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"You Want Your Guests to Be Happy in This Business": Hoteliers' Decisions to Adopt Voluntary Smoke-Free Guest-Room Policies.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:To explore why some hotels have implemented 100% smoke-free policies voluntarily, the perceived consequences of doing so, and media responses. DESIGN:Qualitative study of hotel management and quantitative content analysis of media coverage of smoke-free hotels. SETTING:Hotels and media based in the United States. PARTICIPANTS:Eleven representatives of 5 independent and 4 chain hotels. Other data included 265 news items about smoke-free hotels. METHOD:We conducted 30-minute semi-structured interviews with hotel representatives and analyzed the data using qualitative content analysis. We also searched 3 online news databases for news items about hotels in our study, and collaboratively coded retrieved items; we analyzed the content and slant of news items. RESULTS:Business considerations, including guest requests, competitor action, and cost savings, were the primary motivations for implementing 100% smoke-free guest-room policies. Health concerns played a minimal role. Hotels received positive feedback from customers and employees. Media coverage was favorable, emphasizing positive aspects of going smoke-free; the overall slant of news items was positive or neutral. However, few hotels marketed the change. CONCLUSIONS:Since hotel customers and employees are likely to experience long periods of smoke exposure and smoke-free hotels appear to be so well received, it may be timely to pursue policies making all hotels smoke-free.

SUBMITTER: McDaniel PA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6136976 | biostudies-other | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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"You Want Your Guests to Be Happy in This Business": Hoteliers' Decisions to Adopt Voluntary Smoke-Free Guest-Room Policies.

McDaniel Patricia A PA Malone Ruth E RE

American journal of health promotion : AJHP 20180323 8

<h4>Purpose</h4>To explore why some hotels have implemented 100% smoke-free policies voluntarily, the perceived consequences of doing so, and media responses.<h4>Design</h4>Qualitative study of hotel management and quantitative content analysis of media coverage of smoke-free hotels.<h4>Setting</h4>Hotels and media based in the United States.<h4>Participants</h4>Eleven representatives of 5 independent and 4 chain hotels. Other data included 265 news items about smoke-free hotels.<h4>Method</h4>W ...[more]

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"You Want Your Guests to Be Happy in This Business": Hoteliers' Decisions to Adopt Voluntary Smoke-Free Guest-Room Policies.

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