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• Society: Issues: Health: Tobacco: Secondhand Smoke: Public Places: Restaurants and Bars  (28)

Another Blue-Collar Woe: Higher Exposure to Secondhand Smoke - - Blue-collar and service workers are exposed to more secondhand smoke on the job than other employees.

Bartenders Breathe Easier After Establishment of Smoke-free Bars and Taverns - - General-interest report on recent research, explains in lay terms.

BREATH - The California Smoke-free Bar Program - - Explains the hows and whys of California's smoke-free bars.

The Economic Impact of Smokefree Workplaces in Nova Scotia - - Analysis of economic data in Nova Scotia indicates that business does not suffer when workplaces go smokefree; if anything, business increases.

Epidemiological Basis for an Occupational and Environmental Policy on Environmental Tobacco Smoke - - From the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine summarizes the science behind smokefree policies.

ETS in the Workplace - - Annotated list of web resources on making your workplaces smoke-free and smoke-free business.

Guidance Note: Secondhand Smoke - - Washington state factsheet and short notes on secondhand smoke, its effects and how to reduce exposure to it at the workplace.

Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke in the Workplace - - Summary of scientific report performed by the government of Ireland.

The Implications of ASHRAE's Guidance on Ventilation for Smoking-Permitted Areas - - Policy paper analyzes implications of engineering standards group approaches to secondhand smoke.

Multnomah County Smokefree workplace - - Resources of use to any smokefree worksite, including health effects of workplace exposure to secondhand smoke, benefits to employers of going smokefree, and extensive findings of a task force investigating smokefree workplaces.

NIOSH: Secondhand Smoke in the Workplace - - 1991 report on occupational exposure to secondhand smoke and its effects.

NYC Department of Health - DOH Smoke / Tobacco Control - - Are you breathing secondhand smoke in the workplace? In public places? What you can do; steps to a smokefree workplace.

OSH Answers on Secondhand Smoke - - General information and health effects, from Canada's national occupational health and safety resource.

Passive Smoking At Work: the Short Term Cost - - Exposure to secondhand smoke at work costs employers money for increased health services and increased time off.

Passive Smoking Hits Workplace Health - - Non-smokers' productivity suffers when their colleagues light up, say researchers.

Second Hand Smoke in the Workplace in Canada - - The Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia provides health and legal information on secondhand smoke in the workplace.

Secondhand smoke danger shown in study - - September 1997: research presented at the American Chemical Society convention. Marker for exposure to ETS was found in the urine of nonsmoking hospital workers caring for patients in a smoking area of a Canadian veterans hospital.

Secondhand Smoke Exposure - - Emphasis is on measurements taken at workplaces: offices, bars, casinos, airlines, and so on.

SmokeFree Educational Services, Inc. - - "Together we can win smokefree workplace legislation, including smokefree offices, restaurants, bowling alleys, bars, and clubs." Facilitates letter writing between smokefree advocates and key decision makers.

Smokefree Workplace Law means Californians Continue to Breathe Easier - - Article from the American Lung Association of California. In the fourth year of California's smokefree workplace law, contrary to the dire predictions of the tobacco industry, restaurants are booming in California, tourism is up, and the hospitality industry is doing good business. And the number of Californians protected from secondhand smoke has grown tremendously.

Smokefree Workplaces, Restaurants, and Airlines - - Fully footnoted factsheets on health and economic aspects.

Smoking & the Work Place - - Fact sheet on secondhand smoke in the workplace, from the Maryland Tobacco Page.

www.WorkingSmokeFree.com - Helping North Carolina Businesses Achieve Smokefree Workplaces - - Information to aid in making the decision to adopt a smokefree workplace policy, including health and financial reasons become a smokefree workplace, implementation tips, success stories from N.C. businesses, and smokefree workplace and restaurant listings.

Waitress Gets Lung Cancer from Secondhand Smoke - - Heather Cross breathed in secondhand smoke as she worked for 40 years in an Ottowa restaurant; she now has advanced, inoperable lung cancer. (July 22, 2002)

Secondhand Smoke Can Triple Risk - - People who are routinely exposed to a lot of second-hand smoke, such as workers in bars and restaurants, can see their risk of lung cancer triple, a new study says. (July 12, 2001)

Bar and Restaurant Workers Inhale Smoke Equivalent to Active Smokers - - Harvard School of Public Health research study. (April 5, 2001)

Study into Secondhand Smoke - - A new study reveals that non-smoking hospitality workers are breathing in increasing amounts of nicotine by-products. (April 27, 2000)

Passive Smoke Nearly Doubles Risk of Heart Attack - - Based on a study of 32,000 nurses; nurses who were regularly exposed to secondhand smoke by their co-workers or home companions had a 91% higher risk of a heart attack or death; nurses with occasional exposure to secondhand smoke had a 58% greater risk. (May 21, 1997)

Clearing the Air - No Smoking Policies in the Workplace - - HR Magazine article report on why and how companies successfully and effectively implemented smokefree policies at the workplace. (February 1, 1993)