Friday, May 6, 2011

No smoking policies may present challenges to treatment centers | Science Blog

Researchers found that the number of patients who completed a program at the women’s treatment center decreased 28 percentage points — from 70 to 42 percent — following the center’s implementation of a tobacco-free policy.

“Following the implementation of the new policy, clients were significantly less likely to complete treatment than they were prior to the adoption of tobacco-free policies,” said Thomas Gregoire, co-author of the study and associate professor of social work at Ohio State University.


No smoking policies may present challenges to treatment centers | Science Blog

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