Passive smoking and its impact on employers and employees in Hong Kong

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 842-846

  McGhee, S M ^a   Hedley, A J ^a   Ho, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0036917872     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.59.12.842     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. US Department of Health and Human Services. Reducing Tobacco Use. A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2000.
2. Wells AJ. Heart disease from passive smoking in the workplace. J Am Coll Cardiol 1998;31:1-9.
3. Corrao MA, Guindon GE, Sharma N, Shokoohi DF, eds. Tobacco Control Country Profiles. Atlanta, GA: American Cancer Society, 2000.
4. Hammond SK. Exposure of US workers to environmental tobacco smoke. Environ Health Perspect 1999;107:329-40.
5. Kauppinen T, Toikkanen J, Pedersen D, et al. Occupational exposure to carcinogens in the European union. Occup Environ Med 2000;57:10-18.
6. Pirkle JL, Flegal KM, Bernert JT, et al. Exposure of the US population to environmental tobacco smoke: The third national health and nutrition examination survey, 1988-1991. JAMA 1996;275:1233-40.
7. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital and Health Statistics: Current Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 1988. DHHS publication number (PHS) 89-1501. Hyattsville, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Health Statistics, 1989.
8. Patten CA, Gilpin E, Cavin SW, et al. Workplace smoking policy and changes in smoking behavior in California: A suggested association. Tob Control 1995;4:36-41.
9. Western Pacific Regional Office, World Health Organisation. Country Profiles on Tobacco or Health. Geneva: WHO, 2000.
10. Lam TH, Ho LM, Hedley AJ, et al. Environmental tobacco smoke exposure among police officers in Hong Kong. JAMA 2000;284:756-63.
11. Kristein MM. How much can business expect to profit from smoking cessation? Prev Med 1983;12:358-81.
12. McGhee SM, Adab P, Hedley AJ, et al. Passive smoking at work: The short-term cost. J Epidemiol Community Health 2000;54:673-6.
13. White JR, Froeb HF, Kulik JA. Respiratory illness in nonsmokers chronically exposed to tobacco smoke in the workplace. Chest 1991;1:39-43.
14. Mannino DM, Siegel M, Rose D, et al. Environmental tobacco smoke exposure in the home and worksite and health effects in adults: Results from the 1991 National Health Interview Survey. Tob Control 1997;6:296-305.
15. Environmental Protection Agency. The Costs and Benefits of Smoking Restrictions. An Assessment of the Smoke-Free Environment Act of 1993. Washington, DC: Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, 1994.
16. Census & Statistics Department, Hong Kong. 1996 Population By-census. Hong Kong: Census and Statistics Department, 1996.
17. Whitlock G, MacMahon S, Vander Hoorn S, et al. Association of environmental tobacco smoke exposure with socioeconomic status in a population of 7725 New Zealanders. Tob Control 1998;7:276-80.