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Thirdhand smoke and exposure in California hotels: non-smoking rooms fail to protect non-smoking hotel guests from tobacco smoke exposure

rtial smoking bans in hotels do not protect non-smoking guests from exposure to tobacco smoke and tobacco-specific carcinogens. Non-smokers are advised to stay in hotels with complete smoking bans. Existing policies exempting hotels from complete smoking
Tobacco Control
added May 14, 2013 04:33
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[California] LETTER: Change needed in Glendale apartment smoking laws

Would the members of the Glendale City Council wake up on May 14 and recognize the need for a multi-unit residential amendment to Glendale's Fresh Air Ordinance -- one that will protect the city's nonsmoking apartment/condo tenants from inter-unit drifti
Glendale (CA) News-Press
added May 11, 2013 12:54
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[UK] Newsbeat - Calls for plain cigarette packaging

A teenager has written to the Prime Minister calling for the Government to introduce plain cigarette packaging. Fifteen-year-old Liam Pape is asking David Cameron to change the law after growing up with a parent who smokes.
BBC Online
added May 10, 2013 10:29
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[Australia] Doctors frustrated by lack of ban

Victorian doctors are frustrated that the state government has failed to ban smoking in outdoor dining areas. ... Professor David Ball says he is becoming burnt out from telling patients they have an avoidable cancer. Every day Prof Ball tells a patien
Sky News (au)
added May 10, 2013 10:08
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[New Jersey] BARRETT: Ban the butts

The Burlington County Board of Freeholders said this week that all county parks will be smoke- and tobacco-free beginning May 31. We join the American Cancer Society in lauding the county for making this decision.
phillyBurbs.com
added May 10, 2013 10:03
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[Austria] Exposure to ultrafine particles in hospitality venues with partial smoking bans

We conclude that the existing tobacco law in Austria is ineffective to protect customers in non-smoking rooms of hospitality premises. Health protection of non-smoking guests and employees from risky UFP concentration is insufficient, even in rooms labele
Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology
added May 9, 2013 18:10
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[Thailand] Secondhand smoke at Thai airports 400% higher than US airports

Secondhand tobacco smoke at Thailand's main international airports registers four times higher than that at major international airports in the United States.
Pattaya Mail (th)
added May 9, 2013 18:06
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[Idaho] LETTER TO THE EDITOR: UI tobacco policy

The University of Idaho works to protect the health and safety of its students through various aspects of life on campus but does not protect its students from secondhand smoke.
Moscow-Pullman Daily News
added May 9, 2013 18:03
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[New Mexico] Carruthers is new president of NMSU

On Monday, Cheney said he had not talked to Carruthers about his involvement in TASSC and still hoped to speak to several of the legislators about their concerns about Carruthers’ work on behalf of Philip Morris. “But I’m confident in Garrey’s ability to
Albuquerque Journal
added May 9, 2013 06:06
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National Adult Tobacco Survey (NATS)

The NATS questionnaire is built around KOI from each of the following four goal areas: Preventing initiation of tobacco use among young people Eliminating nonsmokers' exposure to secondhand smoke Promoting quitting among adults and young people Identi
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
added May 9, 2013 00:53
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