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Effectiveness of a smoke-free policy in lowering secondhand smoke concentrations in offices in China
Quan Gan1, S Katharine Hammond, Yuan Jiang
1School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California 94143-1390, USA. quan.gan@ucsf.edu
Objective:
To examine the secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure level in Chinese office buildings and to evaluate the effectiveness of a smoke-free policy in reducing SHS exposure.
Methods:
Survey of smoking policies and measurement of SHS level in 14 office buildings from 10 provinces in China.
Results:
Smoking in the building significantly elevated the SHS concentrations both in offices with at least one smoker and in offices with no smokers. In one building that recently adopted a smoke-free policy, the nicotine concentrations decreased significantly after the policy was enacted. Enactment of a smoking policy was effective in reducing SHS exposure in the buildings.
Conclusions:
Nonsmoking office workers in China were exposed to significant levels of SHS at work; both the central and local governments should realize the need to legislate against workplace smoking.
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