Decreasing Tobacco Use Among Workers: Smoke-Free Policies to Reduce Tobacco Use

Search Strategy

The articles to be reviewed were obtained from systematic searches of multiple databases, reviews of bibliographic reference lists, and consultations with experts in the field. The original search for evidence included the period 1980–2000. Our updated search examined the period 1999 through June 2005. The following databases were searched: Medline, PsycINFO, EMBASE, and the database of the Office on Smoking and Health. Keywords used in this search were: work, workplace, occupational health, smoke, tobacco, policies, bans, restrictions, laws, legislation, smoke-free, control.

Database: Ovid MEDLINE(R)

1. (smok$ or tobacco).mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (45753)
2. exp work/ (1552)
3. workplace/ (3157)
4. occupational health/ (5575)
5. 2 or 3 or 4 (9306)
6. 1 and 5 (463)
7. (policy or policies or ban$ or restrict$ or law$ or legislation$ or smoke-free or control$).mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (621992)
8. 6 and 7 (249)
9. limit 8 to english language (208)
10. from 9 keep 1-208 (208)

Database: EMBASE

1. (smok$ or tobacco).mp. [mp=title, abstract, subject headings, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer name] (56505)
2. exp workplace/ (5664)
3. exp occupational health/ (37226)
4. 2 or 3 (39826)
5. 1 and 4 (3317)
6. (smoke-free or ban or bans or policy or policies or restriction$ or law$ or legislation).mp. [mp=title, abstract, subject headings, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer name] (98352)
7. 5 and 6 (288)
8. limit 7 to english language (260)
9. limit 8 to yr=1999 - 2005 (196)
10. from 9 keep 1-196 (196)

DP Search Criteria

Descriptors: work* and (smoke* or tobacco) and
Textwords: smoke-free or ban* or policy or policies or law* or legislation or restriction* or control* and
Publication Year: 1999 To 2005 and
Language: "ENGLISH"
Total: 117

Database: PsycINFO

1. (workplace$ or worksite$).mp. or work$.de. [mp=title, abstract, subject headings, table of contents, key concepts] (19732)
2. (smok$ or tobacco).mp. [mp=title, abstract, subject headings, table of contents, key concepts] (15074)
3. (smoke-free or ban$ or policy or policies or law or legislation or restriction$ or control$).mp. [mp=title, abstract, subject headings, table of contents, key concepts] (219778)
4. 1 and 2 (413)
5. 3 and 4 (188)
6. limit 5 to english language (184)
7. limit 6 to yr=1999 - 2005 (59)
8. from 7 keep 1-59 (59)