoking-attributable mortality | 29 (10.5) |
Second-hand smoke is less harmful than outdoor air pollution | 172 (62.3) |