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» BREATH - The California Smoke-free Bar Program  - Explains the hows and whys of California's smoke-free bars.
» Bar and Restaurant Workers Inhale Smoke Equivalent to Active Smokers - Harvard School of Public Health research study.
» Bartenders Breathe Easier After Establishment of Smoke-free Bars and Taverns - General-interest report on recent research, explains in lay terms.
» 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.
» Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke in the Workplace - Summary of scientific report performed by the government of Ireland.
» 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.
» OSH Answers on Secondhand Smoke - General information and health effects, from Canada's national occupational health and safety resource.
» 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.
» 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.
» 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.
» Secondhand Smoke Exposure - Emphasis is on measurements taken at workplaces: offices, bars, casinos, airlines, and so on.
» Secondhand smoke danger shown in study - 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.
» 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.
» Smokefree Workplaces, Restaurants, and Airlines - Fully footnoted factsheets on health and economic aspects.
» Study into Secondhand Smoke - A new study reveals that non-smoking hospitality workers are breathing in increasing amounts of nicotine by-products.
» 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.
» The Implications of ASHRAE's Guidance on Ventilation for Smoking-Permitted Areas - Policy paper analyzes implications of engineering standards group approaches to secondhand smoke.
» 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.
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Last Updated: 2007-02-10 19:15:21
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