Method for Installing an Effective Smoking Room and the Effectiveness of Real-Time Monitoring

Akiyama, Izumi; Ogami, Akira; Kajiwara, Takayoshi; Kuroda, Kaori; Oyabu, Takako; Morimoto, Yasuo; Hori, Hajime; Tanaka, Isamu

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“…Significant differences (p<0.01) between non-passive smoking at work was the leakage of ETS from the smoking areas and more than 90% of smokers would accept a total ban on smoking. These results were reported to the occupational safety and health committee Those smoking rooms which continued in use were improved by enhancing the exhaust ventilation rates following the methodology described in the revised guidelines of 2003 2) and reported by and Yamato et al 3,4) As a result, ETS leakage was almost eliminated (Fig. 1c) and the average SPM concentration in the smoking room was improved (Fig.…”

Section: Implementation Of Smoking Control Based On the Questionnairesupporting

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Questionnaire Survey and Environmental Measurements that Led to Smooth Implementation of Smoking Control Measures in Workplaces

Shimizu

Maeda

Mizoue

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Journal of Occupational Health

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Questionnaire Survey and Environmental Measurements that Led to Smooth Implementation of Smoking Control Measures in Workplaces: Yuko SHIMIZU, et al. Komaki-kita Health Section, NagoyaGuidance & Propulsion Systems Works, Mitsubishi Nagoya Hospital, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.-In order to promote smoking countermeasures in a manufacturing plant, we conducted a questionnaire survey about smoking control measures in workplaces. Twenty nine point five percent of the subjects responded that they were exposed to passive smoking where they worked and that the most common source of passive smoking in the workplace and rest areas was environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) leaking from smoking areas. For smoking control measures, 27.8% of employees preferred a total ban on smoking in the building while 55.2% preferred measures to prevent ETS leakage from smoking areas. Regardless of whether they were smokers or not, 99.2% of respondents believed that passive smoking countermeasures in the workplace were necessary and 88.9% of smokers responded that banning smoking in the building was unavoidable. Based on these results, a total ban on smoking in the building was implemented in those workplaces where it was feasible to do so, smoking areas in the remaining workplaces were upgraded to prevent ETS infiltration, and the effects were evaluated by real-time monitoring of the concentration of suspended particle matter. The questionnaire survey results showed that 79.9% of smokers were interested in smoking cessation, that awareness of the adverse health effects of smoking on the smoker and surrounding non-smokers and the nuisance it caused was significantly lower among smokers compared to non-smokers (p<0.01), and that 65.5% of non-smokers believed that smoking was beneficial to the mental health of smokers, despite the fact that they had no experience of smoking themselves. Reporting these results to the Safety and Health Committee was found to be useful both in ensuring thorough segregation of smoking areas and in supporting smoking cessation programs in places where no previous action had been taken because smoking was viewed as a matter of personal choice. We also believe that provision of accurate information tailored to actual smoking conditions in the workplace is useful in effectively implementing anti-smoking campaigns on the adverse effects of smoking and smoking cessation programs. The implementation of a q u e s t i o n n a i r e s u r v e y a n d e n v i r o n m e n t a l measurements that lead to countermeasures was shown to be effective in establishing designated smoking areas and educational programs for smoking cessation. (J Occup Health 2005; 47: 466-470)

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Section: Implementation Of Smoking Control Based On the Questionnairesupporting

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“…Digital dust monitors with a data logger (LD-3K, Scientific Technology. Ltd. Tokyo, Japan) were used for real-time monitoring of SPM concentrations as previously reported 3,4) .…”

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Questionnaire Survey and Environmental Measurements that Led to Smooth Implementation of Smoking Control Measures in Workplaces

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“…It can be seen that the contact angle increases as the alkyl carbon atom increases. A maximum contact angle 87.9° was obtained on NRFL (9 alkyl carbon atom) surface, which is 22.6° higher than on RFL surface, 8.4° higher than DRFL (12 The tensile property of coated fiberglass: Sequential water corrosion could cause the tensile force of coated fiberglass to decrease. [17] The tensile force of coated fiberglass could drop significantly with time in hot and humid weather during storage or processing.…”

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“…It is interesting to develop a new fiber coating systems with good interfacial adhesion and good moisture barrier layer on fibers surface to avoid crack growth of the glass or the rust of steel or the hydrolysis of organic fibers by preventing moisture penetrating into the coated film. Researches have devoted to improve the moisture-proofing on RFL-coating fiberglass, [11,12] which include modifying RFL with cyanuric acid, blocked isocyanate and epoxy resins, or applying the second rubber coating and organic compounds with reactive functional groups. Jamshidi [13] has studied RFL formulation ratio and interface adhesive behavior and the relationship of the loss function and surface energy of nylon / NR/SBR rubber system.…”

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Alkylphenol Modified Phenolic-Latex Film and Effect of Humidity and Temperature on Tensile Property of Coating Fiberglass

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Phenolic-latex film is used to coat on fiberglass surface to protect and supply fiberglass an intensive and adhesive coating for reinforcing fiber/rubber composite purpose. A series of p-alkylphenol was introduced to modify the hydrophobicity of resorcinol- formalin-latex (RFL) film surface and to prepare a p-alkylphenol-resorcinol-formalin-latex (ARFL) film, which alkyl carbon number was 1, 4, 9, 12, respectively. The surface characteristic of ARFL films was evaluated by Fourier transform spectra (FTIR) and contact angle and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis. The surface micrograph of fiberglass pulled from H-sample was observed by scanning electron microscope (SEM). The best hydrophobicity was obtained on the nonylphenol-resorcinol- formalin-latex (NRFL) film. A better adhesion was gained for NRFL coated fiberglass comparing to RFL one. The effect of temperature and humidity on the tensile property of coated fiberglass was also discussed. The shelf life of NRFL-coated fiberglass was prolonged to six weeks under hot and humidity weather. The discussed coating may be popularized to other fiber surface to lower the effect of moisture.

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Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Finnish Restaurants and Bars Before and After Smoking Restrictions were Introduced

2006

The Annals of Occupational Hygiene

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The overall air nicotine concentration decreased in 10 out of the 18 establishments that participated in the study both before and after all stages of the amended Act had been in force. Structural changes or changes to the ventilation systems had been carried out in nine of these establishments, i.e. the smoke-free sections were actually non-smoking and were mainly separated from other sections by signs and very little was done to keep the smoke from spreading into the smoke-free sections. In four establishments, the highest air nicotine concentration was measured in the smoke-free section. In 10 establishments, the air nicotine concentration at bar counters had dropped after the Act. Exposure of the workers and the public to ETS was, therefore, not reduced as intended by the Finnish legislature. Thus, it seems obvious from the present study that improving ventilation will not be a solution to restricting tobacco smoke from reaching smoke-free areas and physical barriers separating smoking from smoke-free areas are required.

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Method for Installing an Effective Smoking Room and the Effectiveness of Real-Time Monitoring

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Questionnaire Survey and Environmental Measurements that Led to Smooth Implementation of Smoking Control Measures in Workplaces

Questionnaire Survey and Environmental Measurements that Led to Smooth Implementation of Smoking Control Measures in Workplaces

Alkylphenol Modified Phenolic-Latex Film and Effect of Humidity and Temperature on Tensile Property of Coating Fiberglass

Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Finnish Restaurants and Bars Before and After Smoking Restrictions were Introduced

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