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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 14985615 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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OBJECTIVES: To document tobacco industry involvement in thwarting enactment of a smoke-free airport policy at Lambert-St Louis International Airport (Lambert Airport) in the 1990s; and to test whether smoking rooms at Lambert Airport protect non-smokers from exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) in adjacent non-smoking areas. METHODS: Tobacco industry document websites were searched for previously secret documents relating to efforts to maintain smoking in Lambert Airport. Testing of SHS contamination in non-smoking areas adjacent to a designated smoking room was conducted at Lambert Airport in 1997-98 and again in 2002. A 1998 comparative test was also performed inside nominally smoke-free Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac Airport). Tests were performed using either static or active nicotine monitors. RESULTS: Industry documents show that the tobacco industry promoted the construction of designated smoking rooms as a way to sidetrack efforts to make Lambert Airport entirely non-smoking. Nicotine vapour air monitoring in a non-smoking area of the airport, adjacent to a smoking room located in Terminal C, reveals elevated levels of ambient nicotine vapour in excess of what would be expected in a completely non-smoking environment. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that airport smoking rooms expose non-smokers in adjacent non-smoking areas to a significant concentration of nicotine vapour from SHS. |
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Authors:
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M Pion; M S Givel |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Tobacco control Volume: 13 Suppl 1 ISSN: 1468-3318 ISO Abbreviation: Tob Control Publication Date: 2004 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2004-02-26 Completed Date: 2004-12-07 Revised Date: 2008-11-20 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9209612 Medline TA: Tob Control Country: England |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: i37-40 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Missouri GASP, St Louis, Missouri 63135-1213, USA. mpion@swbell.net |
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Aerospace Medicine* Air Pollutants / analysis Air Pollution, Indoor Attitude to Health Environmental Monitoring / methods Nicotine / analysis Organizational Policy Smoking / prevention & control* Tobacco Industry Tobacco Smoke Pollution / analysis* |
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Reg. No./Substance:
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0/Air Pollutants; 0/Tobacco Smoke Pollution; 54-11-5/Nicotine |
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