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Policy paper analyzes implications of engineering standards group approaches to secondhand smoke.
http://www.ashrae.org/content/ASHRAE/ASHRAE/PDF/20042258323_326.pdf
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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.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1997/Sep-10-Wed-1997/news/6032751.html
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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.
http://www.gpiatlantic.org/ab_smoke-free.shtml
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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.
http://jech.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/54/9/673
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Bar and Restaurant Workers Inhale Smoke Equivalent to Active Smokers
Harvard School of Public Health research study.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/press/releases/press04042001.html
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Passive Smoking Hits Workplace Health
Non-smokers' productivity suffers when their colleagues light up, say researchers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/890425.stm
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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.
http://www.ohsonline.com/Stevens/OHSPub.nsf/frame?open&redirect=http://www.ohsonline.com/st....
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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.
http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/29486.htm
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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.
http://www.smokefreeworksite.org/
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NIOSH: Secondhand Smoke in the Workplace
1991 report on occupational exposure to secondhand smoke and its effects.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/91108_54.html
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Smokefree Workplaces, Restaurants, and Airlines
Fully footnoted factsheets on health and economic aspects.
http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter37/Chapter37WORKPLACE.html
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Cigarette Verdict a Warning to Clubs
Recent jury decision, finding a bar worker's cancer was caused by secondhand smoke, is expected to
lead to smokefree bars and clubs.
http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,1958374%255E421,00.html
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ETS in the Workplace
Annotated list of web resources on making your workplaces smoke-free and smoke-free business.
http://www.ncth.ca/NCTHweb.nsf/16a7a46a13d27dd4852569ac007ec6f9/7aa75a361691cf2085256a230049877....
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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.
http://www.californialung.org/press/981229smokefree.html
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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.
http://www.safetyline.wa.gov.au/pagebin/guidwswa0064.htm
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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.
http://archives.theglobeandmail.com/s97is.vts?action=View&VdkVgwKey=%2Fopt%2FGIS%2Fverity%2....
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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.
http://www.doorcountycompass.com/smokefree/020822_waitress.htm
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Study into Secondhand Smoke
A new study reveals that non-smoking hospitality workers are breathing in increasing amounts of
nicotine by-products.
http://onenews.nzoom.com/onenews_detail/0,1227,37963-1-6,00.html
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OSH Answers on Secondhand Smoke
General information and health effects, from Canada's national occupational health and safety
resource.
http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/psychosocial/ets_health.html
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Bartenders Breathe Easier After Establishment of Smoke-free Bars and Taverns
General-interest report on recent research, explains in lay terms.
http://www.cleanlungs.com/education/bartenders.html
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Secondhand Smoke Exposure
Emphasis is on measurements taken at workplaces: offices, bars, casinos, airlines, and so on.
http://www.repace.com/fact_exp.html
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Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke in the Workplace
Summary of scientific report performed by the government of Ireland.
http://www.otc.ie/ets1.htm
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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.
http://www.worksafebc.com/priority/smoke/default.asp
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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.
http://www.acoem.org/position/statements.asp?CATA_ID=8
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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.
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doh/html/smoke/smoke.html
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Passive Smoking At Work
UK pamphlet covers the health risks of passive smoking, why employers should take action, and
benefits to employers of taking action.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/smokindx.htm
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Smoking & the Work Place
Fact sheet on secondhand smoke in the workplace, from the Maryland Tobacco Page.
http://sailor.lib.md.us/docs/tobacco/workfac4.htm
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BREATH - The California Smoke-free Bar Program
Explains the hows and whys of California's smoke-free bars.
http://www.breath-ala.org/
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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.
http://www.smokefree.org/
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Nolo Press: Smoking in the Workplace
Brief article on smokefree workplaces and the law.
http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/articles/emp/smoking.html
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