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dc.titleCustomers’ perceptions of compliance with a tobacco control law in restaurants in hanoi, Vietnam: A cross-sectional study
dc.contributor.authorDang A.K.
dc.contributor.authorTran B.X.
dc.contributor.authorNguyen L.H.
dc.contributor.authorDo H.T.
dc.contributor.authorNguyen C.T.
dc.contributor.authorFleming M.
dc.contributor.authorLe H.T.
dc.contributor.authorLe Q.N.H.
dc.contributor.authorLatkin C.A.
dc.contributor.authorZhang M.W.B.
dc.contributor.authorHo R.C.M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-20T03:46:36Z
dc.date.available2019-03-20T03:46:36Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationDang A.K., Tran B.X., Nguyen L.H., Do H.T., Nguyen C.T., Fleming M., Le H.T., Le Q.N.H., Latkin C.A., Zhang M.W.B., Ho R.C.M. (2018). Customers’ perceptions of compliance with a tobacco control law in restaurants in hanoi, Vietnam: A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15 (7) : 1451. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15071451
dc.identifier.issn16617827
dc.identifier.urihttp://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/152464
dc.description.abstractThe Tobacco Harm Prevention Law has been promulgated in 2012 in Vietnam, prohibiting smoking in public places such as restaurants except for designated smoking areas. However, currently, evidence about Vietnamese customers’ and restaurants’ compliance with the Law is constrained. This study aimed to explore customers’ perceptions; attitudes and practices towards the compliance with tobacco control regulations in the restaurants in Hanoi, Vietnam. A cross-sectional study was performed in October 2015 with 1746 customers in 176 communes in Hanoi, Vietnam. Data about customers’ perceptions on how restaurants comply with the smoking control law and whether customers smoking actively or experienced SHS in restaurants in the last 30 days were collected. Multivariable mixed effects logistic regression model was used to determine the factors related to smoking in the restaurant. Most customers were aware of the law on Tobacco Harm Prevention (79%; n = 1320) and regulations that prohibited smoking in restaurants (78.4%; n = 1137). While 75.8% (n = 1285) of customers perceived that they did not see or rarely saw no-smoking signs, 17.7% (n = 481) of customers reported that they frequently saw direct marketing of tobacco in visited restaurants. About one-fourth of customers witnessed that the staff reminded customers not to smoke inside restaurants (28.8%; n = 313), and 65% (n = 1135) sometimes or always were exposed to secondhand smoke in their visited restaurants. People who were female (OR = 0.02, 95% CI = 0.01–0.05) were less likely to report their smoking in the restaurant than their counterparts. Those having higher age (OR = 1.03; 95% CI = 1.01–1.06), high school education (OR = 2.14, 95% CI = 1.07–4.26), being office workers (OR = 3.24, 95% CI = 1.33–7.92) or unemployed (OR = 4.45; 95% CI = 1.09–18.15) had a higher likelihood of reporting to be restaurant smokers than those having lower high education or students, respectively. This study highlighted a low level of perceived compliance with the smoke-free law in Vietnamese restaurants. Improving the monitoring systems for the enforcement of the smoking law in restaurants should be prioritized; restaurant owners should implement 100% smoke-free environments as following the best practice towards the tobacco control law along with educational campaigns to promote the awareness of restaurant owners and customers about the tobacco control law. © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectLaw; Restaurant; Secondhand smoke; Smoking; Tobacco; Vietnam
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.departmentBIOMED INST FOR GLOBAL HEALTH RES & TECH
dc.contributor.departmentDEPT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
dc.description.doi10.3390/ijerph15071451
dc.description.sourcetitleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
dc.description.volume15
dc.description.issue7
dc.description.page1451
dc.published.statepublished
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