As in other jurisdictions with smokefree bars and restaurants [ 20, 21, 64- 67], the policy has greatly increased the protection of bar and restaurant workers and patrons from exposure to SHS.
A recent study of the impact of the Spanish smoke-free law demonstrated that the presence of outdoor smoking may be reducing the effectiveness of the indoor smoking ban at protecting hospitality workers and patrons from SHS exposure.
One regular patron died of exposure; another was hit by a car and died shortly before he was to receive housing.
In January 2004, the Illinois Department of Public Health was notified of two outbreaks of acute ocular and respiratory symptoms associated with indoor swimming pool exposure among patrons of two hotels located in noncontiguous central Illinois counties.
Everyone -- including restaurant owners and enforcement officials -- needs to get on the same page and eliminate secondhand smoke exposure for restaurant patrons and employees.
In Ward's recent published work on the topic, titled "Change in carbon monoxide exposure among waterpipe bar patrons," he and his colleagues tested the carbon monoxide levels of college students before and after smoking in a hookah bar.
These studies documented the consequences of secondhand smoke exposure for nonsmoking workers, patrons, mothers and children.
We developed a theory-driven, peer-led behavioral HIV prevention program and implemented it with a high degree of fidelity to the protocol, achieving good levels of intervention penetration and exposure among beer hall patrons.
Some pub companies are so well tuned to their sales trends that they rely on complicated financial instruments like weather derivatives to hedge their exposure against cloudy weather, when patrons drink less than on sunny days.
Results: Senix Creek gains added exposure and access to new patrons and Fab Face Fun obtained an elegant, known and trusted venue to gain market exposure and brand recognition -- both at no added expense.
Incremental PM2.5 from secondhand smoke in approximately half the smoking casinos exceeded a level known to produce cardiovascular morbidity in nonsmokers after less than 2 h of exposure, posing acute health risks to patrons and workers.
