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Night entertainment venues comply poorly with the smoke-free law in Chile
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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.
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PERUGA, Armando, et al. Night entertainment venues comply poorly with the smoke-free law in Chile. Gaceta Sanitaria. 2021. Vol. 35, num. 4, pags. 402-404. ISSN 0213-9111. [consulted: 15 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/179745