According to her the ban appears inevitable

"Despite the loi Evin, road that remains to the company without tobacco important rest." The French exception still hit. Hexagonal business leaders are struggling to impose law the principle of the prohibition of smoking in places for collective use. The survey conducted by Ipsos on behalf of American laboratory Pfizer reveals number of contradictions. While a large majority of French (about 80) declare in favour of a professional environment without smoke, barely one-third enterprises have the leap of the ban on the place of work.

"There is a form of paradox in the attitude of French business leaders." They know that the topic of smoking is important. But at the same time, they consider that this problem is not urgent. "However, the employees of the company, including smokers, approve majority ban smoking after its implementation", said Edouard Lecerf, Managing Director of Ipsos Public Affairs, who coordinated the survey. Near 9 10 business leaders do not refuse their responsibilities and admit that they must ensure an environment of free tobacco to all their employees.

But these good intentions are not followed by effect: 77 of them recognize that the legislation is poorly (or not at all) applied in their business. As the size of the company is important and better regulation is met. Ultimately, the margin of progress remains very important. "In the end, 45 of business leaders say that the prohibition of smoking is not at all or only partially applied in their business" Note Edouard Lecerf.

Two main reasons are put forward to justify the wide gap between this "what should be done and what was being done." The configuration of the offices or workshops is presented as the first ban (34), almost on a par with the risks of conflict between smokers and non-smoking (30). Behind these two quite spurious arguments follow the freedom that must be left to smokers (22), the judgment that the smoke is not discomfort (10) and the density of the smokers who by their numbers to impose their law (5).

Curiously, business leaders greatly minimize legal risk they incur by not applying the law. Assistance for the voluntary withdrawal remains a rare practice. Only 4 of managers have implemented a strategy of this type and 5 are considering to do so. Where the undertakings with more than 100 people are more sensitive to argument (34 in undertakings with more than 250 employees).

"Fight against smoking in the company is a double issue." "It is a public health mission and a source of savings and well-being for the company and the community," said the Director of the national Committee against smoking, Emmanuelle Béguinot, continues tirelessly his activist work. For her, the loi Evin, pioneer in this area suffers from two through frequent in France: its complexity and its waiver. According to her, "the ban appears inevitable. Mixed (ventilated areas reserved for smokers) are "false good solutions".

Convince the lost

Similarly, derogating measures (approval of smoking in bars and discotheques) result in "interference of the health message." Emmanuelle Béguinot argues for a "denormalization" of the Act with a slogan without appeal: "the standard, it is not smoking", knowing that 70 of smokers are not psychologically prepared to stop. Some doctors feel also invested with a mission of public health in the fight against tobacco. This is the case of Dr. Béatrice master, occupational physician and tobaccologist. It advocates the implementation of concerted actions but farms. "Becoming a business without tobacco may be a catalyst to trigger or encourage smokers to change their consumption." It suggests the use of positive slogans to convince the lost of the genus "share the pleasure of clean air."

The lyricism and INTA are also able to convince the more reluctant: "no strike will not give never as much as stop smoking savings additional purchasing power", said Beatrice master. But this area of the syndrome of "what I say and not what do do" is never far. About a third of doctors smoke and this percentage is similar among business leaders.