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- Title
Environmental tobacco smoke in Finnish restaurants and bars before and after smoking restrictions were introduced.
- Authors
Johnsson, Tom; Tuomi, Tapani; Riuttala, Henri; Hyvärinen, Markku; Rothberg, Mari; Reijula, Kari
- Abstract
The Finnish Tobacco Act was amended on 1 March 2000 to include restrictions on smoking in restaurants and bars. To evaluate the effectiveness of the restrictions, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) concentrations in restaurants and bars were measured prior and after the amended Act entered into force. The Act was enforced in stages so that all stages were effective on 1 July 2003. According to the Act, smoking is prohibited in all Finnish restaurants and bars with certain exceptions. Smoking may be allowed in establishments where the service area is not larger than 50 m(2) if the exposure of employees working there to ETS can be prevented. On premises with larger service area, smoking may be allowed on 50% of the service area, provided tobacco smoke does not spread into the area where smoking is prohibited. At bar counters or gambling tables smoking is not allowed, if the spreading of tobacco smoke cannot be restricted to the employee side of the counter. Therefore, according to the Act all areas where smoking is prohibited are to be smoke-free.
- Publication
The Annals of occupational hygiene, 2006, Vol 50, Issue 4, p331
- ISSN
0003-4878
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/annhyg/mel011