The effects of alternative smoking policies on indoor air quality in 27 office buildings

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The Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Ann.Occup.Hyg.

Jun

265

278

LR: 20151119; JID: 0203526; 0 (Tobacco Smoke Pollution); 142M471B3J (Carbon Dioxide); 1HG84L3525 (Formaldehyde); 6M3C89ZY6R (Nicotine); 7U1EE4V452 (Carbon Monoxide); ppublish

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0003-4878; 0003-4878

PMID: 8048788

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8048788

The effect of alternative smoking policies, which prohibited or restricted smoking, on indoor air quality was studied in 27 air-conditioned office buildings. Carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, respirable particulates, formaldehyde, ultraviolet particulate matter (u.v.PM), nicotine, air temperature, relative humidity and illumination were measured at eight sample sites in each building. Smoking policy had no effect on carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, relative humidity, formaldehyde, air temperature or illumination for open office areas. It did have an effect on levels of respirable suspended particulates, ultraviolet particulate matter and nicotine.

Air Conditioning, Air Pollution, Indoor/prevention & control, Carbon Dioxide/analysis, Carbon Monoxide/analysis, Formaldehyde/analysis, Health Policy, Nicotine/analysis, Office Management, Organizational Policy, Particle Size, Smoking/prevention & control, Tobacco Smoke Pollution/analysis/prevention & control

Hedge,A., Erickson,W. A., Rubin,G.

Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

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