ArticleInternational journal of public health2014
The effect of workplace smoking bans on heart rate variability and pulse wave velocity of non-smoking hospitality workers.
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- Evaluation of Population-Level Tobacco Control Interventions and Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2023Pooled it
- The efficacy of smoking ban policy at the workplace on secondhand smoking: systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions to Reduce Exposures in the Workplace: A Systematic Review of Intervention Studies Over Six Decades, 1960-2019.Frontiers in public health · 2020Pooled it
- Legislative smoking bans for reducing harms from secondhand smoke exposure, smoking prevalence and tobacco consumption.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Time Course of Heart Rate Variability Response to PM2.5 Exposure from Secondhand Smoke.PloS one · 2016Trial
- State of the evidence on economic impacts of smoke-free policies in the tourism sector: A narrative literature review.Tobacco induced diseases · 2025Review
- Rationale and Design of a Panel Study Investigating Six Health Effects of Airborne Pollen: The EPOCHAL Study.Frontiers in public health · 2021Observational
- The Association of Autonomic Nervous System Function With Ischemic Stroke, and Treatment Strategies.Frontiers in neurology · 2019Review
- Reference values of one-point carotid stiffness parameters determined by carotid echo-tracking and brachial pulse pressure in a large population of healthy subjects.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2017Article
- Therapeutic modification of arterial stiffness: An update and comprehensive review.World journal of cardiology · 2015Review
- Mechanistic data support protecting non-smokers from the lethal effects of second-hand smoke.International journal of public health · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the effect of a change in second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure on heart rate variability (HRV) and pulse wave velocity (PWV), this study utilized a quasi-experimental setting when a smoking ban was introduced.
methodsHRV, a quantitative marker of autonomic activity of the nervous system, and PWV, a marker of arterial stiffness, were measured in 55 non-smoking hospitality workers before and 3-12 months after a smoking ban and compared to a control group that did not experience an exposure change. SHS exposure was determined with a nicotine-specific badge and expressed as inhaled cigarette equivalents per day (CE/d).
resultsPWV and HRV parameters significantly changed in a dose-dependent manner in the intervention group as compared to the control group. A one CE/d decrease was associated with a 2.3% (95% CI 0.2-4.4; p = 0.031) higher root mean square of successive differences (RMSSD), a 5.7% (95% CI 0.9-10.2; p = 0.02) higher high-frequency component and a 0.72% (95% CI 0.40-1.05; p < 0.001) lower PWV.
conclusionsPWV and HRV significantly improved after introducing smoke-free workplaces indicating a decreased cardiovascular risk.
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