Legislation for smoke-free workplaces and health of bar workers in Ireland: before and after study
dc.contributor.author | Allwright, Shane | |
dc.contributor.author | Paul, Gillian | |
dc.contributor.author | Greiner, Birgit A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mullally, Bernie J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Pursell, Lisa | |
dc.contributor.author | Kelly, Alan | |
dc.contributor.author | Bonner, Brendan | |
dc.contributor.author | D'Eath, Maureen | |
dc.contributor.author | McConnell, Bill | |
dc.contributor.author | McLaughlin, James P. | |
dc.contributor.author | O'Donovan, Diarmuid | |
dc.contributor.author | O'Kane, Eamon | |
dc.contributor.author | Perry, Ivan J. | |
dc.contributor.funder | Office of Tobacco Control, Ireland | en |
dc.contributor.funder | National Cancer Institute, United States | |
dc.contributor.funder | Irish Cancer Society | |
dc.contributor.funder | Irish Heart Foundation | |
dc.contributor.funder | Health Service Executive, Ireland | |
dc.contributor.funder | Western Investing for Health Partnership, Northern Ireland | |
dc.contributor.funder | Mandate Trade Union, Ireland | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-11-02T13:47:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-11-02T13:47:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005-11-12 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: To compare exposure to secondhand smoke and respiratory health in bar staff in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland before and after the introduction of legislation for smoke-free workplaces in the Republic. Design: Comparisons before and after the legislation in intervention and control regions. Setting Public houses in three areas in the Republic (intervention) and one area in Northern Ireland (control). Participants: 329 bar staff enrolled in baseline survey; 249 (76%) followed up one year later. Of these, 158 were non-smokers both at baseline and follow-up. Main outcome measures: Salivary cotinine concentration, self reported exposure to secondhand smoke, and respiratory and sensory irritation symptoms. Results: In bar staff in the Republic who did not themselves smoke, salivary cotinine concentrations dropped by 80% after the smoke-free law (from median 29.0 nmol/l (95% confidence interval 18.2 to 43.2 nmol/l)) to 5.1 nmol/l (2.8 to 13.1 nmol/l) in contrast with a 20% decline in Northern Ireland over the same period (from median 25.3 nmol/l (10.4 to 59.2 nmol/l) to 20.4 nmol/l (13.2 to 33.8 nmol/l)). Changes in self reported exposure to secondhand smoke were consistent with the changes in cotinine concentrations. Reporting any respiratory symptom declined significantly in the Republic (down 16.7%, -26.1% to -7.3%) but not in Northern Ireland (0% difference, -32.7% to 32.7%). After adjustment for confounding, respiratory symptoms declined significantly more in the Republic than in Northern Ireland and the decline in cotinine concentration was twice as great. Conclusion: The smoke-free law in the Republic of Ireland protects non-smoking bar workers from exposure to secondhand smoke. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Office of Tobacco Control, Republic of Ireland (Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society); National Cancer Institute, United States (R01 CA90955); Irish Cancer Society; Irish Heart Foundation; Health Service Executive, Western Area, and Western Investing for Health Partnership, Northern Ireland. Mandate Trade Union, Ireland, provided two prizes for a draw | en |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.description.version | Published Version | en |
dc.format.medium | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Allwright S., Paul G., Greiner B., Mullally BJ., et al, 2005. Legislation for smoke-free workplaces and health of bar workers in Ireland: before and after study. BMJ, 331(7525), pp. 1117-1123. | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1136/bmj.38636.499225.55 | |
dc.identifier.endpage | 1123 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0959-535X | |
dc.identifier.issued | 7525 | en |
dc.identifier.journaltitle | BMJ | en |
dc.identifier.startpage | 1117 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/95 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 331 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | British Medical Association, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd | en |
dc.rights | © 2005 Allwright et al; licensee BMJ Publishing Group Ltd | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://resources.bmj.com/bmj/authors/checklists-forms/licence-for-publication | en |
dc.subject | Secondhand smoke effects | en |
dc.subject | Smoke-free workplace legislation | en |
dc.subject | Passive smoking | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Smoking cessation -- Health aspects | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Smoking in the workplace -- Government policy -- Ireland | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Smoking -- Law and legislation -- Ireland | en |
dc.title | Legislation for smoke-free workplaces and health of bar workers in Ireland: before and after study | en |
dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |