カリフォルニア州における環境タバコの煙からの保護. 喫煙しない職場の主張
R Borland1, J P Pierce, D M Burns
1Center for Behavioral Research in Cancer, Victorian Anti-Cancer Council, Melbourne, Australia.
JAMA
|August 12, 1992
まとめ
非喫煙者の屋内労働者は,環境におけるたばこ煙 (ETS) に著しい曝露に直面しています. 喫煙禁止の職場政策は,被ばく喫煙から労働者を保護するために不可欠です.
科学分野:
- 職業衛生は,健康に関するものです.
- 環境衛生 環境衛生 環境衛生
- 公共衛生政策 公共衛生政策
背景:
- 環境におけるたばこ煙 (ETS) は,非喫煙者の健康に危険をもたらす.
- 職場での喫煙に関する方針は様々であり,潜在的に異なる曝露レベルにつながる可能性があります.
- ETSへの曝露を理解することは,効果的な公衆衛生介入の開発に不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- 非喫煙者の屋内作業員の環境喫煙煙 (ETS) への曝露を評価する.
- 職場の喫煙政策,職場の特徴,職場の大きさ,人口統計に基づいてETSの暴露を分析する.
- 職場でのETS被曝に影響を与える要因を特定する.
主な方法:
- 1990年のカリフォルニアタバコ調査でインタビューされた7162人の成人,非喫煙者,屋内労働者のデータを活用した.
- 過去2週間の職場での喫煙について回答者に質問することで,ETSの曝露を評価しました.
- 喫煙政策の種類,職場の面積,職場の大きさによって,被曝率を分析した.
主要な成果:
- カリフォルニアの非喫煙者約220万人が1990年に屋内でETSにさらされたと推定されています.
- 曝露率は著しく異なっており,禁煙施設では9.3%,政策なしでは51.4%であった.
- 喫煙を全面的に禁止していない職場の非喫煙者は,ETSに曝される可能性が2.8~8倍以上高かった.
結論:
- 喫煙禁止の職場規則を除く既存の職場喫煙政策は,適切な保護を提供していません.
- 喫煙制限が全くない,または部分的な地域で働く非喫煙者は,かなり高いETS被曝を経験しました.
- 喫煙のない職場のポリシーを実施することは,非喫煙者をETSの暴露から保護するための最も効果的な措置です.
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