2017 Volume 12 Issue 6 Pages 111-119
Objective: We investigated the factors interfering with measures to prevent passive smoking in pharmacies.
Methods: A survey was sent to 500 pharmacists in community pharmacies published in Tokyo Metropolitan Medical Institution Information.
Results/Findings: The questionnaire response rate was 46.0% (230/500 pharmacists). Subjects were 77 pharmacists who worked in completely smoke-free pharmacies. Among the not completely smoke-free pharmacies groups, there were 37 pharmacists who worked in pharmacies with separate areas for smokers and nonsmokers, or with no action plan for smoking cessation. Higher age and personal management of pharmacies were more frequent in the incompletely smoke-free pharmacies group. They were not aggressive in smoking cessation support and lacked understanding of passive smoking.
Conclusion: Pharmacists in pharmacies with inadequate countermeasures for passive smoking were older in age and individual owners.
