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Title: | Night entertainment venues comply poorly with the smoke-free law in Chile |
Author: | Peruga, Armando Fu Balboa, Marcela Molina, Xaviera Fernández Muñoz, Esteve |
Keywords: | Hàbit de fumar Hospitals Smoking Hospitals |
Issue Date: | 1-Jul-2021 |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Abstract: | The initial high level of compliance with the Chilean comprehensive national smoke-free law in 2013 is fading, particularly in the hospitality sector. This paper draws attention to how using a simple and low-cost surveillance inquiry may help focus on the use of scarce inspection resources to improve compliance with the law in the hospitality sector. We conducted a cross-sectional assessment of second-hand smoke exposure in night entertainment venues in Santiago, Chile, by measuring particulate matter of less than 2.5μm (PM2.5). Smoking where prohibited by law was observed in 36% of the venues visited. Venues where smoking was spotted at the time of the observation had a median PM2.5 concentration 13 times higher than background concentration on the street. The study shows that a targeted approach for inspection to find pockets of venues with suboptimal compliance is feasible and affordable. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2020.04.016 |
It is part of: | Gaceta Sanitaria, 2021, vol. 35, núm. 4, p. 402-404 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/179745 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2020.04.016 |
ISSN: | 0213-9111 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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