ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE (SECONDHAND SMOKE), SMOKE FREE AREAS AND RELATED ISSUES

US Surgeon General Report The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke (Jun 2006)
The report finds that secondhand smoke exposure can cause heart disease and lung cancer in nonsmoking adults and is a known cause of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), respiratory problems, ear infections, and asthma attacks in infants and children. The report recommends smoking bans in indoor areas.

Australia

Australian Hotels Association campaign to wreck pub smoke ban
Click here to see a fax sent in September 2004 to NSW pub owners by the Australian Hotels Association, containing unreferenced, absolute nonsense about the impact of the smoking ban in New York bars. Then go here and here to read official data on how the New York ban has increased jobs in the bar industry and increased tax receipts. Also see a useful PowerPoint presentation here.

Chronology of announcements on smokefree licensed premises laws
Timeline of announcements of smokefree laws for Australian states and territories.

Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Australia
Review report prepared by the VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control in May 2001 and published in 2002 by the Department of Health as an occasional for the National Tobacco Strategy 1999 to 2002–03. The review was funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health Ageing.

The Health Effects of Passive Smoking NHMRC Report
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) established a Working Party to update the NHMRC's 1986 report Effects of passive smoking on health. This scientific information paper was published in November 1997.

NOHSC Position Statement Concerning ETS
The Australian National Occupational Health & Safety Commission (NOHSC) issued a position statement on 13 December 2002 recommending "exposure to environmental tobacco smoke should be excluded in all Australian workplaces". The Guidance Note on Passive Smoking in the Workplace [NOHSC:3019(1994)] has been withdrawn as has been revised to conform to the new NOHSC position: Guidance Note on the Elimination of Environmental Tobacco Smoke in the Workplace [NOHSC:3019(2003)].

NSW Cancer Council - When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes...nose throat, lungs and bloodstream: A Guide to Passive Smoking and the law in NSW
Published in February 2001 by the NSW Cancer Council, this report provides an overview of the emergence of the passive smoking issue in Australia, discusses the health effects of environmental tobacco smoke and presents data on passive smoking legal cases.

NSW Department of Housing Smokefree Policy
From 1 July 2005, the NSW Department of Housing has banned smoking in internal common areas within Department properties. The Department will erect signs in common rooms, shared laundries, stairwells, hallways, entranceways, lift areas and other enclosed common areas indicating that these areas are non-smoking. The Department manages 68,000 units in NSW.

NSW Joint Working Group for Smoke-free Licensed Premises final report

NSW Passive Smoking Timeline
Timeline highlighting significant events relating to passive smoking from the 1930s through to June 2004 in New South Wales.

The Political Evolution of Secondhand Smoke Legislation in New South Wales, Australia
Thesis by Katherine Bryan-Jones submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the Degree of Master of Philosophy in Public Health University of Sydney, February 2004.

Public opinion about smokefree policies in bars, nightclubs and gambling venues, 2000-2003
Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer publication by S. Durkin, T. Letcher and J. Lipscomb published in March 2004 as paper number 6 in the CBRC Research Paper Series.

A Summary of Australian and International Legislation on Smoking in Public Places
Document prepared by Quit Victoria.

Summary of Indoor Air Quality in Australia: A Strategy for Action
Prepared by the Indoor Air Quality Special Interest Group of the Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand and published in October 2002 as paper number 5a in the FASTS Occasional Paper Series.

Europe

Smoke-Free Bars and Restaurants in Norway (Jun 2005)
Smoke free bars and restaurants in Norway were implemented on June 1, 2004. To coincide with the first anniversary of the smokefree bars and restaurants law, an evaluation report was published on 1 June 2005. The preliminary results from the Norwegian smoking ban revealed a general willingness to comply both among employees and customers.

Smoke-Free Bars and Restaurants in Norway (Jun 2006)
Smoke free bars and restaurants in Norway were implemented on June 1, 2004. An English summary of the evaluation report published to coincide with the second anniversary of the Norwegian smokefree bars and restaurants law.

New Zealand

NZ Ministry of Health Smoke is Clearing Report 2005
12 month results from New Zealand after they banned smoking in pubs. Provides initial data on the impact of the NZ Smoke-free Environments Law since implementation in December 2004.

USA

Fundamentals of Smokefree Workplace Laws
This 2006 revision was produced in conjunction with major USA tobacco control agencies. It contains guiding principles for campaign strategy, best practices on policy language, and general recommendations based on past lessons learned from smokefree advocates across the USA.

Smoke-Free Laws Do Not Harm Business at Restaurants and Bars
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids fact sheet.

The State of Smoke-Free New York City: A One-Year Review
Executive Summary from the March 2004. See also the First Annual Independent Evaluation of New York's Tobacco Control Program published in November 2004 and the Second Annual Independent Evaluation of New York's Tobacco Control Program published August 2005.

10th Report on Carcinogens
The US Department of Health and Human Services 10th Report on Carcinogens prepared by the National Toxicology Program at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) includes information on tobacco related exposures. Click here to view the table of contents for the entire report.

Tobacco Scam: How Big Tobacco Uses and Abuses the Restaurant Industry
TobaccoScam is a project of Stanton A. Glantz, PhD, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Professor Glantz is co-author of The Cigarette Papers and Tobacco War.

General International

The revolutionary Nicosphere solution to environmental tobacco smoke.

Smokefree legislation around the world.

Summary of National and Subnational Legislation requiring 100% Smoke-free Restaurants and Bars prepared by Rob Cunningham, Canadian Cancer Society

Tobacco Smoke and Involuntary Smoking: Summary of Data Reported and Evaluation
In June 2002, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs Programme declared second-hand smoke carcinogenic to humans.