Researchers have found only about 30 percent of schools have smokefree signs at their entrances, despite a law requiring them to display them.
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The Otago University study showed just 16 of the 50 schools surveyed had smokefree signs at the main school entrance.
The head researcher Nick Wilson said it was disappointing that a considerable proportion of schools did not have the signs up, and tobacco control workers should remind schools of their legal obligations.
He said a 2004 law requires all preschools, primary schools, and secondary schools, to display smokefree signs at their entrances.
The researchers conducted the study using Google Street View.
