The impact of smoke-free legislation on indoor air quality in bars in ...

Contents
Page
Executive Summary ................................................................................................ 2
1. Introduction ................................................................................................... 4
1.1 Background ................................................................................................ 4
1.2. Aims and objectives ..................................................................................... 5
2. Methodology .................................................................................................. 6
2.1 Background ................................................................................................ 6
2.2 Selection procedure ..................................................................................... 6
2.3 Measurements ............................................................................................ 6
2.4 Particulate Matter2.5 ..................................................................................... 7
2.5 Nicotine concentrations ................................................................................ 8
2.6 Survey <strong>of</strong> bar staff ....................................................................................... 9
3. Impact on Particulate Matter2.5 .................................................................... 10
3.1 Introduction .............................................................................................. 10
3.2 PM2.5 concentrations .................................................................................. 10
3.3 Air Quality Index ....................................................................................... 12
4. Impact on Air Nicotine ................................................................................. 13
4.1 Introduction .............................................................................................. 13
4.2 Air Nicotine concentrations ......................................................................... 13
5. Survey <strong>of</strong> bar staff ........................................................................................ 15
5.1 Introduction .............................................................................................. 15
5.2 Background pr<strong>of</strong>ile .................................................................................... 15
5.3 Self reported assessment <strong>of</strong> air quality ........................................................ 15
5.4 Self reported symptoms ............................................................................. 16
5.5 Impact on premises ................................................................................... 16
5.6 Smoking policy within premises .................................................................. 17
6. Discussion .................................................................................................... 19
6.1 Introduction .............................................................................................. 19
6.2 Impact on Particulate Matter 2.5 .................................................................. 19
6.3 Impact on Air Nicotine ............................................................................... 22
6.4 Survey <strong>of</strong> bar staff ..................................................................................... 23
7. Conclusions and recommendations .............................................................. 24
8. References ................................................................................................... 25
Appendix 1 ........................................................................................................... 30