| Summary: | 碩士 === 國防醫學院 === 公共衛生學研究所 === 102 === Objectives: There are lots of studies which have confirmed that smoking is a high risk factor for many diseases and death. Not only are there health hazards from smoking, but smoking also causes direct medical costs. Losing productivity is a serious public issue. To achieve the goal of a "Smokeless army", both the R.O.C Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taiwan committed to promoting the tobacco control program, and reducing the prevalence of smoking. In order to justify support for the establishment of a smoke-free environment, we investigated the implementation of active smoking policy in the basic military training center, and examined the changes in recruits’ smoking behavior and secondhand smoke exposure during the training period.
Methods: Research design using quasi-experimental design. A camp used in actively smoking policy for the training units, and B camp used in ordinary smoking policy for the training units. We used a structured questionnaire as a research tools, and the training staff members fill out the questionnaire by themselves. Survey Timing was (a) pre-test questionnaire: the first week of training, (ii) the post-test questionnaires: the last week of the training period.
Results: The study found that active smoking policy intervention can reduce daily cigarette consumption 39.5%, reduce the nicotine dependence index 33.2%, increase the intention to quit smoking, and change smoking place during the training period.
Conclusion: In this study, the implementation of an active smoking policy provided smokeless support environment, reduced the amount of smoking and nicotine dependence index of smokers, and increased the intention to quit.
Keywords: Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence, smoking amounts, secondhand smoke exposure, quit ambition
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