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Smoke Ban Helps Casino Workers

UNITED STATES – As reported by the Washington Post: "The level of cancer-causing particles in the air is much higher in smoky bars and casinos than on truck-filled highways and city streets, according to the first-ever study comparing indoor air quality before and after a smoking ban.

"The survey, conducted in a casino, six bars and a pool hall in Wilmington, Del., between November 2002 and January 2003, appears in the September issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

"…Workers in the establishments breathed 90 percent cleaner air after the ban was imposed to guarantee smoke-free workplaces, [James L. Repace, a visiting assistant clinical professor at Boston's Tufts University School of Medicine,] said, adding that 'ventilation measures are doomed to failure.'…"

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