| Document ID (ISN) | 110233 |
| CIS number |
09-1340 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2009 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Ayres J.G., Semple S., MacCalman L., Dempsey S., Hilton S., Hurley J.F., Miller B.G., Naji A., Petticrew M. |
| Title |
Bar workers' health and environmental tobacco smoke (BHETSE): Symptomatic improvement in bar staff following smoke-free legislation in Scotland |
| Bibliographic information |
May 2009, Vol.66, No.5, p.339-346. Illus. 22 ref. |
| Abstract |
The objective of this study was to examine changes in the health of bar workers after smoke-free legislation was introduced in Scotland. Bar workers were followed from before legislation introduction and at two months and one year after the introduction. Participants included 371 bar workers recruited from 72 bars. Of the 191 (51%) workers seen at the one-year follow-up, the percentage reporting respiratory symptoms fell from 69% to 57% and for sensory symptoms from 75% to 64%. As these improvements were seen in both non-smokers and smokers, smoke-free working environments may have potentially important benefits even for workers who smoke. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
waiters, waitresses and bartenders; restaurants; symptoms; passive smoking; Scotland |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
subjective assessment; determination in saliva; eye irritation; United Kingdom; cotinine; statistical evaluation; dyspnoea; expectoration; questionnaire survey; respiratory function tests; legislation; smoking |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
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| Browse category(ies) |
Smoking
Hotels and restaurants
Passive smoking
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