Environment and well-being before and following smoking ban in office buildings

I Broder; C Pilger; P Corey

Environment and well-being before and following smoking ban in office buildings

Can J Public Health. 1993 Jul-Aug;84(4):254-8.

Authors

I Broder¹, C Pilger, P Corey

Affiliation

¹ Gage Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Toronto, ON.

PMID: 8221499

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the well-being, salivary cotinine levels and environmental characteristics of office building workers and their workplace before and after the introduction of a smoking ban. The results showed that one year following the ban, there was an ambiguous change in symptom reporting, a trend towards reduced salivary cotinine levels, and an improvement in measured but not in perceived environmental quality.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Cotinine / analysis
Environmental Monitoring
Female
Health Status*
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Occupational Health*
Saliva / chemistry
Smoking Prevention*
Tobacco Smoke Pollution / prevention & control*

Substances

Tobacco Smoke Pollution
Cotinine