THE WORKSITE ENVIRONMENT AS A CUE TO SMOKING REDUCTION

With a modified version of the Health Belief Model as the conceptual f ramework, the hypothesis that exposure to a worksite health-promoting environment acted as a cue to smoking reduction among 310 smokers was tested with a quasi-experimental design. Using path analysis (LISREL), the total effects on posttest smoking were decomposed. Results showed exposure to the health-promoting environment had statistically signif icant direct and indirect effects on posttest smoking. The indirect ef fect was through the posttest perceived barriers variable. The LISREL model explained 74% of the variance in smoking reduction and fit the d ata satisfactorily, The importance of developing the worksite as a hea lth-promoting force is discussed. (C) 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.