PMID- 24813578
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140812
LR  - 20220129
IS  - 1096-0953 (Electronic)
IS  - 0013-9351 (Print)
IS  - 0013-9351 (Linking)
VI  - 132
DP  - 2014 Jul
TI  - Occupational secondhand smoke is the main determinant of hair nicotine 
      concentrations in bar and restaurant workers.
PG  - 206-11
LID - S0013-9351(14)00101-7 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.envres.2014.03.044 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relative contribution of occupational vs. 
      non-occupational secondhand tobacco smoke exposure to overall hair nicotine 
      concentrations in non-smoking bar and restaurant employees. METHOD: We recruited 
      76 non-smoking employees from venues that allowed smoking (n=9), had mixed 
      policies (smoking and non-smoking areas, n=13) or were smoke-free (n=2) between 
      April and August 2008 in Santiago, Chile. Employees used personal air nicotine 
      samplers during working and non-working hours for a 24-h period to assess 
      occupational vs. non-occupational secondhand tobacco smoke exposure and hair 
      nicotine concentrations to assess overall secondhand tobacco smoke exposure. 
      RESULTS: Median hair nicotine concentrations were 1.5 ng/mg, interquartile range 
      (IQR) 0.7 to 5.2 ng/mg. Time weighted average personal air nicotine 
      concentrations were higher during working hours (median 9.7, IQR 3.3-25.4 
      microg/m(3)) compared to non-working hours (1.7, 1.0-3.1 microg/m(3)). Hair nicotine 
      concentration was best predicted by personal air nicotine concentration at 
      working hours. After adjustment, a 2-fold increase in personal air nicotine 
      concentration in working hours was associated with a 42% increase in hair 
      nicotine concentration (95% confidence interval 14-70%). Hair nicotine 
      concentration was not associated with personal air nicotine concentration during 
      non-working hours (non-occupational exposure). CONCLUSIONS: Personal air nicotine 
      concentration at working hours was the major determinant of hair nicotine 
      concentrations in non-smoking employees from Santiago, Chile. Secondhand tobacco 
      smoke exposure during working hours is a health hazard for hospitality employees 
      working in venues where smoking is allowed.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Iglesias, Veronica
AU  - Iglesias V
AD  - School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Chile. 
      Electronic address: viglesia@med.uchile.cl.
FAU - Erazo, Marcia
AU  - Erazo M
AD  - Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Chile.
FAU - Droppelmann, Andrea
AU  - Droppelmann A
AD  - Laboratory of Occupational Health, Institute of Public Health, Chile. Electronic 
      address: perugaa@who.int.
FAU - Steenland, Kyle
AU  - Steenland K
AD  - Environmental and Occupational Health Department, Rollins School of Public 
      Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
FAU - Aceituno, Paulina
AU  - Aceituno P
AD  - School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Chile.
FAU - Orellana, Cecilia
AU  - Orellana C
AD  - School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Chile.
FAU - Acuna, Marisol
AU  - Acuna M
AD  - Tobacco Control Unit, Ministry of Health, Chile.
FAU - Peruga, Armando
AU  - Peruga A
AD  - National Capacity Building Unit, Tobacco Control Program, World Health 
      Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
FAU - Breysse, Patrick N
AU  - Breysse PN
AD  - Departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology, and Institute for 
      Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public 
      Health, USA.
FAU - Navas-Acien, Ana
AU  - Navas-Acien A
AD  - Departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology, and Institute for 
      Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public 
      Health, USA.
LA  - eng
GR  - 001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International
GR  - D43 TW005746/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States
GR  - D43TW005746-02/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20140508
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Res
JT  - Environmental research
JID - 0147621
RN  - 0 (Tobacco Smoke Pollution)
RN  - 6M3C89ZY6R (Nicotine)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Air/analysis
MH  - Female
MH  - Hair/chemistry
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Nicotine/*analysis
MH  - Occupational Exposure/*analysis
MH  - Restaurants
MH  - Tobacco Smoke Pollution/*analysis
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC4351991
MID - NIHMS666789
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke
OT  - Hair nicotine concentration
OT  - Non-smoking employees
OT  - Personal sampler
EDAT- 2014/05/13 06:00
MHDA- 2014/08/13 06:00
PMCR- 2015/07/01
CRDT- 2014/05/13 06:00
PHST- 2013/05/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/03/21 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2014/03/31 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/05/13 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/05/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/08/13 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2015/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S0013-9351(14)00101-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envres.2014.03.044 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Res. 2014 Jul;132:206-11. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.03.044. Epub 2014 
      May 8.