ArticleNicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco2009
Strength of smoke-free air laws and indoor air quality.
Article in Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
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- Changes in Georgia restaurant and bar smoking policies from 2006 to 2012.Preventing chronic disease · 2015Article
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- Indoor air quality in Virginia waterpipe cafes.Tobacco control · 2013Article
- Impact of a smoking ban in hospitality venues on second hand smoke exposure: a comparison of exposure assessment methods.BMC public health · 2013Article
- Disproportionate organizational injustice: a close look at facilities exempted from indoor smoking laws in Canada.Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante · 2012Article
- Political climate and smoke-free laws in rural Kentucky communities.Policy, politics & nursing practice · 2012Article
- Secular trends and smoke-free policy development in rural Kentucky.Health education research · 2011Article
- Clean indoor air ordinance coverage in the Appalachian region of the United States.American journal of public health · 2010Article
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introductionSmoke-free air laws have been implemented in many Kentucky communities to protect the public from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke exposure. The impact of different strengths of smoke-free air laws on indoor air quality was assessed.
methodsIndoor air quality in hospitality venues was assessed in seven communities before and after comprehensive smoke-free air laws and in two communities only after partial smoke-free air laws. One community was measured three times: before any smoke-free air law, after the initial partial law, and after the law was strengthened to cover all workplaces and public places with few exemptions. Real-time measurements of particulate matters with 2.5 mum aerodynamic diameter or smaller (PM(2.5)) were obtained.
resultsWhen comprehensive smoke-free air laws were implemented, indoor PM(2.5) concentrations decreased significantly from 161 to 20 microg/m3. In one community that implemented a comprehensive smoke-free law after initially passing a partial law, indoor PM(2.5) concentrations were 304 microg/m3 before the law, 338 microg/m3 after the partial law, and 9 microg/m3 after the comprehensive law. DISCUSSION: The study clearly demonstrated that partial smoke-free air laws do not improve indoor air quality. A significant linear trend indicated that PM(2.5) levels in the establishments decreased with fewer numbers of burning cigarettes. Only comprehensive smoke-free air laws are effective in reducing indoor air pollution from secondhand tobacco smoke.
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