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Grant Number: 5R01CA100772-03 Interpret this number
Primary Investigator: Moore, Roland
Organization: Pacific Institute For Res And Evaluation
Project Title: Ethnographic Evaluation of Tobacco Policies in Bars
Fiscal Year: 2006
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Abstract

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This study is designed to investigate beliefs and behavior surrounding tobacco smoking within diverse Alameda County, California bars in which smoking has been banned. Building upon pilot research conducted by the research team in San Francisco bars, the proposed study will explicate the range of enforcement practices and patrons', bartenders', and managers' normative understandings of tobacco use, second-hand smoke, and state tobacco control policies. The overall goal of the proposed study is understanding how and why many stand-alone bars are out of compliance with California AB13, the Smoke-Free Workplace act. The proposed research design consists of a three-year ethnographic study using 110 semi-structured interviews with patrons, bar managers, bartenders and AB 13 enforcement specialists, as well as four waves of structured observations to collect both qualitative and quantitative data in a random sample of 120 bars. The sample bars are drawn from geocoded data on alcohol outlets throughout Alameda County, which includes urban low-income ethnic minority communities and affluent white suburbs as well as rural areas. Because the Alameda County Department of Public Health recently found only 53 percent of stand-alone bars to be in compliance with AB13, the final sample of 120 stand-alone bars is expected to include roughly equal numbers of noncompliant bars and compliant bars. Due to entrenched norms related to smoking in these enclosed, often small, spaces, the stand-alone bar is the public setting in which the population of patrons and employees is at greatest risk for exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. This study's findings will produce understandings of the range of bar patron and employee smoking norms and specific rationales for not complying with the ban. It will also analyze varying AB13 enforcement strategies within the county's communities and their relative success in restricting smoking in bars. These findings constitute a necessary precursor for large-scale preventive efforts with relevance to employees and patrons at risk for exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, including in communities of color.

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Publications

CHALLENGES TO IMPLEMENTING AND ENFORCING CALIFORNIA'S SMOKE-FREE WORKPLACE ACT IN BARS.
Authors: Satterlund TD, Lee JP, Moore RS, Antin TM
Source: Drugs (Abingdon Engl), 2009 Oct 1;16(5), p. 422-435.
PMID: 20161559
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Grant Numbers:
NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA100772-03 NIMHD NIH HHS - L60 MD001049-01

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Cultural factors related to smoking in San Francisco's Irish bars.
Authors: Satterlund TD, Antin TM, Lee JP, Moore RS
Source: J Drug Educ, 2009;39(2), p. 181-93.
PMID: 19999704
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Grant Numbers:
NCI NIH HHS - 1R01-CA100772 NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA100772-03 NIMHD NIH HHS - L60 MD001049-01

MeSH Terms:
Tobacco Smoke Pollution Cultural Characteristics Smoking
San Francisco Attitude to Health Restaurants
Humans Social Behavior Ireland

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Unintended consequences of smoke-free bar policies for low-SES women in three California counties.
Authors: Moore RS, Annechino RM, Lee JP
Source: Am J Prev Med, 2009 Aug;37(2 Suppl), p. S138-43.
PMID: 19591753
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Grant Numbers:
NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA100772-03 NIMHD NIH HHS - L60 MD001049-01 NCI NIH HHS - R01-CA100772

MeSH Terms:
Tobacco Smoke Pollution Stereotyping Restaurants
Humans Safety Workplace
California Smoking Social Class
Health Behavior Interviews as Topic Data Collection
Female Male

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Securing the health of disadvantaged women: a critical investigation of tobacco-control policy effects on women worldwide.
Authors: Moore RS, McLellan DL, Tauras JA, Fagan P
Source: Am J Prev Med, 2009 Aug;37(2 Suppl), p. S117-20.
PMID: 19591749
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Grant Numbers:
NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA100772-03

MeSH Terms:
Smoking Women's Health Poverty
Humans Developing Countries Health Policy
Female

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Correlates of persistent smoking in bars subject to smokefree workplace policy.
Authors: Moore RS, Lee JP, Martin SE, Todd M, Chu BC
Source: Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2009 Apr;6(4), p. 1341-57.
EPub date: 2009 Apr 2.
PMID: 19440522
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Grant Numbers:
NCI NIH HHS - 1 R01 CA100772 NIMHD NIH HHS - L60 MD001049-01

MeSH Terms:
Smoking San Francisco Logistic Models
Humans Workplace Male
Female

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Law in practice: obstacles to a smokefree workplace policy in bars serving Asian patrons.
Authors: Antin TM, Moore RS, Lee JP, Satterlund TD
Source: J Immigr Minor Health, 2010 Apr;12(2), p. 221-7.
EPub date: 2008 Aug 19.
PMID: 18712482
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Grant Numbers:
NCI NIH HHS - 1R01-CA100772 NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA100772-03 NIMHD NIH HHS - L60 MD001049-01

MeSH Terms:
United States Tobacco Smoke Pollution Taiwan
Government Regulation Restaurants Humans
Interpersonal Relations Workplace Health Policy
Korea Knowledge Socioeconomic Factors
Asian Americans Emigrants and Immigrants China
Female Male

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Tobacco free workplace policies and low socioeconomic status female bartenders in San Francisco.
Authors: Moore RS, Lee JP, Antin TM, Martin SE
Source: J Epidemiol Community Health, 2006 Sep;60 Suppl 2, p. 51-6.
PMID: 17708011
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Grant Numbers:
NCI NIH HHS - 1R01-CA100772-01A NIMHD NIH HHS - L60 MD001049-01

MeSH Terms:
Smoking San Francisco Women, Working
Restaurants Poverty Humans
Workplace Public Policy Male
Female

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