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20% of female hotel workers are smokers: survey 

The Taipei City Government released a survey yesterday showing that close to 20 percent of female hotel workers are smokers, as opposed to 9.52 percent of adult women overall.

Among the smokers, close to 59 percent were under 39 years old. More than 64 percent of them consume at least half a pack of cigarettes a day.

The participants, however, were divided on the idea of banning smoking in work places. While 50.8 percent said that smoking should be banned in offices, 46.2 percent said smoking should be allowed in designated areas.

The survey, jointly conducted by National Taiwan Normal University and Zhongshan District Health Center last year, focused on studies of smoking habits among 6,000 female employees working at over 20 large hotels in Taipei City's Zhongshan District.

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