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Epidemiological evidence showed that risk factor controls, including smoking cessation and prevention, impact health costs. Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC), one of Indonesia's largest coal mining operations, implemented a comprehensive tobacco control policy program in 2015. This study aimed to describe the tobacco control policy program and the impact on smoking behavior among KPC employees.
A survey among 404 employees was conducted through a self-administered questionnaire to assess the impact of the smoke-free KPC programs. Focus group discussions were conducted to evaluate the impact of the tobacco control policy programs. Descriptive and content analyses were performed.
A series of tobacco control programs were implemented, including advocacy, health education, brief interventions for smoking cessation, peer counselor training, media campaigns, and policy regulations. About 95.5% of the respondents attended the KPC Smoke-Free 2015 programs, and 97.8% reported they already knew that KPC is a total smoke-free area. Nearly 50% of the respondents expressed that the staff complied with the rules and no longer smoked in KPC. More than three-quarters (76.6%) of smokers reduced their consumption, and 5.6% quit smoking. However, most employee smokers have failed to quit.
This study reveals that the KPC smoke-free policy has been comprehensively implemented. Regulations on smoking and tobacco controls should be maintained, and close monitoring should be consistently done. Media campaigns on the regulations and the availability of trained peer educators who can help employee smokers to quit smoking need to be applied continuously.
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