| Document ID (ISN) | 102137 |
| CIS number |
03-1308 |
| ISBN(s) |
951-802-536-3 |
| Year |
2003 |
| Convention or series no. |
People and Work Research Reports 57
|
| Author(s) |
Heloma A. |
| Title |
Impact and implementation of the Finnish Tobacco Act in workplaces |
| Bibliographic information |
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Publication Office, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, 00250 Helsinki, Finland, 2003. 62p. Illus. 165 ref. |
| Abstract |
This report, originally a thesis submitted at the Tampere School of Public Health (Finland), presents a study aimed at describing the baseline situation of employee exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and employee smoking habits before the 1994 revision of the Finnish Tobacco Act and to evaluating the impact and the implementation of the legislation in large and medium-sized workplaces both short-term and long term. Data were collected by the means of questionnaires, nicotine measurements in indoor air and a field study. The results showed a clear decrease in employee exposure to ETS in workplaces one year after the legislation took effect. The nicotine concentrations in indoor air were consistent with the decreasing trend of ETS exposure of employees. In the four-year follow up, a steadily-reducing exposure of employees was observed. The daily smoking prevalence had decreased considerably after the law was implemented and remained low, but it did not decrease any further than the initial drop following the enforcement of the law. A literature review of the tobacco epidemic and smoking prevalence is also presented in this report. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Finland; smoking; enforcement; workplaces; legislation; passive smoking |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; report; statistical trends; nicotine; determination in air; exposure evaluation; questionnaire survey; long-term study; thesis |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | Finland |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Smoking
Passive smoking
|
