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ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO BXO~z
A COMPENDIUM OF TECHNICAL INTO~TZON
May 1991 DRAFT
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This document is a preliminary draft. DO not cite or quote.
The contents represent only those views of the individual
chapter authors. It should not be construed as representing
the views or policies of the participating organizations.
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This compendium of technical perspectives on Environmental
Tobacco Smoke (ETS) is intended to be a useful resource document
for a diverse audience, including: decislon-makers such as labor
and management officials concerned with workplace exposures, public
health officials and corporate medical directors who are concerned
with making health policy reco~mendations, educators, industrial
hygienists and safety officers, ETS researchers, indoor air
pollution investigators, and legislators who are considering
legislation to restrict smoking in workplaces, restaurants, and
public access buildings. Although the technical level varies, even
the more technical treatments do not require a specialist's
knowledge for understanding. There are eleven chapters in this
compilation, including health effects of active smoking in adults
a~d passive smoking in children and adults, ETS exposure and
dosimetry, comfort aspects, ventilation and ETS, public beliefs
about the harm of ETS and attitudes toward controlsr and effective
workplace smoking policies, each of which is aimed at a somewhat
different audience. Although not all chapters will appeal equally
to such a varied group, it is hoped that the technical information
in this document, written by experts in the field, will provide
information necessary to allow the public, corporations, government
agencies, and legislators to make well-lnformed choices regarding
exposure to ETS.
This perspective on ETS reflects the viewpoints and expertise
of authors who were selected based upon their publications and
recognition as experts on various aspects of ETS. Accordingly, the
opinions expressed do not necessarily represent the official
policies of the sponsoring agencies.
This document is the result of a coordinated effort jointly
sponsored and produced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
(chapters 2,3,4,6,7, and 8), the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
(chapters 1,5), the Office on Smoking and Health (centers for
Disease Control) (chapter 9), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute (chapter i0), and the office of Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion (Department of Health and Human Services) (chapter
Ii).
The editors acknowledge with gratitude the following distinguished
scientists, physicians, and others who lent their support to the
development of this document by contributing critical reviews of
the various manuscripts, by coordinating manuscript preparation,
or assisting in other ways.
Mr. Robert Axelrad, H.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
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Washington, DC (Sponsor)
Dr. Lois Biener, Miriam Hospital, Brown University, Providence, RI
Ronald Davis, M.D. Office on Smoking & Health, Centers for Disease
Control, Rcckville, MD (Sponsor)
James W. Davis, M.D., Veterans' Administration Hospital, Kansas
City, MO
MS. Hildy Dillon, American Lung Association, New York, NY
Dr. Cedric Garland, Dept. of Community Medicine, University of
California, San Diego, CA
Dr. Stanton A. Glantz, Department of Cardiology, University of
California Medical School, San Franscisco, CA
Dr. Lawrence Garfinkel, American cancer Society, New York, NY
Dr. Katherine Hammond, Dept. of Family & Community Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, M-A
Dr. Marvin Rristein, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook
Dr. Joellen Lewtas, Office of Research & Development,
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
Dr. Alfred H. Lowrey, Laboratory for the Structure of Matter,
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
Henry HcIntosh, M.D., A~erican College of Cardiology, Washington,
DC
Dr. Michael McGinnis, Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, Public Health SerVice, Washington, DC (sponsor)
Matthew Meyer, Esq., Coalition on Smoking or Health, Washington,
DC
D~. Gregory Morosco, Health Education Branch, National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Sponsor)
Dr. Demetrios Moschandreas, Illinois Institute of Technology
Research Ynstitute, Chicago, IL
Dr. David Mudarri, U.S° Environmental Protection Agency,
Washington, DC
Dr. Terry Pechacek, Smeking, Tobacco, and Cancer Program, National
Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD (Sponsor)

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Mr. James Hepace, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington,
DC (Editor)
Mr. Donald Shcpland, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
(Editor)
John Slade, M.D., Dept, of Medicine, St. Peter's Medical Center,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Dimitri Trichopoulos, M.D., DrPN, HarVard School of Public Health,
Bostcnl HA
The editors also acknowledge the comments of the tobacco industry.
Mr. Samuel D. Chilcote, Jr., President~ The Tobacco Institute,
Washington, DC
Dr. Thomas Borelli, Phillip Morris USA, Richmond VA

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TABLR OF CONTENTS
Chapter I. Effects of Smoking on Smokers.
Donald Shopland .............................................. 9
Chapter 2. Environmental Concentrations of ETS.
Jo~ McCarthy, Elizabeth Miesner, and John D.
Spengler ..................................................... 16
Chapter 3. Measuring Exposure to Environmental Tobacco
Smoke.
Brian P. Leaderer ............................ ~ ............. 31
Chapter 4. Absorption of Smoke constituents hy
Nonsmokers. Dietrich Hoffmann, Klaus D. Brunnemann,
and Nancy J. Haley ........................................... 43
Chapter 5. Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Cancer.
Jonathan M. Samet ........................................... 67
Chapter 6. Passive Smoking and Heart Disease.
S~anton A. Glantz and William W. Parmley ..................... 81
Chapter 7. Exposure Assessment in Passive Smoking.
James L. Repace ........................................... 112
Chapter 8. The Odor and Irritation of Environmental
Tobacco Smoke.
William S. cain ................... • ......................... 137
Chapter 9. Passive Smoking -- Eeliefs, Attitudes,
and EXpOsures in the United States.
Thomas E. Novotny ...........................................
152
Chapter I0. Passive Smoking and Daycare.
Glen L. Bennett ............. ~ .............................. 180
Chapter Ii. NO Smoking Policies at the Worksite: A look at
what companies are doing today.
Ruth Behrens ............................................... 19T
Chapter ii Appendix: Economic Justification for
Worksite Smoking Policies.
Ruth Behrens ...............................................
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INTRODUCTZON
In 1986, the Surgeon General and the National Research
Council, the latter under contrac~ to EPA, examined the health
effects of the breathing of Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) by
nonsmokers (also known as involuntary or passive smoking). They
agreed that passive smoking caused lung cancer in ncnsmoking
adults, caused increased rates of respiratory infections in
children, caused acute noxious effects in many nonsmokers, and was
a major contributor to indoor air pollution. Subsequent to the
publication of these documents, smoking restrictions began to
proliferate. However, a number of diverse technical questions
arose concerning public attitudes toward smoking restrictions,
health and comfor~ effects, factors affecting exposure, measuring
environmental concentrations of ETS, effects of ventilation on ETS
and indoor air quality, nonsmokers' u~take of tobacco combustion
products, and corporate experience in effective smoking policy, all
comprise chapters in this compendium. ~n the interest cf providing
answers to this complex of questions, this technical compendium was
commissioned. A brief summary of each chapter follows.
Chapter 1 demonstrates that high dose exposures to tobacco
smoke, i.e., the effects of smoking on smokers, are very toxic,
causing cancers, cardiovascular diseases, and respiratory diseases.
It is graphically illustrated why cigarette smoking is now
recognized as the Nation's. single largest cause of premature death
and disability.
Chapter 2 reviews studies of the concentrations of certain
ETS constituents observed in homes, offices, and other locations
by personal exposure monitors. It is concluded that £TS is the
primary contaminant contributing to respirable particulate air
pollution, and contributes substantially to other indoor
contamininants such as benzene, carbon monoxide, and others. Even
in low doses, tobacco s~oke contains a wide variety of toxins,
including many carcinogens.
Chapter 3 treats the methods of assessing nonsmoker's exposure
to environmental tobacco smoke by atmospheric markers, and the
measurement of these marker substances in indoor air. It is
concluded that atmospheric monitoring for respirable particles or
nicotine from ETS is critical for assessing exposures and control
efforts, and that a number of reliable methods are available for
such monitoring.
chapter 4 provides a detailed treatment of the absorption and
metabolism of tobacco combustion products by nonsmokers. It shows
that absorption has been conclusively demonstrated by studies of
nicotine and its metabolite, cotinine, in the body fuids of
nonsmokers, and that such biomarkers represent a reliable specific
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that low dome exposure to tobacco smoke leads to the absorption of
toxins from the smoke in amounts sufficient to potentially cause
disease.
Chapter B discusses the evidence that low dose exposure to
tobacco smoke has been observed to increase the risk of lung cancer
i~ nonsmokers, and discusses conclusions of the World Health
Organization, the National Research Council, and the U.S. Surgeon
General that ETS exposure increases lung cancer incidence in
~cnsmokers.
Chapter 6 discusses the evidmnce that low dose exposure to
tobacco smoke has been observed to increase the risk of hearu
diseases in nonsmokers, and discusses the epidemiological,
biochemical, and biological bases for this inference. It is
concluded that the combined epidemiological and physlological
evidence suggests that ETS exposure is a cause of heart disease in
nonsmokers.
Chapter 7 investigates the assessment of nonsmokers' exposures
tc ETS by mathematical modeling, atmospheric indicators, and
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blomarkers in body fluids. Exposures assessed by these various
methods produce consistent results. Because of the large source
strengtm of tobacco-burning products, exposure to environmental
tobacco smoke is inadequately controlled by measures short cf
physical separation of smokers and nonsmokers on different
ventilation systems, making ETS a significant indoor pollutant of
buildings.
Chapter 8 explores the effects of ventilation on the
perception of odor and irritation from ETS in both nonsmokers and
smokers, and shows that attempts to control the odor and irritation
of ETS through ventilation and air cleaning have significant
limitations.
Chapter 9 shows through national surveys of trends in public
attitudes, that the general public, including both smokers and
nonsmokers, believe that tobacco smoke polluted air is harmful and
a large majority find it irritating. There is widespread support
for restrictions against smoking, particularly in the workplace.
Chapter IC discusses the evidence that smoking both at home
and in daycare centers harms children and infants from tobacco-
smoke polluted air. This has direct implications for public
education of both parents and daycare providers, as well as for
state policies and regulations affecting facilities which offer
daycare.
Chapter II points out the COrydon solution to the problem of
ETS ls source control, and examines features of corporate smoking
policies in the workplace, with attention to benefits, incentives,
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discussed inv:iving several major corporations, detailing problems
encountered and successes. It ks concluded that smoke free
workplaces have been achieved in a variety of se~tings. If
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CHAPTZR 1
BYYECTB OF SMOKING ON SMOKERB
Donald 8hopland
coordinator
Smoking and Tobacco Control Program
National cancer ~nstitutes Bethesda, MD
Cigarette smoking is the nationts leading cause of premature
death and disability. In 1988, smoking caused approximately
390,000 deaths in the United States (Figure i). By 1991, this
number had increased to 440,000. In addition, tens of millions of
people suffer from chronic disabling diseases and conditions caused
or aggrevated by smoking. Every medical authority and organization
who has objectively examined the evidence linking smoking to early
death and disability has reached a similar conclusion. The
8vidence that smoking is a major health threat is staggering: over
50,000 citations from dozens of cultures are in the scientific
literature. Smoking causes or is associated with cancers of the
lung and bronchus, larynx, lip and oral cavity, bladder, pancreas,
kidney, stomach and cervix, coronary artery disease,
cerebrovascular disease (stroke), atherosclerotic aortic aneurysm,
atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease, chronic bronchitis,
emphysema, low birth weight babies, and unsuccessful pregnancy.
This chapter concentrates on the relationship between active
smoking and three diseases caused by ETS -- lung cancer, heart
disease, and nonmalignant lung disease. While there are
qualitative differences between the mainstream smoke inhaled by the
smoker and the ETS nonsmokers inhale, both forms of tobacco smoke
contain the same carcinogens, irritants, and other toxins. The
effects of high doses of smoke on smokers thus provide an
indication of what effects low dose exposures of ETS would be
expected to have on nonsmokers. This connection is particularly
important because the diseases active smoking causes exhibit dose-
response relationships, with higher doses producing greater
effects. Because no threshold ham been demonstrated for the
carcinogenic and other effects of tobacco smoke on the body, the
existence of a dose-response relationship suggests that ETS would
provide similar, but smaller, dangers than active smoking.
Cancer
Most estimates in the scientific literature indicate that
nearly one-third of all U.S. cancer deaths result from cigarette
smoking. Of the approximately 136,000 cancer deaths which occurred
in 1985 because of smoking, 106,00D are of the lung (Figure I).
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cancer mortality; were it not for the increasing number of deaths
from lung cancer produced by smoking, we would be experiencing a
substantial decline in the cancer death rate in the United StBtes.
Approximately 85 to 90 percent of all lung cancer deaths are
smoking related. The evidence linking smcking and excess cancer
moz~ality is so strong that only the tobacco lobby continues to
claim that no causative role has been established. An examination
of the association between cigarette smoking and lung cancer
graphically illustrates smokingls role in ~he causation of
neoplastic diseases.
Tobacco smoke contains at least 43 }~no~nn or suspected human
carcinogens (Table !), several of which are regulated by the
federal government as environmental toxins. There is no known
threshold for the carcinogenic effects of these agents.
A host of epidemiological studies published during the last
two decades provides an abundance of data which demonstrate that
exposure to these carcinogens because of smoking leads to an
increase in cancer deaths. In particular are the major prospective
studies on smoking and health. These studies, conducted in the
United States, Canada, England, Japan and Sweden represent some of
the largest population based studies ever undertaken by medical
science (Table 2). They involved enrolling healthy men and women
into a study design and then followed these individual over time.
Numerous factor about them were recorded including where they
lived, their occupations, dietary habits, whether they used
tobacco, access to health care, and many other factors. As a
group, these eight studies in the United States, the U.S. Veteran's
Study and the American Cancer Society (ACS) 2S-state Study
contained cohorts of iS0,000 and I million persons respectively.
The Veteran's Study continues to this day and this cohort has been
followed prospectively for 26 years. These studies convincingly
demonstrate that smoking causes cancer.
Lung Cancer
Lung canceE mortality rates are strongly influenced by the
total dose of cigarette smoke received. If one smokes ~ore
cigarettes per day, inhales deeply, if they started smoking at an
early age had has smoked for many years, the risk for lung cancer
.is increased dramatically.
The most often used measure to gauge lung cancer mortality is
the number of cigarettes consumed daily. In the ACS 2S-state
study, for example, among males smoking less than 1/2 pack per day
their lung cancer rate was nearly 5 times greater than that of a
nonsmoker. With each increase ix the number of cigarettes consumed
daily, a corresponding increase in lung cancer mortality is
observed (Figure 2), For those smokers consuming two or more packs
daily, their lung cancer mortality is about 24 times greater than
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that of the nonsmoker. At the other extreme, even light smokers,
who consume only 1-9 cigarettes per day, see a quadrupling of the
risk of lung cancer.
An inverse dose-response relationship exists between an early
age of regular smoking and lung cancer mortality. In the U.S.
Veterans Study, those smokers who started smoking in their early
teens had substantially higher lung cancer death rates than those
who star~ed in their late teens or twenties (Figure 3). Those who
began smoking before age 15 experienced a 19-fold greater lung
cancer mortality, compared to a slightly greater than 5-fold excess
risk for those who initiated their behavior after age 25.
These results demonstrate that a dose-response relationship
exists for exposure to the carcinogens in cigarette smoke and the
risk of death from lung c~ncer: the greater the lifetime exposure
to tobacco smeke, the greater the risk.
Further evidence for the existence of a dose-response
relationship comes from follow-up of people who stop smoking and
so remove the exposure from the carcinogenic agents in mainstream
4moke. When an individual stops smoking, his or her lung cancer
risk declines relative to the continuing smoker. After about 15
years off cigarettes the former smokerrs lung cancer risk
approaches that of the life-long nonsmoker. However, it appears
that some excess risk may be carried throughout life. This
residual risk is strongly influenced by the indivldual's total
lifetime exposure to the agent and the total number of years of
smoking cessation.
The presence of a dose-response relationship between smoking
and lung cancer, combined with the fact that there are significant
elevations in risk ~ssociated with even the lowest levels of
smoking, demonstrates that there is no threshold for the
carcinogenic effects of cigarette smoke. This result from active
smokers is consistent with the observed elevations of lung cancer
risk among nonsmokers exposed to ETS.
Corona=y Heart Disease
In contrast to cancer, in which smoking produces the disease
through the cumulative effects of long term exposure to the
carcinogens and co-carcinogens in the smoke, smoking effects the
cardiovascular system immediately as well as over the long term.
The carbon monoxide in the smoke reduces the oxygen carrying
capacity of the blood by binding to hemoglobin competitively with
oxygen. Nicotine is a vasoconstrictor, which increases blood
pressure and narrows coronary arteries. Smoking causes release of
catecholamine, which increase blood pressure and heart rate.
Smoking also increases platelet aggregation and adhesion, which
contributes to the development of atherosclerosis. All these
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effects occur i~ediately upon smoking and resolve relatively
quickly after stopping smoklng. As a resul~, one year after
stopping smoking, the excess risk of death from hear~ disease falls
by half; the sane drop in risk for lung cancer takes 10 years. As
with cancer, these effects exhibit a dose-rmsponse relationship,
with greater mere smokinq and smoking in combination with other
heart disease risk factors, increaslng ~he risk of death from
coronary heart disease. As with cancer, there Is no threshol~ for
these effects, $o ~he effects of active smoking on the heart and
cardiovascular system support the blological plausibili~y of the
observed effects of ETS on ~he heart.
Coronary heart disease (¢HD) continues to be this nation's
leading cause of death, and for nearly 20 years, medical research
has shown that smoking is one of tha major Independen~ risk factors
or causes of CHD (along with high blood pressure and high
cholesterol levels). In tha final report of the Pooling Project,
an interaction between smoking and other ~isk factors was observed
(Figure 4). Each independent risk factor contributed about the
same increased level of-risk, ~owever, whQ~ ~o Or ~orQ factors
were present, ~he risk of a major CHD event was increased beyond
~he sum of ~he independ~n~ risk -- thus, synergistic effect was
crea~ed when two or mere risk factors wer~ present° Over~ll,
smokers have a 70% greater CHD death rate, a two- to fourfold
grmater incidence of CHD, and a two- t~ fourfold ~reater risk for
sudden death than nonsmokers.
Dose-response relationships between ~igarette smoking and CHD
mortality have been demonstrated for several measures of exposur~
to cigarettes, includln~ the number of ~igaret~es smoked per day,
the depth of inhalation, age at which smoking began, and ~he number
of years of smoking. Smoking cigarettes with reduced yields of ~ar
and nicotine does no~ reduce CHD risk, probably becaus~ ~hese
cigarettes do not have reduced yields of carbon mcnoxidl and ether
combustion produc~s which afflct the cardiovascular system.
The independent risk of CHD fo~ smoking is greater a~ ~he
younger age groups al~hough ~he greatest number of excess CHD
deaths due to smoking actually ~ccurs in the older age groups
(Figure 5). Smoking has also been shown to increase the risk for
other cardlov~scular diseases, including peripheral vascular
disease, cerebrov~scular dlsease (at younger age gr~up~), a~d
aortic a~urysms. For women, s~oki~g "ca~ i~teract wi~h oral
contraceptives ~o greatly i~crease ~he risk fac~o~ f~r ~a~al and
nonfatal myocardial infarction and suhar~chnoid hemorrhage.
Smokers exhibi~ ~ore a~herosclerosis, bo~h in the aorta and
coronary ar~erles° Cigarette smokers who continue ~o smoke
following ~ransluminal coronary angioplasty appear more likely ~o
require repeat angioplasty than nonsmokers, suggesting tha~ ~he
effects of smoking on atherosclerosis occur quickly. The
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which rmsult from the combustion
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of the smoking materials contribute to these effects• The
increase in platelet adhesion observed in smokers also contributes
to the development of atherosclmrotic plaque.
Cigarette smoking aggravates the conditions of people with
CHD. Smokers have a more difficult course following coronary
artery bypass surgery. Smokers who experience angina pectoris have
a higher risk of death than nonsmokers, a poorer prognosis
following non-fatal myocardial infarction, and a greater risk of
sudden death. Smoking increases the risk of silent iscbemia in
patients with stable angina.
Many public health estimates place the total number of excess
cardiovascular disease (including stroke) deaths due to smoking to
be greater than those due to cancer (Figure i). Up to 30 percent
of all CHD deaths may be due to cigarette smoking and its
interaction with other risk factors.
These effects all exhibit a dose-response relationship with
no threshold in active smokers, with detectable damage even among
light smekers. These facts support the biological plausability of
~he evidence linking ETS with heart disease in nonsmokers.
• Nonmalignan~ Respiratory Diseases
In addition to causing lung cancer, smoking causes or
aggravates several related nonmalignant respiratory diseases,
including emphysema, asthma, chronic bronchitis, and chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). While the
number of
s~oking-i~duced deaths classified due to chro~ic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) is smaller than for cancer or
cardiovascular disease (Figure i), COPD afflicts about 12 million
Americans. Even if not fatal, COPD and related disorders such as
emphysema severely debilitate the victim and represent a
substantial number of people who become disabled due to their
condition, unable to work or even seek employment.
For many years cigarette smoking has been known to increase
the risk of developing and dying from COPD. Even the first Surgeon
General's Report issued in 1964 identified a causative role between
smoking and chronic bronchitis. AS with lung cancer, the risk of
contracting and dying from COPD is substantially elevated among
smokers (Figure 6) and this risk increases with an increased dose
of cigarette smoke received; as with the other smoking-induced
diseases discussed in this chapter, there is a positive dose-
response relationship. Mortality rations for COPD in smokers
versus nonsmokers are very high, exceeding 30 to 1 for heavy
smokers (Figure 7).
Smoking also has a dramatic effect on lung function. The
normal rate of lung function decline with increasing age is
accelerated in cigarette smokers (Figure 8). These effects
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probably reflect damage to the small airways of the lungs as well
as a thickening and increased reactivity of the airways in response
to chronic exposure to the irritants in cigarette smoke. The
volume an individual and exhale in one second of forced expiration
(?EVl) is a measure of small airway function. Figure 9 shows that
FEVI falls in a dose-dependent manner as the amount of smoking
increases. There is no safe level of exposure: there is a
measurable decrement in pulmonary function even among light
smokers.
Stopping smoking partially reverses the nonmalignant effects
of the respiratory system (Figure 8). When one stops smoking, the
decline in lung function with age resembles that of a nonsmoker,
but a permanent decrement in lung function remains, indicating some
permanent damage. The amount of this permanent deficit depends on
the duration and intensity of smoking.
ETS exposure produces similar, but more modest nonmalignant
pulmonary effects. FEVI is reduced in passive smokers among both
children and adults to levels similar to that observed in light
smokers. Children of parents who smoke develop more asthma,
bronchitis and other respiratory problems. The rate of lung
~evelopment in children exposed to ETS is smaller than that of
unexposed children. These effects of ETS are what one would expect
based on the effects of active smoking.
Conclusions
This chapter has reviewed the effects of active smoking in on
these cancers, heart disease, and nonmalignant pulmonary diseases
which have also been identified with passive smoking. In each
case, cigarette smoking significantly increased the risk of disease
in smokers in a dose-dependent manner. There is no evidence of a
threshold level for adverse effects. Because ETS is similar to
(bu~ more toxic than) mainstream smoke, these effects on the smoker
help provide evidence for the biological plausibility for the
epidemiological evidence linking ETS with lung cancer, heart
disease, and nonmalignant respiratory disorders, after accounting
for the lower dose the involuntary smoker receives.
I. There is a dose-response relationship between exposure to
tobacco smoke and the diseases of smoking.
2. There are no discernable thresholds of exposure for the diseases
of smoking.
3. Adverse health effects observed in smokers provide biological
plausibility for the occurrence of those diseases in nonsmokers.
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TABLES ~ F~GURES+ ~PT~R
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US Deaths Attributed to Smoking in 1985
Source: US Surgeon General, 1989
CVD
CHD
28000
115000
Cancer, lung
106000
Cancer, ether
30000
COPD
57000
Other
54000
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began smoking -- U.S. Veterans' Study
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CXAPTZR 2
EXPOSURI8 TO INDOOR PARTXCULATI AIR POLLUTANTS
John McCarthy ~hD, Elizabeth MiesneE PhD, John Spengler PhD
Department of Environmental science and Physiology
Harvard S~hool of public ~ealth
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Throughout our lives, we are exposed to gaseous and
particulate contaminants in the air. For some airborne
contaminants, our exposure is dominated By their Occurrence in
outdoor air and ~he time we spend outdoors. However, even for the
pollutants that have only outdoor sources, ~he air that ventilates
our homes, offices, and vehicles originate outdoors. Considering
chronic exposure or protection from acute episodic outdoor
~ollution events, the time we spend indoors and the protection
these indoor environments provide are important considerations.
In the presence of indoor sources of contaminants such as
unvented combustion, evaporation of solvents, and dispersion of
microbiological organisms among others, the time-activity patterns
of people in their use of these indoor environments become
important considerations in determining exposures. People can have
very different exposures to indoor contaminants depending on
social,• demographic and economic differences in the population, as
well as the physical differences that exist across indoor
environments. These differences are characterized by the use of
the structure, its volume air flow and air exchange, the efficiency
Of contaminant removal and, most importantly, the generation rate
of the source itself.
Thus, concentrations of air pollutants can and do vary
depending on location. Outdoor pollutant levels may differ from
indoo~ levels. Different indoor locations llke homes, schools or
workplace can also register varying pollutant levels. An
individual's total exposure to air pollutants therefore depends on
the time spent in each of these microenvironments and the various
concentrations of air pollutants.
Time-Activity Patterns
The activity patterns of people deter-mine the duration of
exposure and, at times, the intensity of exposure to airborne
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contaminants. The amount ~f time a person spends in different
nicroenvironments is influenced by age, sex, occupation, social
class, and season. Letz et el. (1984) studied the time-activity
patterns of 332 residents of Roane County, Tennessee. The results
of study showed that these individuals spent 75% of their time in
the hone. This fi~p/re was higher (84.9%) for housewives,
unemployed and retired persons. Overall 10.8% of the participants
time was spent at "work". Full-time employed individuals worked
between 21-24% of the time. Of the remaining time, 8.5% was spent
in public places, 9% in travel, and 2.8% in various other
locations.
Quakenboss et el. (1982) studied the time allocation for 66
family members from 19 homes in Portage, WI. Individuals were put
into one of five general subgroups which are shown in Table i.
Despite wide variations, each group spent most of the time at home.
For all participants, total time spent indoors was 85%.
More recently, Quakenbcss and his colleagues analyzed time-
activity data for over ~0O individuals in the Portage, WI area.
Participamts were categorized into three groups: workers,
nonworkers, and students. Activity data was collected from both
summer and winter seasons and is summarized in Table 2. Again all
groups spent the largest percentage of their time in the home.
Tin~ spent outdoors decreased from summer to winter.
Infants+ because they are essentially immobile, spend most of
their time in the bedroom according to a recent study by Harlos et
al. [1987). The rest of their time is usually spent in the living
room, kitchen, Or in travel as illustrated in Figure I.
Knowing an individualTs or a population's activity patterns
is not sufficient in itself to determine exposure to contaminants.
Outdoor pollutants do penetrate indoors and can undergo rsactions.
Indoor contaminant concentrations vary according to the source
rate, air exchange and air flow, and reactions. Characterizing
sources indoors will not always lead to accurate estimates of
concentrations or exposures. Therefore, depending on the
distribution of sources indoors and the degree of mixing, there may
be considerable differences in pollutant concentrations across
indoor environments.
Lebret (1985) examined the respirable suspended particulate
(RSP) levels in rooms while participants were smoking or within
one-half hour of smoking. He found significant variation between
the living room kitchen and bedroom. Ju and Spengler (1981), who
studied 24-hour average concentrations of respirable particulates,
also found statistically significant variation between some rooms
although the absolute differences were relatively small.
Monitoring
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There are a number of different Instruments available to
monitor air pollutants. Often the type of instrumen~ used depends
on the exposur8 of interest. ~mmediate exposures are most
important when studying irritant and acute allergic responses. For
this type of exposure, instruments which take short-term or
instantaneous readings ate often used: the piezobalance or
nephelometer are both used to measure particulates, the ecolyzer
is used tD measurs carbon ~onoxide. One advantage to these types
of instruments is their ability tc detect peak pollutant levels.
For acute effects such as upper or lower respiratory
infections, the exposures of interest range from hours to days.
For increased prevalence of even a lifetime.(?) To measure these
exposures, integrated or time-averaglng methods are used. These
methods ihclude filters which are used to collect particles over
long time periods.
EXPOSURE TO AIRBORNE PARTICLZS
~ize Distribution and Composition of Particulates
The distribution of particulates is essentially trimodal with
peak diameters at approximately 0.0~ #m, 0.5 ~m and i0 ~m as shown
in Figure 2. These size modes reflect the origins of the particles
and the physical chemical processes affecting ~hem. The ultrafine
fractions are typically fresh combustion emissions of aiken nuclei
and condensing vapors. The submicron size (0.i-i ~m) has been
c~lled the accumulation mode. Again, incomplete combustion adds
particles to this size range; however, the oxidation of gases such
as SO2 and NO2 tc form sulfates and nitrates are predominantly found
in this range.
Particles larger than I ~m can be of biological origin--fiber
fragments, spores, pollens, and bacteria. Bursting bubbles and sea
spr~ay can generate condensation nuclei. But it is mostly abrasion
and/or erosion that generate larger particles.
The fine particle fraction, or <2.5 ~m, is produced by
combustion or condensation of vapors. At leash 75% of the sulfur,
zinc, bromide and lead are found in this size range (Dzubay and
Stevens, 1975). ~articles <2.5 ~m are very important for health
reasons since these particles can reach the alveolar regions of the
lungs.
Particles greater than 2.5 ~m in diameter, or coarse
particles, are usually formed by mechanical processes like
grinding, crushing, and abrasion. At least 75% of the silicon,
calcium a~d iron, elements commonly found i~ soil, appear in this
size fraction (D~ubay and Stevens, 197~). particles from 2.5-10
~m can be inhaled and can become deposited i~ the tracheobronchial
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regions.
Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is a mixture of exhaled
mainstream smoke and sides~ream smoke. Sidestream smoke is the
smoke that is formed by smoldering between puffs of a tobacco
product and is the major source of ETS. Approximately half the
tobacco in a cigarette is burned in the sidestream mode. The
complex mixture that the smoker inhales with each puff Of a
cigarette, cigar, Or pipe is called mainstream smoke. The portion
of mainstream smoke that the smoker exhales and the small amount
of vapor diffusing through the wrapping of the cigar or cigarette
add little %o ETS.
ETS consists of fresh and aged sidestream and mainstream
smoke. The particle sizes which make up ETS vary due to
coagulation (the process where two or more particles col!ide and
combine to form a larger particle), evaporation, and the adhesion
of par%icles to surfaces. The size distribution of particles is
also affected by air dilution, relative humidity and temperature.
. Under controlled conditions, several researchers have measured
the particle size distribution of sidestream smoke (Keith and
Derrick, 1960; Porstendorfer and Schraub, 1972; Hiller et el.,
1882; Leaderer st el., 1984; rngebrethsen and Sears, 1886). Based
on these studies, the mass median diameter of sidestream smoke can
be estimated to be between 0.2 Bm and 0.4 ~m. The mass median
diameter is the diameter which divides the mass distribution in
half, i.e. one half of the mass is contributed by particles larger
than this diameter and one half by particles smaller. Because much
of the time the tobacco is burning at substcichiometric conditions,
particles are produced in the accumulation size mode. As ETS ages,
the processes of coagulation cause particles to grow. This offsets
mass loss due to evaporation.
Composition of ETS
Environmental tobacco smoke is made up of several thousand
different chemical compounds. These compounds may be in the
gaseous or solid phase or both. The chemical composition of
sidestream smoke differs from that of mainstream smoke. Over 2,000
compounds have been measured in sidestream and mainstream smoke.
Some of the constituents in nhe mainstream smoke of nonfilter
cigarettes are listed in Table 3. Also given are ratios of these
substances in sidestream smoke compared to mainstream smoke. A
ratio of greater than 1.0 means the constituent is found in higher
concentrations in sidestream smoke than mainstream smoke.
Nicotine, a substantial component of tobacco combustion, is
produced mainly in the particulate phase. However, as the ETS
mixture dilutes and ages, the nicotine rapidly shifts to vapor
phase. Chamber studies by McCarthy (1987) and others have
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demonstrated that the half-life decay of nicotine is more than
twice that of the particulate phase. A number Of the constituents
listed are carcinogens or suspected carcinogens according to the
International Agency for Research cn Cancer (~ARC).
Measurement of ETS
The large number of constituents in ETS make it impossible to
assess overall exposure based on measurement of each one. ~nstead
most researchers have measured one or more COmpounds and have used
those to estimate the total exposure to ETS. Changes in ETS
composition over time and exposure conditions limit the accuracy
of this method.
This chapter will discuss in detail only a few of the possible
measures of ETS: panicles, nicotine, cadmium and nitrosamine.
Most of the data presented will be from studies involving cigarette
smoke since this is a major source of indoor ETS. Littla
work has
beer done on pipe or cigar smoke.
EXposures to Environmental T~baccc Sm0ka
According to ~he U.S. Department of Commerce (1985) about 30%
of adults in the U.S. are smokers. 40% of homes nationwide have
at leas~ one s.mcker. In a survey of over i0,000 children in six
U.S. cities, the percentage of children living with one or more
smoking adults varied from a low of 60% to a high of 75% (Perris
et al., 1979). Lebowitz and Burrows (1976) reported 54% of
children in a study in Tucson had at least one smoker in the home.
These data indicate that the potential for exposure to ETS in the
home is greater than that inferred from national statistics. ~n
part, this reflects the demographics of smoking where it is adults
in their child-raising years that are more likely to be smokers
than the overall average. Surveying a new cohort of elementary-
agm children in six U.S. ci~ies reveals that on average, parental
smoking has decreased between 10% to 15% over a decade (mid 1970's
to mid 1980's).
Smoking between different demographic groups can vary widely
and this will modify the exposure of nonsmokers to ETS° Overall,
ETS exposure will depend on the proximity of an individual to the
source of smoke. Patterns of smoking will be influenced by time,
location, and type of activity.
MICROENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS OF CONCENTRATIONS
Concentrations of Particles and ETS
Numerous studies have been conducted using respirable
suspended particulates (RSP) as markers for ZTS. Both continuous
and integrated measurements methods have been used, Although RSP
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is not specific for the presence of smokers in the home and other
indoor locations, the number of cigarettes smoked have shown to
correlate well with RSP.
Particulate Concentrations in Homes
Spengler et el. (1981) measured 24-hour respirable particulate
levels in 55 homes in six U.S. Cities. The mean monthly
~oncentrati~n across cities is presented in Figure 3, wi~h indoor
particulate levels similar to the outdoor levels. Table 4 shows
the respirable particulate levels in the homes as a function of the
number of smokers. The actual amount of smoking in the home was
not reported. The researchers concluded that the major source of
indoor particulates in smoking homes was cigarette smoke. Each
smoker 'n the home raised the mean respirable particulate level by
20 .g/m}.
Further analysis of the data by Dockery and Spengler (1881)
showed that each cigarette smoked in the home increased the mean
respirable particulate levels by 0.88 Mq/m3. In air conditione~
homes, the respirable particulate levels increased by 2.11 ~g/m
per cigarette per day. This increase was probably caused by
recirculation of indoor air which reduced the cigarette smoke
dilution.
More recently Spengler and colleagues (1986) analyzed RSP data
from over 200 homes in WatertoD~n,, MA. Homes with smokers had RSP
concentrations of 30 to 35 ~g/~higher than nonsmoking homes. RSP
concentration and the number of cigarettes smoked per week were
highly correlated. Models based on this data predict a
contribution of 0.77 ~g/m5 per cigarette per day. This would mean
a pack of cigarettes would increase the indoor RSP concentration
by 15.5 ~g/m3.
Particulate Concentration in Offices
Using a piezobalance, Weber and Fischer (1980) monitored 44
workrooms at seven different companies in Switzerland. The
workrooms had varying levels of smoking. A number of samples were
taken in each room over a two-day period. After subtracting the
particulate levels found in an unoccupied room, the mean
particulate level for the 492 samples taken was i~3 ~g/m3 with a
standard deviation ~f 130 ~g/m~. The maximum concentration
measured was 962 ~g/m'.
Quant et al. (1982) used a piezobalance to monitor three
offices. The offices were divided into cubicles with half-wall
partitions and contained both smoking and nonsmoking areas.
Offices were monitored continuously for one work week. Figure 4
shows the results of continuous monitoring in one of the offices.
For the three offices, the ten-hour day averages ranged from
37~g/m~ to 89 ~g/m3.
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Miesner et el. (1988) used both continuous and integEated
methods to monitor in five office buildings in metropolitan Boston.
Both filters and nephelometer were used to measure in 12 offices,
one conference room, and a designated smoking room of a large
nonsmoking office. In offices without smoking, concentrations
typically ranged from 15 to i0 ~g/m~. In offices with stoking,
concentrations were higher, ranging from 20 to 80 ~g/m~. ~n
designated smoking areas, concentrations were I00 to 500 ~g/m-.
Shore-term concentrations measured with the portable MIN~Pu~M
exceeded I000 ~g/m~ in one of the designated smoking areas.
Particulate Concentration in Offices
Repace and Lowry (1980) measured particulate levels in various
indoor public facilities both in the absence and presence of
smoking. For nonsmoking locations such as restaurants, libraries,
a church, and a bakery, the mean indoor RSP level was less than 60
~g/m3, Measurements taken in public facilities in the presence of
smoking ~re shown off Table 5. Measurements range from 86~g/m3 to
187 ~g/m for restaurants and cafes that pez-mit smoking. O~her
areas where there are likely to be more smokers per area than in
restaurants had much higher~oflcentrations of particulars mat:or,
~anging from 2C0 to 700 ~g/m~.
Besides monitoring in offices, Miesner et el. (1988) also took
continuous and integrated HSP measurements in numerous public
facilities incl~ding a library, museum, school, subway, bars, and
restaurants. They found that for most public buildings where no
smoking was~resent the particulate levels were low usually less
than 30 ~g/m~. Levels in transportation facilities such as the
subway and bus stations were slightly higher with a mean integrated
measurement of 63 ~g/m3. Higher concentrations were found in
smoking areas such as bars, rmstaurants and a public smoking room
with a mean integrated measurement of 79 ~g/m3 and a standard
deviation of 44 ~g/m3.
Concentration of Other Components of ETS
Numerous researchers have looked at other tracers for ETS.
Because of its high specificity for tobacco smoke and its presence
in high concentration, nicotine is a promising choice. McCarthy
et el. (1987) measured indoor nicotine levels in smoking and
nonsmoking homes. The home nicotine values ranged from a average
cf 0.1 ~g/m3 in the nonsmoking households to 4.2 ~g/m~ in the
smoking households. The presence of low nicotine values in some
of the nonsmokinq households can be accounted for by visitors to
the home who weEe smokers.
A number of studies have used integrated readings to determine
nicotine levels in offices and public buildings. A selection of
these studies are presented in Table 6.
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Cigarettes are also known to be a source of cad~mium. Lebret
etal. (1987) considered cadmium as a useful tracer for ETS. They
monitored twenty homes and one outdoor site for fine particulates
in Watertown, MA. Particles were analyzed for elemental
composition using x-ray fluorescence. At the outdoor site and in
homes without smokers, cadmium levels were below the detectable
limit. In homes with smokers, indoor cadmium levels were highly
correlated with indoor fine particulate measurements.
Nitrosamines, some of which have been listed as animal
carcinogens by the IARC, have been studied in public facilities and
homes (Brunnemann et al., 1978). Using continuous measurements
they found mean levels of nitrosamines in public facilities which
ranged from 0.01 to 0.24 ng/L, Bo~h homes monitored had levels of
less than 0.005 ng/L.
Wallace et al. (1987) measured the personal exposure and
breath levels of benzene and other aromatics in 200 smokers and
322 nonsmokers in New Jersey and california. Benzene is listed as
a human carcinogen by the IARC (1986). They found a significant
increase in breath concentration with the number of cigarettes
smoked. Smokers were found to have up to i0 times the breath
concentration of benzene compared to nonsmokers. Nonsmokers who
reported smoke exposure at work showed elevated levels for fall and
winter but not for spring and summer. The authors concluded that
cigarettes were the major source of benzene for about 50 million
U.S. smokers.
No single constituent of ETS is sufficient to completely
characterize an individual's exposure to ETS., Research on ways tc
relate these measurements to specific health effects continues tc
be done. The most prudent course is to measure several of these
components in exposure studies. Markers specific to the class of
ETS components, or health outcome of interest, could be utilized
in epidemiologic studies to enhance precision of the exposure.
Personal Exposures
Personal monitoring studies have many of the same problems
that area monitoring has, such as trying to measure ETS exposure
based on one or more markers. However, personal exposure
monitoring has the advantage of including spatial and temporal
dimensions to the measurements. It is also possible to use time-
activity diaries to link exposure with location and activity.
The results of a personal monitoring study by McCarthy etal.
(1987) show that the exposurm of children to RSP was much higher
than that of children from nonsmoking households. The average
personal RSP value increased from 29 ~g/m3 for children from
nonsmoking families to 56 ~g/m3 for children from smoking families.
The average personal nicotine concentration increased from 0.3
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~g/m3 to 2.5~g/m3 for children from nonsmoking and smoking families
respectively. A child's personal nicotine is highly correlated
with the consumption of cigarettes in the home while ~he personal
RSP was not. This implies that although there are multiple sources
of RSP, the majority of ETS exposure is from the child's home.
Spengler et el. (1985) had i01 nonsmoking volunteers from
Kingston/Marriman, Tennessee wear personal resplrahle suspended
particulate monitors for 3 days. Nonsmokers were divided in two
groups: those who lived with a smoker and those who did not.
Outdoor and indoor particulate levels were taken for comparison.
Results showed that personal exposure was not correlated with
outdoor concentrations but that ETS significantly increased an
individual's personal concentration profile.
In Spengler and Tosteson (1981), 45 nonsmoking adults were
monitored for RSP for 18 days. They were also divided into two
groups: those exposed to ETS and those who werm not. Area monitors
were also placed inside and outside. Personal exposure was higher
than both indoor and outdoor measurements. On average, the
individual exposure was increased by 20 ~g/m3 among those who
reported exposure to ETS.
Cctinine i~ a major metabolite of nicotine. McCarthy etal.
(1987) measured cotinine levels in the urine and saliva of 81
nonsmoking children. Nicotine levels in the air were also
monitored as was RSP. They found a high correlation between
personal nicotine levels and cotinine indicating a quantitative
relationship may exist. They did however find high variability.
Coultas et al. (1987) measured cotinine in the saliva Of 1360
nonsmoking children and adults. They found an increase with the
number of smokers in the home at all ages. However, household
variability was wide and even 30% of the nonsmokers living in a
nonsmcking home had detectable cotinine levels.
Summary
I. Environmental tobacco smoke is the primary contaminant causing
elevated RSP levels in enclosed spaces.
2. Environmental tobacco smoke can be a substantial contributor
to the level of indoor air pollution concentration of benzene,
acrolein, N-nitrosamine, pyrene and carbon mcnoxlde.
3. Measured exposures to respirahle suspended particulates are
higher for nonsmokers who report exposure to ETS.
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FIGUP.ES AND TABLES, CHA~ER 2
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TABLE 2, ~eAn Pe==enc Time ~penc ~n Var~ou~ L~ca~ions for Three Po~ulaclon
Groups
phi,
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home {$D) 59.3 (11.9) ?&2 (12.1)
6&3 (19,3) 654 (I~3)
mJtalds (SD) ]2.2 I])]] ' ]2.J 19.9i 1~.0 (J.3]
13.'2 {9.4)
moor vehicle (SD) S,I[ (4,2) 4.4 (2,'i) ~.314.3)
4.4 (4~)
woPk/sel~w~ ISD) 15..5 (10 9) 0.2 (OJI 4,4 (7.$)
8.4 (10,6)
other [nd(:¢~ (SD) 70 (6.4] 712 (6.4) 9.0 (9.1S)
8.I (8.2)
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home {SD) 66,1 (1 ].4) 83,3 (&4) 8S, l (101)
67~ I11.5)
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3.5 (4.2)
moLOr vehicJe ($D) ~,6 (5,6) 4.2 (2.5} ~,3 (2,6)
42 /4,1)
'*'otk/~h~l ($~3) 18.~ [10.4) 3,0 ('7.11 ]9.5 ('T..~)
1?.9 19.7)
ol~er indoors ($3~) 6.4 (6+0) 715 (5,3) ?.3 (8.3)
?.0 ~6+1)
2~127 28 17~ ~39
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~co~ine ~masurad Under Realistic Conditions
~y
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19 *mekA~ N~ Ci~,q* ~ g~ mmp,b /m
SOURCe: ~.5. Depar~men~ of Heal~h and H~an Se~ices (1986)

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CKAPTER 4
ABSORPTION OF SMOKE CONSTITUENTS BY NONSMOKERS
Dietrich Hoffma~ PhD, Xlaus D. Bl-/nneman~ MSc,
Man~y J. Haley PhD
American Health Foundation
V~lhalla, New York 10995
INTRODUCTION
Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) occurs at the
worksite, in public places, and in private homes. ETS is a
composite of effluents generated in various ways during the burning
of tobacco products. The major source for ETS is sidestream smoke
(SS) which is formed during smouldering cf cigarettes, cigars and
pipes between the taking of puffs. Minor contributions to ETS are
made by those pollutants of the mainstream smoke (MS) that are
exhaled after inhalation of each puff by the active smoker. The
smoke escaping into the air from the burning cone and from ~he
mouthpiece of a tobacco product during and after puff-drawing is
another minor contributor, in addition there is some diffusion of
MS gas phase components through the cigarette paper into the
environment. More information is needed on the relative sources
of smoke in the complex mixture of ETS generated from different
cigarettes under varying conditions.
In the laboratory, MS and SS are generated under standardized
conditions by machine smoking (1,2). While these conditions enable
us to compare the yields of individual smoke constituents from
various brands of cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco, they do not
fully reflect the patterns of smoking by humans (3,4). The
consumer's intensity of puff-drawing and inhaling of the smoke is
profoundly influenced by the nicotine content of the MS (4,5), and
smoking intensity is highest when cigarettes with perforated filter
tips a~e being smoked [6).
The SS release is governed by the velocity of air currents
around the burning cone; ~hus, higher air flow generates higher
yields of most SS components. Even though a major reduction of
mainstream smoke yields Of the sales-weighted average cigarettes
has occurred during the last three decades, (U.S. cigarettes
declined from 35.5 mg tar in 1954 to 12 mg tar in 1982; (7)), the
SS emissions of smoke constituents were not significantly reduced
(5,9). The data in Table 1 emphasize this with a comparison of
the yields of a select group of toxic compounds in the MS and SO
of four types of U.S. cigarettes. These cigarettes were machine-
smoked under identical conditions. Since the consumer of the low-
yield filter cigarettes is likely to smoke more intensely, a
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larger portion of the tobaczc column is burned during smoking of
this type of cigarette than is burned during smoking of nonfilter
cigarettes. Therefore, a somewhat lower yield of SS is expected
from the low-yield cigarette smoked by the consumer than is
obtained by its standardized machine smoking.
The exposure of nonsmokers to the effluents of burning tobacco
products usually occurs after considerable dilution of these air
pollutants. This is well substantiated by analyses of the air in
enclosed spaces polluted by tobacco smoke (i0,ii) .
A. Biolocical Markers in Phvsiclocical Fluids
The exposure of nonsmokers to ETS can be assessed with the
help of q~estionnaires, by estimating the dose from the chemical
analysis of smoke-polluted air, by personal monitoring of ETS
components and/or by measuring the uptake of individual smoke
components in physiological fluids of individuals during or after
exposure. The last and most promising method will be discussed in
this chapter.
The degree of exposure to ETS depends on several factors,
including length of time spent in a smoke-polluted area, the number
of smokers within this area, the size and nature of the space, the
degree of ventilation and the respiratDry rate of the exposed
individual. Thus, optimal assessment of ETS exposure is achieved
by analysis of physiological fluids of exposed individuals as well
as by analysis of the respiratory environment. New biochemical
methods enable us to quantify exposure to ETS by determining the
uptake of certain smoke contstituents (or their metabolites) in
biological fluids. An primary requirement for such biochemical
measurements is the availability of highly sensitive and specific
methods.
I. Nicotine and Cotinine.
Disregarding accidental or occupational exposure to tobacco
(12,13), or the use of nicotine-containing chewing gum or nicotine
aerosol rods as aids for smoking cessation (14), the presence of
nicotine and of its major metabolites in physiological fluids is
entirely due to the exposure to tobacco~ tobacco smoke, or ETS. LOW
- levels of nicotine have been found in other members of the
solanaceous variety of plants (14A) but could not be expected to
make an impact on the body burden of nicotine which is obtained
from tobacco sources. Nicotine and its major metabolite, cotinine,
in saliva, blood or urine of active smokers and of passively
exposed nonsmokers are primarily determined by gas chromatography
(GC) with a nitrogen-sensitive detector, and by radioimmunoassay
(RIA) (15-17). An HPLC method which has been developed for
quantitation of cotinine in plasma or saliva of smokers (18) has
not been applied to urine analysis even though the analysis of this
biological fluid appears to have the greatest pouential for
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evaluation of nicotine uptake by nonsmokers. A problem with this
HPLC method seems to be an unusually high background of ootinine
in persons reporting no exposure to ETS. The possibi!e co-
migration of caffeine with cotinine in this system needs to be
excluded. (18A) A recently published, highly sensitive method for
determining nicotine in plasma by HPLC with dual electrochemical
detection (2 ng/ml) has not as yet been applied to physiological
samples of involuntary smokers (19). Another emerging analytical
method for the determination of nicotine Qr cotinine is the enzyme-
linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA; 20).
Trans-3'-hydroxycotinine has been found to be the most
abundant nicotine metabclite in the urine of active smokers
(21), however, it is difficult tc quantitate. Since the compound
is not readily soluble it has to be transformed into a heptafluoro
derivative prior to GC detection (22). The levels of 3'-
hydroxycotinine in plasma have teen found to be much lower than
those of cotinine in the same smokers although the renal excretion
of 3t-hydroxycotinine has been reported to be greater (23).
Despite its abundance in urine of smokers, this compound has not
yet been applied to the analysis of ETS uptake by nonsmokers.
The GC and RIA mezhods are most widely used for assaying
nicotine and cotinine in active as well as in passive smokers,
primarily because of their specificity and sensitivity, and because
the needed instrumentation is available in most modern
laboratories. Chromatographic methods, especially those using GC
with nitrogen-phosphorus detectors (detection limit 0.i ng/ ml
fluid; 16), or a mass-spectral detection system, offer greatest
specificity and high sensitivity; however, they require expensive
instrumentation and technical expertise and they are rather labor
intensive. Since the air as well as glassware in laboratories may
contain traces of nicotine, the chromatographic methods require the
utmost precautions to avoid contamination of samples.
The RIA techniques are operationally simpler, less expensive
and require smaller samples (detection limit 0.95 ng/sample; 17).
More than 50 nicotine metabolites and structurally-related
• olecules have been tested as inhibitors of nicotine and cotinine
antigen-antibody reections; few of them interfere with the RIA
(24). Nevertheless, the potential for cross-reactivity with
unknown endogenous components exists. ' The fact that, upon
analysis, thousands of samples obtained from nonsmokers in the US
and UK have been found to be negative, indicates that diets and
drugs commonly used in these two countries do not pose problems of
interference. There is good Correlation between results obtained
by GC and RIA analysis for plasma cotinine concentrations (r~0.99;
25). A potential problem in RIA analysis can come from
extrapolation to values below the linear range of the standard
curve. Care must always be taken to insure proportionality of
response.
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An interlaboratory comparison of data from ii laboratories in
6 countries has demonstrated that GC and RIA techniques can
reliably quantitata nicotine and cotinine in urine and plasma
samples. A good correlation of laboratory methods was observed in
plasma samples and in urine samples to which cotinine had been
added as a tracer. However, in urine samples without tracer,
several RIA values for cotlnine were found to be slightly higher
than those observed by GC. This could be due to a cross reaction
of the antibody ~ith another ~ompound present in urine, or the
discrepancy could arise from a loss of urinary cotinine during GC
extraction. The former explanation is more likely to apply here
although conventional GC extraction techniques have been reported
to result in the loss of conjugated metabolites of nicotine. The
quantitation of these conjugated compounds by GC methods has
recently been reported by Curvallet el. (25a). In addition cross
reactivity of various cotinine antibodies with drans-
3.hydroxycotinlne has been reported to range from 2% (J.J. Langone,
pets. co~/~.) to 30%~ (25b)) All ir~munoassay methods have led,
however, do perfect distinction between nonsmokers and active
smokers (26).
Table 2 presents data from model studies on the uptake of ETS
by nonsmokers ~nder acute exposure conditions (27-30). The main
purpose of these assays was to develop the methodology for field
studies and to compare the uptake of nicotine from environments
with various degrees of pollution and different types of pollutants
under controlled conditions. It has been shown that the
equilibrium of nicotine between vapor phase and particulate phase
of ETS depends greatly on the concentration and pH of the emitted
smokestream (31) and, thus, influences the uptake of nicotine by
inhalation.
After repeated exposure to ETS under controlled conditions,
such ss ~wice daily 80-minute exposure on 3 consecudive days to the
diluted pollutants of 4 CONCUrreNtly smoked cigarettes (221, the
me~urements in 4 nonsmokers have shown that except for nicotine
in the saliva, the physiological fluids do not reflect maximal
concentrations of nicotine and cotinine until at least 24 hours
later. This observation has led to comparisons of the elimination
of cotinine in smokers and nonsmokers exposed to ETS (32). The
elimination half-life (tl/~) of ootinine from the urine of smokers
took 21.S hours and 22.7 hours for nonsmokers.
In a second
assay, five cigarette smokers were asked to abstain from tobacco
use for 5 days and were then given nicotine gum
for three days.
After another 8 days of abstinence from nicotine, the volunteers
were exposed to sidestream smoke (SS). At this point, the cotinine
elimination (tl/2) from urine (ng/ml) by smokers took 15.4 hours,
by nicotine gum users 18.2 hours, by 8-day exsmokers 27.5 hours,
and by the never-smokers 25.6 hours (32). These findings suggest
that the residence ~imes of nicotine, cotinine and other tobacco
alkaloids, are likely related to the route of nicotine uptake as
well as to possible differences in metabolism between smokers and
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nonsmokers. The longer elimination time for cotinine in nonsmokers
has been oonfil-~ed by other study groups (35-37), however, the
observation has also been challenged (38,39). A longer residence
time of nicotine metabolites in nonsmokers could conceivably
increase the possibility of endogenous formation of carcinogenic
N-nitrosamines (40).
Most importantly, differences in the elimination times of
cotinine from urine preclude a direct extrapolation to "cigarette
equivalents of smoke uptake" by comparing the levels of cotinine
excreted by active and passive smokers. This has been discussed
by some investigators (i0).
Table 3 includes comparisons of nicotine and cotinine in
physiological fluids of nonsmokers with or without ETS exposure,
and of active cigarette smokers in England (41). Data on the
uptake of nicotine by involuntary smokers from additional studies
are summarized in Table 4 (29,42-54). Most of these studies
demonstrate that nicotine and cotinine levels in physiological
fluids of involuntary smokers generally amount to 1 percent and
neach maximally a few percent of the amounts determined in active
cigarette smokers. Data by Matsukura et el. from Japan on the
other hand, show exceptionally high levels of cotinine in the urine
of passive smokers. This may be due to several factors including
differences in the design of studies and measurement methods (26),
Aside from differences in methodology one cannot rule out that
differences in the uptake and metabolism of nicotine which have
been observed in various population groups, and diet may be
partially responsible for the exceptional data reported in the
Japanese study (47). A recent finding indicates that the urinary
excretion rates of Japanese smokers were significantly different
from those determined in adult cigarette smokers in Europe and
North America (55). Additionally, a large epidemiological szudy
in the U.S. has demonstrated significant differences in serum
cotinine levels between Black and ~ite smokers after adjustment
for cigarettes smoked per day and daily nicotine availability
(55a).These differences in nicotine metabolism require further
thorough investigation.
Survey data on exposure at home, in the workplace and on
social occasions were collected from 319 employed subjects and were
correlated with levels of cotinine in a random urine sample. Mean
urine/cotinine/creatinine levels were higher for women than for men
possibly due to differences in creatinine excretion between the
sexes. It is also noteworthy that 94% of the women were employed
indoors. Higher levels of urinary cotinine were noted in bo~h men
and women who lived with a smoker than in those subjects who did
not report living with a smoker (13.3±2.4 vs 5.1~0.4 in men and
13.9±1.9 vs. 5.6~0.6 in women). Differences in the prevalence of
exposure at home existed between sexes (males 13.5% vs. females
29.2%). Levels of cotinine found across different exposures
indicate that home exposure has a more pronounced effect on urine
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cetinine than does workplace exposure (Table 5; 55b).
The nicotine uptake by infants due tD ETS exposure, caused by
smoking mothers or caretakers, appears to be higher than that
observed in adult passive smokers. The amount of cotinine excreted
in the urine of the infants was correlated with the number of
cigarettes smoked by the mother, oE caretaker or other persons,
. during the 24 hours preceding the measurement (33). The primary
determinant of urinary cotinine levels has been found to be the
smoking behavior of the mother. The finding of relatively high
uptake of ETS, as determined by nicotine/cobinine concentrations
in the urine of infants, is in line with the observation that
infants of smokers have higher rates cf respiratory infections than
infants in nonsmokers' homes (56)°
Analytical data on nicotine and cotinine in physiological
fluids of nonsmokers can be misleading in a fmw cases. These
pertain to the very light smokers and those nonsmokers who either
chew tobacco or use oral snuff. It is possible, though rare, that
the very light smoker shows nicctine/cotinine levels approaching
those of passive smokers with extremely high ETS exposure. When
~sed in co~ination with cotlnine measurements, COMb analyses can
help to differentiate between the two groups. In regular consumers
of snuff or chewing tobacco, cotinine levels are comparable to
those found in cigarette smokers while thiocyanate levels and COHb
values remain low (57).
The determination of nicotine and cotinine in hair has been
tried in an attempt to differentiate between active and passive
smokers [58). This determination revealed higher nicotine
~oncmntrations in the hair of smokers than in the hair of ETS-
exposed nonsmokers and documented the absence of cotinine~ the
major metabolite of nicotine, within the hairshaft of nonsmokers.
Hair sampling for determining ETS-exposure of nonsmokers deserves
more thorough investigation.
In summary, in the hands of experienced biochemists, the
determination of nicotine and, especially, of cotinine in saliva,
serum and~or urine in involuntary smokers represents a reliable,
specific method for assaying the level of uptake of ETS by
nonsmokers. The choice of biological fluid for the quantita~ion
ef cotinine depends upon the question asked. For the evaluation
of changes in smoking behavior, sez~/m or urine are preferred while
saliva is sufficient to determine whether or not a subject is a
smoker (59). For studies of ETS exposure, it is often impractical
to collect serum by venipuncture, and since nicotine concentration
in saliva can be extremely high i~mediately following ETS exposure,
several hours must pass before the concentration of cotinine in
saliva is stabilized (30). Also, when large numbers of subjects
are to be evaluated, it is preferable to avoid invasive procedures
which might discourage participation and possibly bias the results.
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Measurements of cotinine in urine and saliva have been
successfully used to quanzitate ETS exposure in large populations.
Cotinine excretion in urine is independent of pM, while nicotine
excretion is greatly influenced by it. At values above pM 6.0,
resorption of nicotine from the urine occurs especially during
longer residence time in the bladder. Cotinine is not subject to
resorption and, as far as it has been investigated, 3'-
hydroxycotinine, a second major nicotine metabolite, is also not
affected (60).
Quantitation of cotinine in random urine samples can have
methodological problems relative to the vol%1~e of urine excreted
in any given time period as well as dilution effects. The ideal
standard for evaluation of cobinine excretion in brine would be
the analysis of a 24-hour urine sample. Since this is impractical
in epidemiological studies, random urine samples are usually
collected at the time a questionnaire is administered. En this
case~ the ratio of cotinine to creatinine in a given sample is
often used t~ allow for differences in urine dilution. Urinary
creatinine excretion is usually constant from day to day for a
given individual, but it does vary among individuals. As a
reflection of muscle mass it is generally excreted at about i g
per day (men, 1.1 to 3.2 g/day; women, 0.9 to 2.5 g/day). En older
persons, the excretion of creatinine ~ay decrease to 0.5 g/day.
Low levels of creatinine may also be found in dehydrated infants;
this necessitates caution in the expression of ng cotinine/mg
creatinine in a random sample (35). However, a recent study with
pro-school children has shown that cotinine/crea£inine ratios in
passively exposed children 'trackr over several weeks and reflect
questionnaire data on exposure (61). Epidemloloqical studies in
adults have also shown good correlations between self-reported
indices of exposure and cotinine/creatinine ratios when data for
men and women are analyzed separately.(55b)
2. Carbon Monoxide. Carbon monoxide (CO) is formed during
the combustion of organic matter including the burning of a tobacco
product. It is also produced in vivo during metabolic processes.
Endogenous CO results primarily from the breakdown of home-
containing proteins such as hemsglobin. In nonsmokers who are not
exposed to industrial pyrolysis products or vehicle emissions, the
baseline levels of CO, present in the bloodstream as
.carboxyhemoglobin (COMb), are generally below 1.5% of the total
hemoglobin.
Persons exposed to heavy vehicle emissions can have COMb
levels up ~0 about 2.5%. In cigarette smokers, COHb levels were
found to average 5.7% in a study of 450 smokers (62) with litsle
difference being noted between smokers of high- or low-yield
products. This value is similar to that of 4.7% found in middle
aged men in a study by Wa!d et el. (63).
Carboxyhemoglobin levels are not good indicators of ETS
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uptake, due to the fact that CO exposure is not limited to tobacco
s~oke; in addition, the measurement of COHb is relatively
insensitive. A study in England did not find significant
differences in COHb levels in subjects reporting no exposure, some
exposure, or a let of exposure (64}. This was confirmed by others
(65) and also by a controlled chamber assay (61). One study in
which significant elevations of COHb were found used controlled
exposure to t~bacco smoke at a level of 25 ppm CO for 8 hours.
This intense exposure resulted in an average increase of COHb
levels by 2.5% (85). However, such results are not applicable to
free-living situations in field studies (67).
3. ~. Hydrogen cyanide, absorbed from tobacco smoke
is detoxified in the liver to thiocyanate (SON-). Measurement of
SCN- has been used to differentiate smokers from nonsmokers or, as
mentioned earlier, in combination with nicotine-cotinine assays to
distinguish smokers from chewers of tobacco. Thiocyanate can also
be derived from the diet, cruciferous vegetables being an excellent
source [68). The specificity of SON as a marker of tobacco smoke
ihhalation is poor and it is generally difficult to distinguish
i~ght smokers from nonsmokers. This lack of specificity makes SCN-
unsuitable for the evaluation of ETS uptake by nonsmoking subjects.
4. MvdroxvDroline. ~apanese investigators have studied the
excretion of hydroxyproline in persons exposed to ETS as well as
in active smokers and in persons exposed to high levels cf air
pollutants (69). The rationale for these studies is that the
inhalation of nitrogen dioxide causes degradation of lung collagen
and elastin which results in urinary excretion of hydroxyproline.
The investigations of the Japanese group suggested an elevated
excretion of hydroxyproline by children of smoking parents as well
as by wives of smoking husbands, active smokers, and individuals
exposed to vehicle emissions. Since NOX levels in ETS are
relatively low by comparison to mainstream smoke or vehicle
emissions [56,70,71), such increased elimination of hydrcxyproline
in passively exposed persons seemed surprising. In fact, another
group of investigators has been unable to confirm this finding
C72).
5. ~-N~trose-Amino Acids. The occurrence of endogenous
nitrosation reactions in cigarette smokers has been demonstrated
in several studies. This phenomenon entails the risk of endogenous
formation of carclncgenic N-nltrosamines. Endogenous formation of
H-nitrosamines has been proven by urinary excretion of the
noncarcinogenic N-nitrosoproline (NPRO), N-nitrosothioproline
(NTPRO), and N-nltrosomethylthloproline (NMTpRC). Whereas the
average excretion of NPRO in nonsmokers amounted to 2.0±i.5 ug/24
hrs, cigarette smokers excreted an average of 7.0±4.0 ug/24 hrs
[73-77). In the case of NTPRO, the average urinary excretion by
nonsmokers (ug/24 hrs) was 5.9~ that by cigarette smokers 8.7 and
that of NMTPRO was 5.6 and 8.$, respectively (75). Only two
studies have explored the possibility that endogenous formation of
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uptake, due to the fact that CO exposure is not limited to tobacco
smoke; in addition, the measurement of COHb is relatively
insensitive. A study in England did not find significant
differences in COHb levels in subjects reporting nc exposure, some
exposure, or a lot Of exposure (64). This was confirmed by others
(65) and also by a controlled chamber assay (61). One study in
which significant elevations of COHb were found used controlled
exposure to tobacco smoke at a level Of 25 ppm CO for 6 hours.
This intense exposure resulted in an average increase of COHb
levels by 2.5% (85). However, such results are not applicable to
free-living situations in field studies (67).
3. ~. Hydrogen cyanide, absorbed from tobacco smoke
is detoxified in the liver to thiocyanate (SCN-). Measurement of
SCN- has been used to differentiate smokers from nonsmokers or, as
mentioned earlier, in combination with nicotine-cotinine assays to
distinguish smokers from chewers of tobaccQ. Thiocyanate can also
be derived from the diet, crucifercus vegetables being an excellent
source (66). The specificity of SON as a marker of tobacco smoke
ihhalation is poor and it is generally difficult to distinguish
l~ght smokers from nonsmokers. This lack of specificity makes SCN-
unsuitable for the evaluation Of ETS uptake by nonsmoking subjects.
4. Hvdroxv~roline. Japanese investigators have studied the
excretion of hydroxyproline in persons exposed to ETS as well as
in active smokers and in persons exposed to high levels of air
pollutants (69). The rationale for these studies is that the
inhalation of nitrogen dioxide causes degradation of lung collagen
and elastin which results in urinary excretion Of hydroxyproline.
The investigations of the Japanese group suggested an elevated
excretion of hydroxyproline by children of smoking parents as well
as by wives of smoking husbands, active smokers, and individuals
exposed to vehicle emissions. Since NOX levels in ETS are
relatively low by comparison to mainstream smoke or vehicle
emissions (56,70,71), such increased elimination Of hydroxyproline
in passively exposed persons seemed surprising. ~n fact, another
group of investigators has been unable to confirm this finding
(72).
5. N-NitrDsc-Amino Acids. The occurrence of endogenous
nitrosation reactions in cigarette smokers has been demonstrated
in several studies. This phenomenon entails the risk of endogenous
formation of carcinogenic N-nitrosamines. Endogenous formation of
N-nitrosamines has been proven by urinary excretion of the
noncarcinogenic N-nitrosoproline (NPRO), N-nitrosothioproline
(NTPRO), and N-nitrcsomethylthioproline (NMTPRO). Whereas the
average excretion of NPRO in nonsmokers amounted to 2.0~1.5 ug/24
hrs, cigarette smokers excreted an average of 7.0±4.0 ug/24 hrs
(73-77). In the case of NTPRO, the average urinary excretion by
nonsmokers (ug/24 hrs) was 5.9, that by cigarette smokers 8.7 and
that of NMTPRO was 5.6 and 8.5, respectively (75). Only two
studies have explored the possibility that endogenous formation of
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require confirmation hut they appear to indicate that the thioether
analysis of the urine will most likely not be suitable for the
determination of the ETS uptake by involuntary smokers due to
varying background levels across subjects.
B. Genetoxicitv of Phvsioloaical Piui~
Several studies have explored the possibility that
physiological fluids of cigarette smokers contain significantly
higher amounts of genotoxic agents than those of nonsmokers (81).
The most extensive data base in this field has shown significantly
higher mutagenicity in the Salmonella thvDhimurium assay of urine
of cigarette smokers compared to those of nonsmokers. Since the
original study by Yamasaki and Ames in 1977 (83) at least 20
investigations have shown that the urine of cigarette smokers is
significantly more mutagenic than the urine of nonsmokers who are
not exposed to genotoxlo agents in occupational environments. But
it has also been shown that the mutagenicity of the urine cf
smokers can be effected by diet (84). It has further been surmised
that exposure of nonsmokers to ETS may lead tc increased urinary
excretion of mutaqens. Of the 6 published studies in which the
urine of passive smokers was tested for mutagenicity with the Ames
test, 3 showed increased activity and 3 showed no increase or, at
the most an insignifican~ increase in mutagenic activity (81,85-
87).
C. Adduct Fo.~mation of Carcinouens in Passive Smokers.
. Measurements in physiological fluids of nicotine and its
major metabolite, cotinine, have been shown to be objective
indicators of the uptake of ETS. However, these assays will not
reflect an individual's response to specific ETS carcinogens. That
information is best obtained by assessing levels of macromoleoular
adducts with carcinogens or their metabolites. Development of such
assays is based on examining the mechanisms of metabolic activation
an~'detoxification of tobacco smoke carcinogens.
I. Benzo(a)Dvrene. In the case of active smokers, adducts
of at least 4 types of tobacco carcinogens or procarcinogens have
been studied. These adduots are formed by reaction of specific
metabolites of tobacco smoke constituents with DNA and/or
hemoglobin. Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), a carcinogenic representative
of the polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in tobacco smoke is known
to be metabolized to bay region diol epoxides (e.g. 7,8-
dihydroxy-9,10-epoxy-7,S,9,10-tetrahydroBaP). Such diol epoxides
can bind to DNA in human tissues and lymphocytes. Antibodies
developed against the major BPDE-DNA adduct have been used to
assess its presence in surgical specimens of lung tissue, in human
placenta, and in peripheral blood lymphocytes (89-91). Evidence
for the presence of such adducts in samples from smokers has been
ascertained but significant differences between smokers and
nonsmokers have not been observed.
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require confirmazion but they appear tc indicate that the thicether
analysis of the urine will most likely not be suitable for the
determination of the ETS uptake by involuntary smokers due to
varying background levels across suDjects.
E. Genotoxicitv of Physiological Fluids
Several studies have explored the possibility that
physiological fluids of cigarette smokers contain significantly
higher amounts of genctoxic agents than those of nonsmokers C81).
The most extensive data base in this field has shown significantly
higher mutagenicity in the Salmonella thvDhimurium assay of urine
of cigarette smokers compared to those of nonsmokers. Since the
original study by Yamasaki and Ames in 1977 (83) at least 20
investigations have shown that the urine of cigarette smokers is
significantly more mutagenic than the urine of nonsmokers who ~re
not exposed to genotoxic agents in occupational environments. But
it has also been shown that the mutagenicity of the urine of
smokers can be effected by diet (84). It has further been surmised
that exposure of nonsmokers to ETS may lead to increased uriDary
excretion of mutagens. Of the 6 published studies in which the
urine of passive smokers was tested for mutagenicity with the Ames
test, 3 showed ~ncreased activity and 3 showed no increase or, at
the most an insignificant increase in mutagenic activity (81,85-
87).
C. Adduct Fo.~mation of Carcinoaens in Passive Smokers.
. Measurements in physiological fluids of nicotine and its
• ajor ~etabolite, co~inine, have been shown to be objective
indicators of the uptake of ETS. However, these assays will not
reflect an individual,s response to specific ETS carcinogens. That
information is best obtained by assessing levels of macromolecular
adducts with carcinogens or their metabolites. Development of such
assays is based on examining the mechanisms of metabolic activation
an~'detoxification of tobacco smoke carcinogens.
i. Benzo(alDvrene. In the case of active smokers, adducts
of at least 4 types of tobacco carcinogens or procarcinoge~s have
been studied. These adducts arm formed by reaction of specific
metabolites of tobacco smoke constituents with DNA and/or
hemoglobin. Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), a carcinogenic representative
of the polynuclear a~omatic hydrocarbons in tobacco smoke is known
to be metabolized to bay region diol epoxides (e.g. 7,8-
dihydroxy-9,10-epoxy-7,8,9,!O-tetrahydroBaP). Such diol epoxides
can bind to DNA in human tissues and lymphccytes. Antibodies
developed against the major BPDE-DNA adduct have been used to
assess its presence in surgical specimens of lung tissue, in human
placenta, and in peripheral blood lymphocytes (88-91) . Evidence
for the presence of such adducts in samples from smokers has been
ascertained but significant differences between smokers and
nonsmokers have not been observed.
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2. Aromatic Amines. 4-Aminobiphenyl and 2-naphthylamine are
the know~ tobacco smoke constituents which are most likely to
contribute to the increased risk of bladder cancer of cigarette
smokers. The mechanisms by which these compounds are metabolically
activated and produce DNA adduots in the bladder epithelium have
been extensively studied (92). These studies have shown that the
corresponding hydroxylamlnes are key intermediates in DNA and
protein modification. The hydrox~lamines also react with
hemoglobin, in the case Of 4-amlnobiphenyl, a sulfinic acid amide
of the beta-cysteine (93-95). This adduct readily releases 4-
amincbiphenyl upon treatment with dilute acid. A method was
developed to analyze the released 4-aminobiphenyl by gas
chromatography with detection by negative ion chemical ionization
mass spectrometry (95). Application of this method to smokers
sh~wed that adduct levels were higher than in nonsmokers, and
decreased upon smoking cessation. The method may be further
refined for assessing the uptake of carcinogenic aromatic amines
from ETS by nonsmokers.
3. Ethylene. This volatile unsaturated hydrocarbon is
present in both mainstream smoke (200-400 ug/cigarette) and
sidestream smoke of cigarettes (96). cigarette smoke contains also
traces of the carcinogenic ethylene oxide (7.0 ug/cigarette;
97,98). Upon absorption, ethylene is ~etabolized to the reactive
ethylene oxide. The latter binds to cellular macromolecules and
to hemoglobin. The alkylated reline is cleaved off of the isolated
hemoglobin and the derivatized hydroxyethylvaline is analyzed by
GC-MS. cigarette smokers showed significantly higher
hydroxyethylvaline levels (389~108 pg/g hemoglobin) than nonsmokers
(58Z25 pg/g; 99). So far the method has not been applied to
estimates of exposure of involuntary smokers to the procarclnogen
ethylene.
4. Tobacco-Specific N-Nitrosamlnes. During tobacco
processing and during smoking tobacco alkaloids give rise to
tobacco-specific N-nitrosamines (TSNA). The nicotine-derived N-
nitrosamines N'-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) and 4-(methylnitrosamino)-
1-13-pyridyl)-l-butanone (NNK) are powerful carcinogens. They
occur in relatively high concentrations in cigarette mainstream
smoke (NNN, 0.12-3.7 ug/cigarette; NNK, 0.08-0,77 ug/clgarette)and
sidestream smoke (NNN, 0.15-1.7 ug/clgarette~ NNK, 0.2-1.4
ug/cigarette; 40). These agents are metabolically activated by
alpha-hydroxylation, leading to a highly reactive intermediate
which forms DNA adducts and protein adducts (Fig, I). Metabolic
activation of NNN and NNK also leads to the formation of hemoglobin
adducts. Acid or base hydrolysis of these releases a keto alcohol
(compound 5; Fig. I; i00). A highly sensitive GC-MS method has
been developed to facilitate the detection of a derivative of
compound 5. Refinement towards further increased sensitivity of
the method should lead to a dosimetry assay allowing determination
of the ~ptake of the carcinogenic TSNA by passive smokers.
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FUTURE NEEDS
The absorption of tobacco-specific smoke constituents from
ETS has been demonstrated through analyses of nicotine and its
major metabolite, cotinine in ~hl body fluids of exposed
nonsmokers. Less tobacoc-speciflc markers have also been measured
in exposed populations; however/ the results were a~big%/ous in
regard to the ~/antitative uptake of ETS. There is a need to
provide information about the uptake and disposition of
carcinogenic constituents by individuals exposed to ETS in acute
and chronic situations. Analyses to be fully developed and applied
to passive smokers will include measurements of adducts of
genotoxic smoke constituents covalently bound to DNA or hemoglobin.
These techniques have been developed for benzo(a)pyrene, 4-
aminobiphenyl, euhylene, and tobacco-specific N- nitr~samines. It
is not known whether or not all of these methods can be made
sufficiently sensitive to monitor the uptake of tobacco-specific
components from ~TS.
Nicotine in ETS is prRdominantly present in the ¢apor phase
of the smoke rather than bound to the aerosol particles. In order
to measure the uptake of carcinogens and toxins residing in the
particulate phase of ETS, deposition studies must be developed with
specific markers. Particulate phase constituents which could be
q~antitated include tobacco-specific N- nitrosamines, polyphencls,
such as the immunoactive compound turin, or the tobacco-specific
solanesol. (101) However, the levels of these compounds are
expected to be low so that development of suitable methodology
calls for highly sensitive detection methods.
SUMMARY
I. The absorbtion of tobacco-specific smoke constituents from ZTS
has been demonstrated through analyses of nicotine and its major
metabolite, cotinine in the body fluids of exposed nonsmokers.
2. The determination of nicotine or cotinine, in the saliva,
serum, or urine of involuntary smokers represents a reliable,
specific method for assaying the level of uptake of ETS by
nonsmokers.
3. Although cotinine levels in physiological fluids of involuntary
smokers generally are of the order of few percent of those of
active smokers, differences in the elimination times of these
compounds in active and involuntary smokers preclude a direct
extrapolation to "cigarette equivalents of smoke uptake."
4. There is a further need to quantitate uptake and fate of
carcinogenic constitutents of ETS-exposed nonsmokers, particularly
the measurements of adducts of genotoxic smoke components attached
to DNA or hemoglobin.
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AC~CWLEDGEMENTS
We thank Ilse Hoffmann and Bertha Stadler for editorial assistance.
Our studies are supported by Grants Nc. CA-29580, CA-44377 and CA-
32617 from the National Cancer ~nstit~te.
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Fi~ure~ ~nd Tables for Chapter 4
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c :.o.l
glob~ adduct
I
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Table 4 continued ...
?,
Number of
N0nSln0 ke r Group NoNslnoker s
Results Reference
Children and adults
529 males Cotinine/Saliva (ng/ml)
Coultas
768 ~emales smokers in family
eta[.
(53)
NOn~ ode > two
a] <5 years old 0.0
(0.0-2.5} 3.8 {0.0-6.1) 5.4 (3.2-7.7)
b) "6-12 years old O.o (0.0-2.]) 2.0 (0.0-3.8)
5.2 (1.5-7.0)
c) 3-17 years old O.0 (0.0-2.0} 2.9 (0.0-4.9)
4.1 (2.7 7.6)
d) 18-29 years old 0.0 (0.0-2.6) 0.0 (0.0-5.8}
0.0 (0.0-4.4)
e) 30-64 years old 0.0 (0.0-2.7} 1.9 (0.0-4.5}
4.4 (|.8-]1.0)
f) > 65 years old 0.0 (0.0-2.&) 3.6 (0.0-6.5)
0.0
*Numbers in parenthesis median values.
U
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Table 4 continued ...
Number of
Nonsmoker Group Nonsmokers Results
Reference
Huntclpal workers Cotiine/Brine
{n~/m~ creatinine) Sepkovic
et el.,
I. ET$ exposure in the ~2T--
workplace
a) no exposure 25 4.5~0.6
b) llght expsoure 126 6.6i0.6
C) moderato exposure 84 7.2~0.8
d) heavy exposure 32 8.4~1.3
II. ETS exposure in the
home
a} no exposure 77 6.|i0.8
b) light exposure 83 6.7±0.6
e) moderate exposure 71 7.8"1.1
d) heavy exposure 34 7.6~1.3
School ig~~ (11-16 yrs)
ETS exposure in the home
a) neither parent smokes
b) father smoke~ only
c) mother smokes only
d) both parents smoke
104 1.1~0.5
76 2.0"0.6
40 3.2*0.8
110 5.0~1.0
Jarvis et
al., (53-~
continued ...
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Table 4 continued ...
#, ..
i
Number of
Nonsmoker Group Nonsmokers
Resutts Reference
Cotinlne/urine (n~/mj creatinine)
Neonahes and infants
No. . No.
Schwartz
a) Mother smokes, exp'd I exp[d
If -- Bicken-
bach et.
breastfeeds 20
12 (|756) 0 -3520 8 (9]5) 488-2440 dl., ~|)
b) Mother smokes,
feeds bottle 16
4 (47) 0 - 160 ~2 (107) 0- 341
c) Father smokes 18
10 (0) 8 (0) 0- 308
d} No exposure in
the home 15
9 (0) 6 (0)
{*
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0
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0
0
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Tah~e 4 co~tL~ued ...
Number o~
Nonsmoker GrOUp Nonsmokers ResoIts
Refere,ce
Neonates and infants
a) No exposure
(4-8 days old)
b) Exposure via
breast fee-~ng
(3-8 days old)
c) Passive smoking
(2.5-6 months old)
d% E~posure ~i~
breast fee~ng and
passive smoking
(I-12 months old)
NJcotlne (ng/mg creatinine) cotlnine
10 6~ 0 - 14 (0) 0- 56
19 (14) 5 -110 (100) 10-555
tO (35) 4.7-218 (327) 117-780
9 (12) 3.0~ 42 (550) 225-870
Luck and
Nau, {491
Infants (age 3-15 mouths)
¢otlnine/ Serum (n~/ml)
Pattishall
exposure in the
et al.,
home
~0~--
Black infants
a) no exposure 9 1.0 (1.87~2.38)
Pattishall et al., 1985
b) passive smoking 15 4.0 (5.27~3.50)
(51)
White infants
a) no exposure 9 0.0
(0.22~0.44)
!
b) passive smoking 5 0.4 (0.90~1.30]
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Table 4~continued ...
Nonsmoker Group
Number of
Nonsmokers Results
Refe[enc~
Husbands of CotinlnetlU[ine
(ng/ml[ Wald and
a) nonsmokers 101 8.5" 1.3
Ritchie,
b) smokers 20 25.2±14o8
(46)
Nonsmokers
a) nonsmokers at home 200
b) smokers at home 272
Cigarettes smoked
day in home of nonsmokers;
1- 9 25
10-19 57
20-29 99
30-39 38
> 40 28
unknown 25
Cotinine/Urine [9~.d/m9 creatinine)
0.5 ~0.09
0.79~0.1
Cotinine/Urine (p~/m@) creatinine)
0.31~0.08
0.42~0.l
0.~7"0.19
1.03~0.25
1.56£0.57
0.56~0.16
Matsnkura
et al.0
(47)
Infants (<10 months, Nicotlne/Urlne
cotinine/Urine Greenber9
not breas~fed) ~mg creatinine--~ (,@/m~)
et al.;
~) not exposed to ETS 18 ~5~ 4 (0-125)
~3~
b) exposed to ETS 2B 53 (0-370) 351 (41-T,Sf15)
School children (11-16 yrs)
a) Nei%her parant smoked 269
b) Only father smoked 96
c) Only mother smoked 76
d) Both parents smoked ]28
Cotinine/Saliva (ng/ml)"
0.44~006B darvis eL
1.31±1.21 a~., (4~
1.95"1.71
3.38"2.45
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Table 4, ,,
Uptake oE nicotine by nonsmokers exposed to ETS under daily llfe conditions
Honsmoker Group
Number of
Nonsmokers Results Reference
Hospital personnel
(?8 min in smoke-
filled room)
Nicotine/Urine [ng/ml)
14 12.4~16.9 Russell and
Feyerabend
]3 8.9~9.1 (29}
Hospital personnel
and outpatients
a) no exposure to ETS
b) exposed to ETS
Nicotine/Saliva (rig/m1)
26 5.9 7.5
Feyerabend
30 10.1 21.6
et al. (42)
Flight attendants Nicotine/Serum (n~/ml)
6 pre flight: 1.6~0.8
Follart et al.
pest flight~ 3.2~1.g
(43)
m
Office workers 7 Content/m1 Nicotine (n~] Cotinlne (rig)
Oarvls et al.
a) I]:30 a.m. sample sa~a a}].90 b)43~63 a)l.SO b)8.04 (44)
b) 7:45 p.m. sample serum 0.76 2.49 1.07 7.33
i
after 2 hr stay urine 10.57 92.63 4.80 12.94
in pub
Hospital staff and Cotinlne/Urine (ng/ml)
Wald et al.
outpations (45) ----
a) no exposure to ETS 22 2.0 (0.0 - 9.3
b) exposed to ETS 190 6.0 (1.4 -22.0)
0
Continued ...
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Table 3.
Apl~roximate Relation¢ of NicotiDe as a Par~eter Between Nonsmokers,
Passive Smokers. and Active SmokerBa (41)
Nicotine/Cotinine
Nonsmokers without Nonsmokers with
ETS Exposure ETS Exposure
ME. - 46 NO. = 54
Mean Smokers' Mean SmokersI
Value Value Value Value
Active Smokers
NO. = 94
Mean Value
Nicotine (ng/ml)
in p~asma 1.0 7
0.8 5.5 14.B
in saliva 1.8 0.6
5.5 0.8 673
in urine 3.9 0.2
12.1' 0.7 1,750
Cotinlne (ng/ml)
in plasma 0.8 0.]
2.0* 0.7 275
in saliva 0.7 0.2
2.5"* 0.8 310
in urine 1.6 0.1
7.7** 0.6 1,390
I
o
0
aDi[ferences ~tween ,onsmokers exposed to ~TS compare~ with nonsmokews without exposure:
*p<0.01~ ** p<0.0Ol.
0
Q
0
o
m

No. of
ETS-Conditions Passive
Smokers
Table 2 continued.
Results
Investigator8
Room - 16 m3 6
4 cigarettes con-
currently and con-
tinuously smoked for
80 min; 6 air exch./hr.
(200 g nlcotine/m3;
20 ppm CO)
Time durln@ exposure Nicotine Cotinlne
O Saliva 3 1.0
Plasma 0.2 0.9
SEine |7 |4
80 min. Saliva 730 1.4
Plasma 0.5 1.3
Urine 84 28
Time following exposure
30 min. Saliva
148 1.7
Plasma 0.4 1.8
150 " Saliva 17 3.1
Plas~ 0.7 2.9
Urine 100 45
300 " Saliva 7 3.5
Plasma 0.6 3.2
Urine 48 55
Hoffmann et al.,
(30)
1984
U
M
t
*Nicotine and cotfnlne were measured in urine as ng/mg creatinine.
0
0
0
0
ct
D
0
=1
o
~r

|
Table 2.
Uptake of nicotine by nonsmokers exposed to E'PS under controlled Conditions
No. of
ETS-Conditions Passive Results
Investigator(s)
Smokers
'"
Room - 170 m3 (11 smokers)
100 cigarettes were 7
smoked during 2 hrs;
no ventilation
(30 ppm CO)
(b) same conditions as above 7
(a) but with ventilation
(5 ppm CO)
Room - 66 m3 (4 cigarette smokers)
(a) Day 1, nonsmokin9 2
2, 98 cig's smoked
3, ~21
4, 98
5, 88
(b) Day 1, 97 2
2, 06 u
3, 04 "
4, 103
Room - 43 m3
9 smokers Consumed 12
00 cigarettes + 2 cigars
no ventilation
(38 ppm CO)
• Urinary excretion
H~coLine: 10~6.8 pg/6 hrs.
CoLini.e: 35~34.5 pq/6 hrs.
Nicotine: 18±7 p9/6 hrs.
Contininez 19~9.4 pg/6 hrs.
NicoLine/tlrlne (P9/24 hrs) Cano et al. (28)
0 - 0
35 - 44
50 - 61
62.5 - 70
47 - 50
23 - 34
22.5 - 58
47.5 - 69
I
32 - 65
Nicotine~Plasma (pg/ml) Russell and
Before exposure: 0.73£1.6 Feyerabend d
After 78 miu. exposu[e: 0.9~ 0.29 (29)
n
Nicotine/Urine (n~/ml)
w
15 min. after expose: 0B.0~50.7
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Table I.
Toxic ~d tumorigenic agents in MS and SS
Ci@arette
Smoke Smoke
Constituent streama A (NF) B (F) C (F)
D (PF)
Tar
(mg)
Nicotine
(mg)
Co
(mg)
Catechol
(ug)
SaP
(ng)
Ammonia
(ug)
NDMA
(rig)
NPYR
(mg)
NNN
(ng)
NNK
Ing)
MS 20.1 15~6 6.8 0.9
SS 22.6 24.4 20.0 14~I
MS 2.04 1.50 0.81 0.15
SS 4.62 4.14 0.54 3.16
MS 13.2 13.7 9.5 1.8
SS 28.3 36.6 03.2 26.8
MS 41.9 71.2 26.9 9.1
SS 58.2 89.9 69.5 117
MS 26.2 17.8 12.2 2.2
88 67.0 45.7 51.7 44.8
MS 76.0 19.4 34.0 40.4
88 524 893 213 236
MS 31.1 4.3 12.] 4.1
SS 735 597 611 685
-_-_ ......... _._ ................. ____.___E___
MS 64.5 10.2 32.7 13.2
SS 117 139 233 234
MS 1007 488 273 66.3
SS 857 307 185 338
MS 425 160 56.2 17.3
SS 1444 752 430 386
a Abbreviations: NF, nonfilter cigarette; F, filter ciga-
rette~ PF, cigarette wi~h perforated fil~er tip; B~P, benzo-
(a)pyrene; NDMA, N-nitrosodimethylamine; NPYR, N-nitrosopyr-
rolidine; NNN, N'-nitrosonornicotine~ NNK, 4-(methylnitros-
amino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone.

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CHAPTER $
ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE ~d~D CANCER
Jonathan M. Samet, M.D.
pulmonary Division
Department of Medicine
University of Hew Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Introduction
L~ng cancer, an uncommon malignancy at the start of the century,
has become the leading cause of cancer death in the United States
(U.S. DHHS 1982). The American Cancer Society estimates that
approximately 157,000 lung cancer cases will occur in the United
States in 1990. Most cases are rapidly fatal and only a small
proportion are cured by surgery or chemotherapy; five-year survival
following diagnosis is less than IQ percent. Most lung cancers
arise in the larger airways of the lung, the predominant site of
deposition of inhaled particles in the size range of 0.5 to 3.0
microns in aercdynamic diameter. Primary cancer of the lung occurs
in multiple hietopathological patterns that are generally distinct
and classifiable by conventional light microscopy. The principal
types of lung cancer are squamous cell carcinoma, small cell
carcinoma, adenccarcinoma, and large cell caroincma~ in the general
population, these four types account for approximately 30 percent,
20 percent, 25 percent, and 15 percent, respectively, of all lung
cancers [Butler et el. 1987). Bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma
represents about 5 percent of all lung cancers. The cellular
origins of the various cell types have not been established, ~nd
controversy remains concerning the specificity of associations
between certain cell types and specific etiologic agents. However,
in nonsmokers, adenocarcinoma is the predominant type and small
cell cancers occur only rarely.
The epidemic rise of lung cancer during this century, stimulated
laboratory and epidemiological investigation of its causes. Most
of the early epidemiologioal evidence indicated that tobacco smoke
was e potent respiratory carcinogen, and in 1964 the Advisory
Committee to the Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service
concluded that cigarette smoking is a cause of lung cancer (U.S.
PHS 1964). The numerous investigations performed subsequently have
been consistent with this conclusion. The sssociaticn of lung
cancer with cigarette smoking is strongest for squamous cell and
small cell cancers, but the other major ~ypes are also caused by
cigarette smoking. In active cigarette smokers, the risk of lung
cancer increases with both the amount s~oked on a daily basis and
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with the duration of smoking (U.S. DHHS 1992; Doll and Peto 1979;
Pathak etal. 1986). A threshold level of smoking that must be
exceeded to cause lung cancer has never been demonstrated; any
cigarette smoking is considered to increase lung cancer risk beyond
that of the lifelong nonsmoker. In for~ner smokers, %he relative
risk of lung cancer declines exponentially in comparison with those
who continue to smoke.
Agents other than tobacco smoke may also cause lung cancer, and
cases Occur in lifelong nonsmokers. A recent study in ~ew Mexico
showed that the lifetime risks of lung cancer were 0.5 percent and
i.i percent in female and male nonsmokers, respectively (Same% e%
el. 1988). Occupational exposures to arsenic, asbestos,
chloromethyl ethers, chromium, coke oven fumes, nickel, and radon
daughters have been linked to increased lung cancer risk, and many
other occupational agmn%s are suspect respiratory carcinogens. A
family history of lung cancer is also associated with increased
lung cancer risk, although a clear pattern of genetic
susceptibility to lung cancer has not been demonstrated. Outdoor
air pollution may contain carcinogens and indoor air may have high
levels of radon, which causes cancer in exposed underground mimers.
A~imal and human studies suggest that low consumption of vitamin
A or its precursor, beta-taro%one, may also increase lung cancer
risk.
While studies linking active smoking %o lung cancer were first
published in the late 1940s and early 19909 (U.S. PHS 1964),
involuntary exposure of nonsmokers to tobacco smoMe was not
considered as a cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers until 1991, when
the first two scientific papers on this subject were published.
Subsequently, many additional reports have addressed involuntary
smoking as a cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers. The World Health
Organization (1986), %he U.S. Surgeon General (U.S. DHHS 1996), and
the National Research Council (1986) have reviewed the evidence on
involuntary smoking and lung cancer from human populations and
judged it sufficient to support the conclusion that involuntary
inhalation of tobacco smoke hy nonsmokers causes cancer. This
chapter reviews that evidence and the conclusions of the research
organizations. The chap%mr also addressess the more limited
evidence on involuntary smoking and cancer at sites other than the
lung.
The EDidemiolouical APProach
Epidemiology is %he scientific method used to describe the
occurrence of disease in. human populations and to dete~ine the
causes of disease by studying populations. Descriptive measures
of disease occurrence include the incidence rate, which is %he rate
at which new cases of disease develop~ the mortality rate, or rate
of death; and the prevalence rate, which is the proportion of the
popula%ion with disease. TO identify the causes of disease,
epidemiologists generally perform either cohort or case-control
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studies. Each type ef study provides an estimate ~f relative risk
as a measure of the association bet-~een exposure and disease. The
relative risk describes the comparative occurrence of disease in
exposed compared with nonexposed persons.
In a cohort study, the subjects are selected on the basis of
their exposure history and followed over time for the development
of disease. For example, a study of involuntary smoking and lung
cancer might be performed by enrolling nonsmokers married to
smokers and another group of nonsmokers married to nonsmokers.
The lung cancer risk associated with marriage to a smoker would be
estimated by comparing incidence of or mortality from lung cancer
in the two groups.
~n a case-control study, cases with the disease cf interest and
controls without the disease are identified and their past
exposures to factors of interest are assessed, often by interview.
For example, a case-control study of lung cancer and involuntary
smoking might be conducted by identifying nonsmokers with lung
cancer and a suitable control group, and then interviewing the
subjects concerning the smoking habits of their spouses, other
household members, and colleagues at work.
2-
Each type of study has advantages and disadvantages, and the
results of both types may be distorted by bias. Misclassification
of exposure is of particular concern in studying lung cancer and
involuntary smoking. Misclassificaticn of exposure refers to the
incorrect categorization of actually exposed subjects as nonexposed
and cf ncnexposed as exposed. When mlsclassification occurs
randomly, it tends to bias studies towards no association, that is
showing negative results; if nonrandom, it may exaggerate or reduce
the apparent effect of an exposure. With regard to involuntary
smoking and lung cancer, two types of misclassification are of
concern. Subjects classified as nonsmckQrs may have actually been
active smokers and the degree of exposure of nonsmokers to the
smoking of others may not be accurately classified.
Misclassification of both types is discussed below in relation to
specific studies.
The diagnosis of lung cancer is also subject to misclas-
sification; a cancer that originated at another primary site and
~ then spread to the lung may be incorrectly diagnosed as a primary
cancer of the lung. For example, in the case-control study
reported by Garfink~l and colleagues (Garfinkel etal. 1985), 13
percent of cases originally diagnosed as lung cancer were reclas-
sified to other sites after histological review~ With regard to
exposure misclassification in this study, 40 percent of the oases
initially classified as nonsmokers on the basis of info~ation in
medical charts were found to be smokers on interview. Confounding
refers to bias that occurs when the effect of another risk factor
is mixed with the effect of the exposure of interest; thus a
confounding factor is a risk factor for disease that is associated
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with the exposure under investigation. For lung cancer in
nonsmokers, potential confounding factors include indoor air
pollution by radon and combustion products other than environmental
tobacco smoke, ambient air pollution, and occupational exposures.
Although confounding always merits consideration as an explanation
for association, the diversity of the populations in which passive
smoking and lung cancer have been associated argues strongly
against confounding as the source of the association. Although
individual studies may be affected by one or more biases, the
totality of the epidemiological evidence as well as other relevant
research are considered in judging whether an exposure adversely
affects health. A bias potentially important in one study may be
unimportant or adequately controlled in another. Thus review of
all pertinent literature may show that bias cannot satisfactorily
explain an association between exposure and disease.
EDidemiolo~ical Evidence on Involuntary Smokina and Lunm Cancer
Evidence concerning involuntary smoking and lung cancer has been
sought indirectly in descriptive data on mortality rates and
directly with case-control and cohort studies. Time trends of lung
cancer mortality across this century in nonsmokers have been
examined with the rationale that temporally increasing exposure to
environmental tobacco smoke should be paralleled by increasing
mortality rates (Enstrom 1979; Garflnk$1 1981). These data can
only provide indirect evidence on the lung cancer risk associated
with involuntary exposure to.tobacco smoke. Enstrom (1979) cal-
culated lung cancer mortality ratQs from various nationwide sources
for the period 1914-1968 and concluded that'a real increase had
occurred among nonsmoking males after 1935. In contrast, Garfinkel
(1981) found no hime trends of lung cancer mortality in ncnsmoking
participants in two cohort studies, the Dorn Study of U.S.
veterans, 1954-1969, and the American Cancer Society study, 1960-
1972.
Most of the case-control and the cohort studies indicate in-
creased lung cancer risk in nonsmokers married to smokers, but
these studies do not uniformly show increased risk for scurces of
exposure other than smoking by the spouse [Tables 1 and 2). The
first two major epidemiological studies were reported in 19el by
Hirayama and Trichopoulos and colleagues (Tables 1 and 2).
Mirayama conducted a cohort study of 91,540 nonsmoking women in
Japan. Mortality in these women was assessed over a 14-year
follow-up period. The ratio of the observed to expected numbers
of lung cancer deaths increased in a statistically significant
pattern with the amount smoked by the husbands. The findings could
nob be explained by other factors, such as age and occupation of
the husband, and were unchanged when the follow-up was extended by
several years (Mirayama 1984). After its publication, the report
of this study received intensive scrutiny, and correspondence in
the British Medical Journal, which had published it, raised concern
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abou~ various aspects of the study,s methods and findings. In his
responses to the correspondence, Hirayama satisfactorily answered
most of the criticisms, although he could not eliminate the
possibility of unreported smoking by women classified as
nonsmokers. If self-reported nonsmokers married to smokers were
actually more likely to he smokers, then the resulting bias would
tend to indicate an increased risk from marriage to a smoker.
Based on the same population, Hirayama has also reported
significantly increased risk of lung cancer for nonsmoking married
men whose wives smoke (Mirayama 1984).
In 1981, Trichopoulos and coworkers (1981) also reported in-
creased lung cancer risk in nonsmmking women married to cigarette
smokers (Table 2). These investigators conducted a case-control
study in Athens, Greece, that included selected histological types
of lung cancer and ~ontrol subjects ascertained at a hospital for
orthopedic disorders. The finding of increased risk was unchanged
when the case and control series were enlarged (Triohopoulos et el.
1983).
The results of subsequently reported case-control studies have
also demonstrate~" significantly increased risk of lung can=or in
nonsmokers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (Table 2). The
findings from the more recent reports based on studies throughout
the world greatly strengthen the evldencm from the earlier studies.
several of the newer studies included relatively large numbers of
nonsmokers (Garfinkel etal. 1985; Akiba etal. 1986t Dalager et
el. 1986t Lamet el. 1987; Gao etal. 1987). Furthermore, in most
of the newer studies, involuntary smoking was assessed in greater
detail than in the earlier reports.
The results of two other investigations have also been
interpreted as showing an increased lung cancer risk associated
with involuntary smoking, but both of these studies have
limitations. Enoth and cowcrkers (1983), in Go,any, described 59
lung cancer cases in females of whom 39 were nonsmokers. Based on
census data, these investigators projected that a much greater than
expected proportion of the nonsmokers had lived in households with
smokers. In another report, Gillis etal. (1984) described the
preliminary results of a cohort study of 16,171 males and females
in western Sc~t!and (Table I) ; exposure to tobacco smoke in the
home increased the lung cancer risk for nonsmoking men but not for
nonsmoking women. This observation was based on only 16 oases of
lung cancer in nonsmokers, however.
Other investigations indicate lesser or no effects of exposure
to environmental tobacco smoke on lung cancer risk (Tables 1 and
2). In these studies, however, the statistical uncertainty is
large because of the relatively small numbers of subjects; ac-
cordingly, the apparently negative findings are statistically
compatible with the findings of those studies judged as positive.
Two separate case-control studies in Hong Kong, where lung cancer
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incidence rates in females are particularly high, did not indicate
excess risk from involuntary smoking (Chan et el. 1979; Chan and
Fung 1982; Koo et el. 1984; 1985; 1987). ~n the more recent of the
two studies, the investigators comprehensively assessed cumulative
exposure from home and workplace sources, but misclassification of
exposure may have biased towards the negative results. A
subsequent study in Hong Kong did find a significant association
of spouse smoking and lung cancer risk (Lamet el. 1997). Lee and
coworkers (Lee et el. 1986) in England reported a small case-
control study with negative findings, but the statistical power of
that study is limited. Another recent hospltal-based case-control
study, conducted in Japan, also failed to show an association be-
tween lung cancer risk and spouse smoking (Shimizu etal. 1988).
The results of the American Cancer society's cohort study of
luhg cancer mortality in 176,139 ncnsmoking women have also been
considered by many ~s not Bhowing an increased risk in those par-
ticipants married to smokers IGarfinkel 1991). However, the risks
for the ncnsmoking women with smoking husbands were increased
somewhat, but the increase was not statistically significant.
Misclassifioati~n of exposure from active and involuntary smoking
may have affected the results of this study. Preliminary results
from a nationwide case-control study also did not demonstrate
increased lung cancer risk from domestic exposure to tobacco smoke
(Mabat and Wynder 1984), but the auger of subjects was small. Two
case-control studies of nonsmokers and smokers with selected
histological types of lung cancer did not provide strong evidence
for increased risk from involuntary smoking (wu et al. 1985;
Brownson etal. 1987). However, both studies included only small
numbers of nonsmokers.
Conclusions on Involuntary Smokinu and Lung Cancer
Scientists draw cn a wide range of evidence in judging whether
an agent, such as environmental tobacco smoke, causes disease, in
addition to epidemiological data, the findings of laboratory
studies involving in-vitro systems and of animal studies involving
exposure to the agent are often relevant. Criteria have been
developed for guidance in making judgments on the causality of
exposure-disease relationships, but these criteria only provide
guidelines, not strict rules of evidence (U.S. PHS 1964; Rothman
1986). Interpretation of the evidence on particular exposure-
disease relationships often requires review by multidisciplinary
panels of scientists who are instructed to reach a consensus, often
In a setting of substantial uncertainty. For example, the World
Health Organization regularly convenes panels of scientists to
address the carcinogenicity OZ environmental agents.
For environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer, the evidence
has been considered by scientists convened by the International
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Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization,
the National Research Council, and the U.S. surgeon General (Table
3). All three groups concluded that environmental tobacco smoke
causes lung cancer among nonsmokers, although the approach used by
each group was different. Consensus among the three groups, in
spite of differing methodology, strengthens the determination that
involuntary smoking causes lung cancer. For all three types, the
biological plausibility of this association was supported by the
evidence on active smoking and lung cancer, knowledge of the
constituents of environmental tobacco smoke, and data demonstrating
the uptake of tobacco smoke by nonsmokers.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World
Health Organization (1986) reviewed the evidence available through
the end of 1984. It reached its conclusion concerning involuntary
smoking and lung cancer largely on the basis of biological
plausibility. The agency cited the characteristics cf sidestream
and mainstream smoke, the absorption of tobacco smoke mater±als
during involuntary smoking, and the nature of dose-response
relationships for carcinogenesis, which project some risk for any
~evel of exposure.
In reaching its conclusion, the National Research Council
comities considered the biological plausibility of an association
between environmental tobacco smoke exposure and lung cancer and
the supporting epidemiological evidence, available through mid-
1986. The committee carefully considered the sources of bias that
may have affected the spidemiological studies and concluded that
the association documented in the studies could not be attributed
solely to bias. Based on a pooled analysis of the epidemlologlcal
data and adjustment for bias, the report's authors concluded tha~
the best estimate for the excess risk of lung cancer in nonsmokers
married to smokers was 25%.
The 1986 report of the U.S. Surgeon General also characterized
involuntary smoking as a cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers. This
conclusion was based on the extensive information already available
on the carcinogenicity of active smoking, on ~he qualltativs
similarities between environmental tobacco smoke and mainstream
smoke, and on the epidemiologic data on involuntary smoking.
The extent of the lung cancer hazard associated with involuntary
smoking in the United states has appeared uncertain. (U.S. DHHS
1986; Weiss 1986). The epidemiological studies p;ovide varying and
imprecise measures of the risk (Tables 1 and 2), and exposures to
environmental tobacco smoke have not been characterized for large
and representative population samples. Thus, any risk assessments
for involuntary smoking and lung cancer are subject to substantial
uncertainty. Nevertheless, risk assessment can provide insight
into the magnitude of the lung cancer problem posed by involuntary
smoking.
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Repace and Lowrey [1995) used data on lung cancer mortality in
Seventh Day Adventists, a nonsmoking group, tm estimate the effect
of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in increasing lung
cancer risk. Their analysis led to an estimate of 4,666 lung
cancer deaths per year attributable to environmental tobacco smoke
exposure. A later estimate gave 3,450 female lung cancer deaths and
1,440 male lung cancer deaths per year.(Repace and Lowrey, 1986)
An appendix to the National Research Council's 1986 report provides
estimates of the numbers of lung cancer deaths attributable tc
passive smoking. For the year 1985, the risk assessment projects
approximately 1,000 lung canoer deaths in males and 2,000 tc 2,000
lung cancer deaths in females attributable to environmental tobacco
smoke. Wells (1988) attributed 3,000 lung cancer cases annually
in the U.S. to involuntary smoking. A recent review of S published
risk assessments of environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer
found they averaged about 6,500 ~ 2,800 lung cancer deaths per year
(Repace & Lowrey, 1990).
Further epidemiclogical studies of involuntary smoking and lung
cancer are in progress. These studies should refine cur
understanding of exposure-response relationships for lung cancer
and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. Other investigations
are addressing the characteristics and toxicity of environmental
tobacco smoke and patterns of exposure to environmental tobacco
smoke. While the results cf these new studies will provide needed
information for scientific purposes, the available data and the
conclusions of the scientific community already provide a
compelling rationale for reducing involuntary exposure to
environmental tobacco smoke.
Involuntary Smoking and Cancer at Sites Other Than the Lunu
Several reports have suggested that exposure to environmental
tobacco smoke may increase risk of cancer at sites other than the
lung. One study found that in children, maternal exposure to
environmental tobacco smoke during pregnancy was associated with
increased risk of brain tumors (Preston-Martin et al. 1982), and
in another study paternal but not maternal smoking increased the
risk of childhood rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancer of the soft tissues
(Grufferman etal. 1982).
In adults, involuntary smoking has been linked to a generally
increased risk of malignancy (Miller 1984). Several studies have
examined excess risk at specific sites. Sandlot and colleagues
(Sandlot, Everson, and Wilcox 1985a; 1985b; Sandlot, Wilcox, and
Everson 1985) conducted a case-control study on the effects of
exposures to environmental tobacco smoke during childhood and
adulthood on the risk of cancer. The cases included cancers of all
types other than usual forms of skin cancer. For all sites
combined, a statistically significant increase in risk was found
for exposure to smoking by a parent (crude relative risk = 1.6) and
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by a spouse (crude relative risk - 1.5); the effects of ~hese ~wo
so~rces Of exposure were independent ISandler, Wilcox, and Everson
1985). Statistically significant associations were also found for
same individual sites. These provocative findings will require
replication in additional studies. In a case-control study, such
as reported by Sandler and colleag~es, biased information on
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke is of particular concern.
In the cohort study in Japan, Hirayama (1984) found significantly
inoreesed mortality from nasal sinus cancers and from br~in tumors
in nonsmoking women married to smokers. In a case-control study
of bladder cancer, involuntary smoking at home and at work did not
increase risk (Karat et el. 1986). cervical cancer, which has been
linked to active smoking, was associatld with duration of
involuntary smoking in a case-control study in Utah (Slattery et
al. 1989) This unconfirmed finding needs additional investigation.
These associations of involuntary smoking with cancer at diverse
sites other than the lung cannob be readily supported with
arguments for biological plausibility based on evidence from active
smokers. Increased risks at so~e of the sites, e.g., cancer of the
nasal sinus and female breast cancer, h~ve not been found in active
• mokers (U.S. DHHS 1982). In fact, the International Agency for
Research on Cancer (WHO 1986) has concluded that effects would not
be produced in involuntary smokers that would not be produced to
a larger extentin active smokers.
SUMMARY
I. For exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer, the
evidence has been considered by scientists convened b7 the
International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health
Organization, the National Research Council, and the U.S. Surgeon
General. All three groups concluded that environmental tobacco
smoke causes lung cancer among nonsmokers.
2. Further research in involuntary smoking and lung cancer will
refine our understanding and are scientifically necessary~
however, existing scientific concl~slon$ already provide a
compelling rationale for reducing involuntary exposure to
environmental tebacco smoke.
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P~GURES ~ND TABLES. C~APT~R S

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TABLZ 1
Cchoz~ Studies of Inveluntary Smoking and Lung Cancer
Study "~ Findings Comments
91,540 nonsmoking
females, 1966-1981,
~apan (Hirayama
1881).
176,139 nonsmoklng
females, 1960-1972,
U.S. (Garfinkel
1881).
8,128 males and
females, 1972-1982,
Scotland (Gillls
et el. 1984).
Age-o~cupation adjust-
ed RR by husbands'
smoking:
Nonsmokers - 1.0a÷
Exsmokers - 1.36
~rrent smoklr8
< 20/day - 1.45
20/day - l. Sl
Age-adjusted RR hy
husbands' smoki~g~
Nonsmokers - 1.00
~u~rent S~okers
~ < 20/day - 1.27
~ 20/day - 1.10
Age-adjusted i~ for
ex'posure to a tobacco
smoker in the home:
Males - 3.25
~e~ales - 1.00
Trend statistically
significant. All
histological types
of lung cancer.
All histologies.
Zffec~ of husbands'
smoking not s~at-
Istically signifi-
cant.
Preliminary, small
numbers of cases.
*P-R - relative risk, as estimated by the ra~io of observed to expected
number of lung cancer deaths.
÷referdnce category, risk arbitrarily se~ to unity as the
reference point f3r comparison.

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Case-control Studies of Involuntary Smoking and Lung cancer
Study Findings comments
40 nonsmoklng female
cesest 149 controls,
1978-1980, Greece
(Trichopoulos at el.
1991).
84 female cases and
139 controls, 1976-
1977, Hong Kong
(¢han st al. 1979~
Chart and Tung 1982).
2~ female and $ =ale
nonsmoking casms,
133 female and 180
male controls, U.S°
(¢~rrea SC el° 1953).
19 male and 94
female nonsmokihg
cosset and 110 male
and 270 female non-
smoking controls,
Japan (A~lba et el.
1996).
99 nonsmoking cases
a~d ?36 controls,
Louisiana, Texas,
~ew Jersey (Dalager
et al 19~6).
28 nonsmoking
controls, New Mexico
(Humble e~ el. 1987).
77 nonsmoklnq caeese
2 matched control
series, Sweden
(pershagen st el.
1987).
RR* by husband ~oking:
Nonsmoklro - 1°0
Exsmokers- 1*8
Currant smokers
< 20/day - 2.4
E 20/day - 3.4
RR of 0.7S associated
vi~h emoklng spouse,
¢o~pared ~ i.0 foe a
nonsmoking spouse,
RR by spouse smokinq:
t ~ons~okere - 2.00
< 40 pack years - 1.48
41 pack years - 3.11
For females, RR of 1.5
if husband smoked; for
males, RR Of 2.9 if
wife smoked.
RR for marriage ~o a
smoking spouse was 1.5
RR for =arriege to S
smoking spouse was 9.2
NO effect £n a~cive
slokd~Ts°
RR for marriage to a
smoker was 3.3 for
squa:oue small cell
caEcinolas.
Trend etatlstlcally
slgniflcant. His-
tol~Ise other ~han
adenocsr¢Inoma and
hronchloloalveolar
ceroln~a.
All hletologlos.
Two re o~s are
inconsistent on the
exposu:s variable.
Signiflcant increase
for ~ 41 pack years.
Bronchloloalveolar
carcinoma excluded.
Cllnlcsl or radio-
logical diagnosis
for 43t. All types
of lung cancer.
Nearly i00% hlstc-
logical confi~a-
tlon. All types of
l~u1q cancer°
All types other
than bronchlolo-
alveolar carcinoma.
No effect of expo-
sure for other
types. Study based
within a cohort.

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T~Z~
Case-control S~udies of Znvol~a~ Smoking ~d Lung Cancer
S=udy_
102 adenoca~cinoma
=sees, 50 ~ales and
re=ales, and 131
controls, Colorado
(Brovnson e~ al.
1987).
25 malt and 53
female nonsmoMing
cases with matched
controls, 1971-1980,
U,S. (Karat and
Wynder 1984).
8S~nonsmokin~ female
oa~ee~ 1981-1982,-
Hong Kong (Xoo et el.,
1984, and 1985).
31 normmoking and
139 smoking female
cases, U.S. (wu et
el. 1965).
134 nons=oklng
female cases,.U.S.
(Garfinkal et el.
1965).
15 male and 32
female nonamoktng
CaSeS, a~d 90 male
and 66 female non-
smoklnq controls.
O England (Lee etal.,
1986).
Findings
No effe~ ~ entire
group. In nonamokAng
women, P.R Of l.? for
exposure E 4 hrs/da~,
versus 1.0 for <3
hzs/day.
• R no~ s~iflcantly
Increased tot ~u~Trent
exposure at home:
Mallu| - 1.26
Females - 0.92
RR of 1,24 (not stat-
IsticalIy elgnlf~oant)
for combined home and
vork~laoe exposure vet-
sue 1.0 fo~ mon~xposqd.
No association wASh
cumulative hours of
exposure.
No si~ificant effects
of exposure from par-
ante, spouse, Or work-
p~ace in alokara and
nonsmokers,
Nonsignificant RR o~
do~emts
Zmvmluntary smoking
effeot not slgnlfl-
cant in homemaking
women, hut only 19
8umh cease included.
All ty~ee, Findings
negative for spouse
smoking variable as
~oll.
All types of lung
cancer.
Adenooarcinoma and
s~uamous oell carci-
noma only.
All ty~es of lung
1.22 if husband Smoked,
Significantly increased
RR of 2011 if husband
smoked 20 or more oiq-
arettes daily at home.
Sig~Ifioan~ trend of RR
wi~ number of cigarettes
smoked at home by the
husband.
Overall RR for spouse Hospital-based
smoking of I.i. study.
oanceE. C&ref~l ex-
~lualon Of em~keEs
from the oase group.
*RR - relative risk as estimated by the odds ratio.

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TABLE 3
Conclusions of the World Health Organiza~ton,
National Research Council and U.B° Surgeon General
on Involun~azT Snokinq and Lung ~ance~
World Health O~anizatio~
"Knowledge of ~he nature of aldsa~raam and malns~raam smoke, of
the materials absorbed during "passLve" smmklngs and of the
quantitative relationships between dose and,effect ~hat are
commonly observed from e~sure to carcinogens, however, leads
to the conclusion that pasalveaoklng gives rlms to some rlak
Of cancar~w
National Research Council
"The weight of svlder~e derlved;from apldemlol~i¢ studles shows
an association between ET$ a~aura of nonsmokerl and lung
cancer that, taken as s whole, is unllkel¥ to ~ due to chance¸
on syltmti¢ bias. The observed estlmata mf increased risk is
34%, largily for spouses of mkare compared with spouses of
~ns~okerSo"
U.S. Surgeon General
"Involuntary smoking can cause lung cancer in nonsmokers." "The
absence of a ~hrRshold for respiratory carcinogenesis in active
smoking, ~hs presence Of ~he same carcin~ens in mainstream and
sldestrmam smoke, the demons~TaEed uptake of to~¢co ammke
constituents by involuntax-f a~kers, and "¢h6 Gemonstration of an
increased lung cancer risk in iomm populations wi~ exposures to
ETS leads to the conclusion ~hat involuntary smoking is a cause
of lung cancer."

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PABBZV2 BMOXZNG AND S:E;4P.T DZBEXSE:
EPZDEMIO?.OGYs Fa~'BZOLOGTw AND BZOCHEXZSTR~[I
Bt~ton A. Glaatu PhD
W£11£~Wo PaZ~L~S¥ M.D.
P~visLon of Oard~oZo~
B~hoo1 of Medioins
nnivs~sit~ of Califorale Ban Frnsisoo, CA 94143
The first disease linked to active smoking was lung canosr. IZ
is, therefore, not surprising that ~he first disease linked to
passive smoking was also lung cancer (USPHS, 1886). Before the
advent of mass marketed cigarettes, lung cancRr was a rare disease.
The fact that smoking is the major identifiable cause of lung
cancer made identifying this llnk -- for both active and passive
smoking -- relatively straightforward. This situation contrasts
with heal-~ disease, which has many risk factors, so it is not
surprising that it took longer for the scientific community to
conclude that active smoking caused heart disease (USPHS, 1983).
Once the llnk between smoking and heart disease was established,
it became clear that smoking a~ounted for mors heart disease
deaths than lung (and other) cancers because of the high prevalence
of heart dissasL. Similarly, smoking is the most important
preventable cause of coronary disease. Given this history, it is
not surprising that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)
has now been linked to heart disease in nonsmokers (Wells, 1988;
Kristensen, 1989) and may result in a substantial number of
unnecessary coronary hea~ disease deaths in nonsmokers.
Most of the evidence linking ETS and coronary heart disease has
appeared since the US Burgeon Go,oral (USPHS, 1986) and National
Academy of Sciences (NRC, 1956) last reviewed ~he evidence on ths
health effects of ETS. Based on !the information available as of
early 1986, both these reports concluded that the svidsnce linking
ETS and heart disease was equlvooal and that more research was
• necessary before any definitive statements could be made. These
conclusions were reasonable at the tlml they were made. Zn the
four years since these reports were written, considerable
information on both the epldemlology and bloloqical mechanisms h7
which ETS may cause heart disease has accuzulated from several
areas of scientific investigation. In fact, most of the results
IThis chapter is an adaptation of a peer-revlewed manuscript
of the sams tltle (Glantz and Parley, 1990).
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~PTIR 6
PASSIVE BMOXZNG AND HEART DZSZXSZ:
BPIDSMIOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND SZO~STRTI
Btantom A. GlSnt| ~hD
Wllllaa W. Pa:aley M.D.
Division o~ cerd4olocF/
S~hool of Medictine
DAivs~s~ty of ~allfol'n~a Ben FESnOlsoo~ CA 945.43
The first disease linked to active smoking was lung cancer. It
is, therefore, not surprising that the first disease linked to
passive smoking was also lung cancer (USPHS, 1986). Before the
advent of mass marketed cigarettes, Iug cancer was a rare dlsess@.
The fact that smoking is the major identifiable cause of lung
cancer made identifying this link -- for both active and passive
smoking -- relatively straightforward. This situation contrasts
with hear~ disease, which has many risk factors, so it is not
surprising that it took longer fop the scientific community to
conclude that active smoking caused heart disease (UBPHS, 1983).
Once the link between smoking and heart disease was established,
it became clear that smoking a~ountsd for more hsa~ disease
deaths than lung (and other) cancers because of the high prevalence
of heart diseasL. Similarly, smoking is the most important
preventable cause of coronary disease. Given this blstory, iris
not surprising that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)
has now been linked to heart disease in nonsmokers (Wells, 1988;
Kristensen, 1989) and may result in a substantial number of
unnecessary coronary heart disease deaths in nonsmokers.
Most of the evidence linking ETS and coronary heart disease has
appeared since the US Surgeon General (USPHS, 1986) and National
Academy of Sciences (NRC, 1986) last reviewed the evidence on the
health effeats of ETS. Based on the information available as of
early 1986, both these reports concluded that the evidence llnklng
BTS and heart disease was equivocal and that acre research was
• necessary before any definitive statements could be made. These
conclusions were reasonable at the tlml they were made. In the
four years since these reports were ~Itten, considerable
information on both the epldemlology and bioloqlcal mechanisms by
which ETS may cause heart disease has ac~nlmulated from several
areas of scientific investigation. In fact, most of the results
IThls chapter is an adaptation of a peer-revlewed manuscript
of the same title (Glantz and Parmley, 1990).
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presented in this chapter were published after the 1986 Surgeon
General and National Academy of Science rlpor~s.
First, there are now Ii epidemiological studies on ~he
relationship bef~een exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in the
home and the risk of heart disease in the nonsmoking spouse of a
smoker. All but one of these studies yielded a relative risk
• greater than 1.0. There are several lines of biologic evidence
which mak~ this association plausible. There is evidence that
exposure to ETS reduces exercise tolerance of healthy individuals
as well as people with existing coronary artery disease. Such
reduced exercise capability is one of the landmarks of acute
compromises to the coronary circulation. There is evidence, from
both human and animal studies, that exposure to tobacco smoke,
including passive smoking, increases aggregation of blood
platelets. Such increases in platelet aggregation are a~ important
stmp in the genesis of athercsclerosis. In addition, increasing
platelet aggregation contributes to coronary thrombosis, the cause
of acute myocardial infarction. Finally, carcinogenic agents in
ETS, including benzo[a]pyrene have been shown to produce injuries
to the endothelial cells which line arteries. Such injuries are
the first step in the development of atherosclerosis. Thus,
&xposure to ETS can contribute to both short term and long term
insults to the coronary circulation and the heart.
Effects of Primary Smokin=
Before reviewing the evidence linking ~TS with coronary artery
disease, it is worth summarizing the evidence linking active
smoking with coronary artery disease. This evidence was summarized
in the 1983 Surgeon Generalts Report, which was devoted entirely
to cardiovascular disease (USPHS, 1983); it concluded:
In 1980, diseases of the circulatory system were responsible
for approximately one-half of the total U.S. mortality. CHD
was the si~le host important cause of death, accounting for
approximately 30 percent of all U.S. deaths.
Cigarette smoking is one of the three major independent CND
risk factors. The magnitude of the risk associated with
cigarette smoking is similar to that associated with the
other two major CND risk factors, hypertension and
hypercholesterolemia~ however, because cigarette smoking is
present in a larger percentage of the U.S. population than
either hypertension or hypercholesterolemia, cigarette
smoking ranks as the largest preventable cause of CHD in the
United States. Cigarette smoking also acts synergistically
with the other major risk fautors to greatly increase the
risk for CHD.
Arteriosclerosis is the predominant underlying cause of
cardiovascular disease, and atherosclerosis is the form of
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arteriosclerosis that most frequently causes clinically
significant disease, including CHDe atherothrombic brain
infarction, athero$clerotic aortic dlsease, and
atherosclerctlc peripheral vascular disease. Cigarette
smoking contributes bo~h to the development of
atherosclerotic lesion~ and to the clinical manifestations
of a~herosclerotlo vascular dIsoasi# including sudden death.
Although the precise pa~hophys~l~icbasis of these clinloal
• manifestations is not understood, it may be rsZated to
several deleterlous cardiovalcular effects of olgaratte
smoking, including pr~uction of an imbalance between
myocardial oxygen supply and demand, a decrees, in threshold
for ventricular fibrillation, and an Increase in plahaloh
aggregation. Nicotine end caEbon monoxide are the tobacco
smoke constituents most closelyasaoclated with these adverse
effects; other cigarette smoke constituents such as hydrogen
cyanide, oxides of nitrogen, and carbon disulfide are being
studied for possible pathoZoglc cardiovascular affec~s.
Since 1983, evidence has also mounted that the polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons in cigarette smoke can injure the arterial endothelium
and initiate the atherosclerotic process.
All the compounds implicated as damaging to the cardiovascular
system of smokers have been Identiflad in ETS (USPHS, 1986; NRC,
1986}.
EDidemiolcoicsl StudleB "on ETS anf Mean Disease
Since 1984, the epidemlologlcal evldence linking exposure to
ETS with heartdlsease has rapidly accumulated. The results oft he
eleven published studies are summarized in Table I and Figure ~i;
four studies present date On men, nine OD women, add one on both
sexes combined. Despite minor differences in methodology or end
points (some used death from ischemlc hear~ disease of any origin
and some were limited to death from myocardial infarction), the
results of these studies are remarkably consistent. All the
studies on men yielded relative risks of death from heart diseasm
exceeding i for ncnsmcking men married to smokers, with a median
risk of 1.2. All but one of the studies on women (Lee at el, 1986)
yielded ~elative risks exceeding I, with a median relative risker
• 1.4. Several studies allo suggested an increase in ~he risk of
nonfatal coronary symptoms (Svendeen et ~i, 1987; Palmer et el,
1988~ Hole et el, 1989; Dobson et el, 1990) t quantitative results
in Table i ¸only reflect risk of death, not coronary symptoms.
Consistency of an observation acrols different studies increases
the confidence one can have in the belief that an association is
causal, unless all studies have the same bias.
When interpreting the results of such epidemiologlcal studies,
it is always important to consider biological plausibility and
potentiml confounding variables which could explain the resul~s.
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ar~eriosc~erosis tha~ ~o$~ frequently causes clinically
significant ~isease, inoluding CHD, atherotbrom~£c brain
infarc~ion, atherosclerotl¢ aortic disease, an~
atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease. Cigare~e
smoking contributes bo~h ~o ~he development of
atherosclerotlc lmaions and ~o the o11nical manifestations
of a~heros~lerotic vascular ~lseas~, £nolu~in~ sudden death.
Although t~e p~e~ise pa~hophys~ol~ia basis Of ~heae Clinical
• manifes~a~ions il not undershot, it may be relatQ~ ~
several dele~erious cardiovascular effec~ of cl~arQt~e
smok±~, lncludtn~ pro~uc~ion of an in~alance between
myocardial oxygen supply and demand, a die,ease in ~hreshold
for ven~ricular fibrillation, an~ an increase in platele~
agg~ega~i~n. Nicotine and carbon monoxide a~e the ~obac¢o
smoke constituents mos~ closel~ asso¢ia~ed wi~h these adverse
effects: o~her cigarette smoke cons~i~uents such as hydrogen
cyanide, oxides of n~t~c~en, ar~ ca~on dilulfide a~e ~ein~
studied for possible pa~holo~l~ cardiovascular effe¢%$.
Since 1983, evidence has also ~oun~ed~ha~ ~he polycycllc aromatic
hydrocarbons in cigarette smoke can injure the arterial endo~heliu~
and initiate ~he a~herosclero~ic pro~ess.
A11 the compounds implicated am damaging ~ ~he cardiovascular
sys~e~ of snoke~s have been l~en~lfie~ in ET$ (USPHS, 1986; NRC,
1986).
~oidemiolo~ical S~udi~B "~n ~S and Heart Disease
Since 1984, the epi~emiol~ical evidence linking exposure ~
ETS with hear~ disease has rapidly acoumula~ed. The ~esul~s of ~h~
~leven pu~lishe~ $~udiem are summarized in Table 1 and ?tgurel;
four $~udies presen~ da~a on ~e~, nl~e On womQ~ and one On bo~h
$~xes co~binad. Despi~e minor differenoe$ in methodology ~r end
points (some used death from i~chemic hear~ ~isease of any origin
and so=e were limited to death from myooardial infarction), ~hl
results of these s~udies are remarkably consistent. All ~he
studias on men yleldedrela~ive risks of death from heart disease
exceeding 1 for nonsm~kin~ men married ~o smokers, wi~h a median
risk of 1.2. All b~t one of the s~udies on women (Lee Qt al, 1986)
yielded relative risks exce~ding 1, wi~h a median relative riskof
• 1.4. Several studies also suggested an increase in ~he ~isk of
nonfa~aI coronary s~p~oms (svendsen e~ ~1, 1987~ Palmer et al,
1~88; Holl e~ al, 1989; Dobson e~ al, 1~90)~ quan~i~a~ive results
in Table 1 only reflec~ ~lsk of ~eath, no~ ¢or~na~-~ E~ptou°
C~nsis~ency of an observation across different studies incr~ases
the oonffdence one can bare in ~he belief that an association is
causal, u~less all s~die8 have ~e same biaB.
When interpreting ~he results 0f such epidemiological studies,
it is always impo~c~n~ ~o consider biolo~ical plausibill~ and
pc~en~ial confounding variables which could explain ~he re~u!~s.
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Aside fro~ noting that the =ompounds in mainstream smoke that have
been implicated in heart disease are in ETS, we will defer the
discussion of biological plausibility until later in this chapter,
when we discuss the effects of ETS on platelets and the atherogenic
agents in ETS. ~ For now, we will concentrate on potential
confounding variables. These are particularly important in a
disease llke heart disease, because it is known to be caused by
multiple risk factors.
All of the studies controlled for the most important confounding
variable, age, and several (Garland etal, 1985; Svedsen et el,
1987; He, 1989; Hole et el, 1989; Humble et el, 1990) controlled
for several known risk factors for coronary artery disease, in
particular levels of cholesterol, blood pressure and weight (or
body mass or body mass index). Most of the studies also included
one or more measures of socioeconomic status, such as the nature
of the housing or amount of education.
Lee (1988, 1989, 1990) has suggested that the elevated risk of
heart (and other) disease with passive smoking could be due to
misclassificaticn of nonsmokers who are really smokers. In
• ddition, Wald (1986) has noted that some people who say they live
N~th nonsmokers have detectable levels of the nicotine metabolite
cotinine in their blood, indicating that ~hey are actually exposed
to ETS, either at work or at home. The former type of
misclassification will tend to lead to an overestimate of the risks
associated with ETS and the letter will lead to an underestimate
of the risk. Careful analysis of the question of misclasslfication
-- which applies generally to studies of ETS and not just heart
disease -- have demonstrated that the observed risks cannot be
6xplained by this technical problem (Weld, 1996; Wells, 1986, 1988,
1990; Kawaohi End Pearce, 1989; Reinken, 1989). In addition, both
the Surgeon General (USPHS, 1986) and the National Academy of
Sciences (NRC, 1986) were presented with the argument that
misclassificaticn errors accounted for the link between ETS and
lung cancer and concluded that ETS caused lung cancer in healthy
nonsmokers. To date, no compelling case has been made that this
technical error explains consistent findings linking ETS with heart
(or lung) disease. Indeed, the net effect of these two types of
misclassificaticn errors is to lead to an underestimate of the
effects of passive smoking for lung cancer.
There is always the pcsslbility that there is some other
confounding variable relating to cultural factors, such as the
nature of housing or employment or the nature of time spent outside
the home. Most studies look only at a crude measure of
exposure--spouse smoking--and it is possible that this is an
indicator variable for other things, such as poor diet, risky
lifestyle, or stress. The fact that results are similar from all
ov~r the world in widely varying cultural settings -- including
several regions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan,
and China -- argues against this concern.
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Several authors also observed a dose-response relationship
(Table I) between increasing amounts ot smoking by the spouse and
the risk of heart disease in the nonsmoklng spouse (Helslng et el,
1998 (statistically significant in women, but not men); Hole et el,
1989; Garland et el, 1985 (alath.ough not statlstioally slgniEl¢ant);
Humble etal, 1990; He, 198g, Hirayama, 1994). The presence of
such dose-response effects across multiple studlel, done in
different locatlons wi~hdifferent criteria supports the hypothesis
that the epidemiolo~y is revealing a real effect of ETS on heart
disease in nonsmokers.
While all but one of the studles in Table 1 and Figure 1 ylelded
relatlve risks greater than 1, the fact remains that 3 of the
studies in men and 4 of the studies in women had 95% confidence
intervals for the relat$ve risk of passive smoking for heart
disease that fell below 1.0, meaning ~hat ~he risk was not
statistically significant17 elevated above 1.0 (with P<.05)° It
is important to nots that the 95% aonfidence intervals do not lle
symnetrically about 1.0, but rather are skewed towards higher
risks. To avoid false negative conclusions, Hothman (1978)
~uggested examining the confidence interval, as we have done, in
concluding the exposure to ZTS elevates thR risk of heart dimease.
One can assess fo~ally how confident one =an be in reaching a
negative conclusion by computing the power of the study to detect
an effect of specified size (¥risdman et ai, 1978)o Table i shows
estimates of the power of each of the studies to detec~ a 20~
increase in risk -of heart disease (i.e., a relative risk of 1.2)
with the available samples. The power was computed as described
in Huh: and 01shan (1989), using a two-slded test for the relative
risk with a Type I risk of 5% (i.m., requiring the 95% confidence
interval for the relative risk t~exclude i°0 ¸before concluding a
statistically significant elevatlon in risk in an individual
study). Host of the studiem have low to moderate power. The two
CHelsing st el, 1988; Hole et al~ 1989) that have power above the
desirable level of 80% both identified significant ingresses of
heart disease risk with ZTS exposure. IntereBtingly~ the mtudy by
Lee (1986) which was the only one with a relative rlsk below 1,
also had the lowest power to detect an effect, only 3%.
It is possible to combine th~ results of these studies in a
formal analysis to derive a global estimate Of the relatlve risk
and associated 95% confidence Interval. By combining the studies,
the sample size and so the power to dete~t an effeat increases°
Pooling the studies in Table 1 yields an estimate of the relative
risk of death from heart disease of 1.3 (95% Cl 1.1-1.8) for men
and 1.3 (95% cI 1.2-1.4) for wo~n. These resul~s are consistent
with those reported by Wells (19~S) who used the studies by Sillis
et al (1984), Lee et 81 (1986), and Helsing et 81 (1997) to compute
a pooled relative risk of 1.3 (with a ~5~ confidence interval from
1.1 to 1.6) for men and the studies by Hirayama (1984), Gilliset
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al (1984), Garland et al (1985), Helalng et al (i~88), Lee st al
(1986), and Martin et al (1986) to compute a pooled relative risk
of 1.2 (with a 95% confidence Intezwal from i.I to 1.4) for women.
Exposure to ETS significantly (p < 0.001) increases the risk of
death from hear~ disease in nonsmokers.
Finally, it is worth noting that all these studies are based on
the smoking habits of the nons~oksr's s~ouse0 and so exposure to
ETS at home. Household exposures to ETS at home are generally much
smaller than exposures at work, where ~he density of smokers is
generally higher (Repace and Low~ey, 1985,1987). AS a result,
these studies will generally ~the risk and attendant
public health burden due to ETS-Induced heaz~ disease if a
substantial proportion of the controls are exposed at work.
Kawachl et al (IS89) have adjusted Wells, (1988) relative risks to
account for workplace exposures to ETS and found that the relative
risks increase to 2.3 (95% CZ 1.4 - :.4) for men and 1.9 (95% Cl
1.4 - 2.5) for women. In addition, Wells (1988) and Kawachi et al
(1989~ indicate that the number of heart disease deaths due to
passive smoking is an order of magnitude greater than the number
of lung cancer deaths due to passive smoking.
These epldemlologioal studies demonstrate a connection between
ET5 exposure and death from hea~ disease. We now turn our
attention to possible physicloglcal and biochemical mechanisms
which could explain these observations.
Acute Effects of ETS E~eure
Chronic exposure to ETS exerts carcinogenic effects by
increasing the cumulative risk of a molecule of one of the
carcinogens in the ETS damaging the DHA in a call and initiating
or promoting the carci~ogenlc process. TO date, no on! has
identified any affects of acute exposure to ETS (or, for that
matter, any other carcinogen) on cancer. The situation with bea~t
disease is different. In heart disease there are both important
chronic changes (i.e., the development of stherosclerotlc lesions)
and acute changes. The latter include an In¢rease in myocardial
oxygen demand which may outstrip the oxygen supply and produce
isohemla, and increased platelet aggregation which can lead to
coronary thrombosis and acute myocardial infarction.
When the coronary circulation cannot provide enough oxygen to
the myocardlum to meet the demand, the result is Ischemia which can
be silent or result in anginal chest pain. Earlier onset of angina
or hypotension during exercise is a reflection of more severe heart
disease, oxygen supply can be reduced by athercsclerotic narrowlng
or vasoconstriction of the coronaries or by reducing the oxygen
carrying capacity of the blood by forming carboxyhemoglobin.
Whalfen and Klochkov (1987) confirmed earlier work by Aronow (1978)
demonstrating that exposure to ETS significantly reduced exercise
ability in patients with coronary artery disease and the rate
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pressure product (hea~ rate ti~es systolic blood pressure). In
bo~ studies, patients were exposed to realistic levels of~s
simply sitting in a waiting rosa while so~eone was smoking. These
effects were present in both smokers and nonsmokers (~G~alfen and
Kloc~ov, 1987) and regardless of vhether or no~ the room was
ventilated {Arcnow, 1978; ~alfenand Klochkov, 1987). Exposure
to ~S also increased resting bea~l-ata and systolic and diastolic
blood press~e, and resulted in a~l~er heart rate at the onset of
angina (~onow, 1978). Blood carboxyhel(Wlobin was increased
a~ut 1% after exposure to ~S (~onow, 1978). Sheps et al (1987)
found no change in cardtovascular~function in sub~eots wl~h angina
in response to mild elevation in blood carbon monoxide similar to
~hat experienced in passive s~okers when ~ey exposed ~heir
s~Jects to pure carbon monoxide. Zn contrast, Allred et al (1989)
found a significant dose-response relation between
carboxyhemoglobin level and the change in the leng~ of time to
both electrocardiographic and sylpton manlfeetation in men with
angina pectoris exercising after exposure to CO. Even a small
increase in the carboxyhemoglohin level, representing a seemingly
minor reduction in ~he oxygen-car~ylnq capacity of hemoglobin, was
assoclated with the statistically significant effects. Acute
exposure to ETS Iiads ~o an imbalance between myocardial oxygen
supply and demand during exercise in patients with coronary artery
disease. While thls discussion has concentrated on the carbon
monoxide An ETS as the active agent, it As likely that some other
component of the ETS is also contributing to this effect.
The effects of ETS on cardiac performance are, An fact, severe
enough to affect exercise perforlance An young healthy subjects
with no evidence Of heart disease. McM~rray et al (1985) blindly
exposed young healthy women to pure air and air contaminated with
ETS while they exercised on s treadmill. The results were similar
to those observed in patients with coronary artery disease.
Resting heart rate was increased during exposure to ETS, which
increased blood carboxThemoglobin by about i~. Exposure to ETS
significantly reduced maximum oxygen uptake Cby 0.251~men and time
~o exhaustion (by 2.1 man). Exposure to ETS also increased the
perceived level of exertion during exercise, maximum heart rate,
and COt output. It also significantly increased levels of lactate
in venous blood (from a mean of 5.5 mM during control period to
6.8 mM after exposure to ETS). This greater lactate at a lower
Oxygen consumption during the passive smoking trials indicates a
greater reliance on anaerobic metabolism. The combined effec~ of
the reduced oxygen oarrying capacity and increased lactate resul~ed
An a reduction in maximal aerobic powe~ and "the duration of
exercise. Thus, even in heal~hy subjects, exposure to ETS
adversely affects exercise perfo~ance.
The acute effects of CO and direct tobacco smoke on exercise
performance are well doCUmented in the lltarature. Exposure to CO
(or CO in tobacco smoke), and the subse~ent elevation of blood
carboxyhemoglcbin levels to ca. 3%~ has been shown to decrease
q~otl
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pressure product (hea~ rate tizes systolic blood pressure). In
bo~h studies, patients were exposed to realis~ic levels of¸ ETS by
simply sitting in a waiting room vhile someone was smoking. These
effects were present in ~=th smokers and nonsmokers (~alfen and
Klochk~v, 1987) and regardless of whether or not~ ~e room was
ventilated (A=onow, 1978; ~alfen and KlOChkov, 1987). EXposure
to ZT$ also increased restinqheaz~ rata and symbolic and diastolic
blood pressu=e, and resulted in a lower hea~ ~ate at the m~aet of
a~gina [~ronow, 1978). Blood ¢arboxyhe:Oqlobin yes increased by
about 1% after exposure to ~S (~onow, 1978). Shape et al C1987)
found no change in oardiovascular~functlon in subjects with angina
in response to mild eleva~i=n in blood carbon monoxide s~ilar to
that experienced in passive sackers when they exposed their
subjects to pure carhon aonoxide. Zn contralt, Allrsd et al C1989)
found a sig~ificant dose-response relation between
carbox~bemoglobin level and the change in the !enOch of ~ime to
both electrocardiographic and s~ptom manifestation in men with
angina pectoris exercising after exposure to CO. Even a small
increase in the uarboxyhemoglobln level, representing a seemingly
minor reduction in the oxygen-carrying capacity of hemoglobin, was
associated with the statistically si~ifioant effects. Acute
~xposure to ETS leads to an imbalance between myocardial oxygen
~upply and demand during exercise in patients wi~h coronary artery
disease. While this discussion has concentrated on the carbon
monoxide in ETS as the active agent, it is llkeiy that some other
component of the ETS is also contributing to this effect.
The effects of ETS on cardiac perfor~Qance are, in fact, severe
enough to affect exercise performance in young healthy subJeots
with no evidence of heart disease. MCMUrray et al (1985) bllndly
exposed young healthy women to pure air and air contaminated with
ETa while they exercised on a treadmill. The results were similar
to those observed in patients wlth coronary artery disease.
Resting heart rate was increased during exposure to ETS, which
increased blood carhoxyhem~Iobln by about i%. Exposure to ETS
significantly reduced maximum oxygen uptake (by 0°2$1/min and time
to exhaustion (by 2.1 min). Exposure to ETS also increased the
perceived level of exertion during exercise, msxi~um heart rate,
and CO2 output° It also significantly increased levels of lactate
in venous blood (from a mean of 5.5 ~ during control period to
6.8 mM after exposure to ETS). This greater lactate at a lower
oxygen consumption during the passive smoking trials indicates a
"greater reliance on anaerobic metabolism, The combined effect of
the reduced oxygen carrying oapaoltyand increased lactate resulted
in a reduction in maximal aerobic power and the duration 9f
exercise. Thus, even in healthy sub~ects, +exposure to ETs
adversely affects exercise performance°
The acute effects of CO and di~eot tobacco smoke on exercise
performance are well documented in the literature. Exposure to CO
(or CO in tobacco smoke), and the subsequent elevation of blood
carboxyhemoglobin levels to ~. 3t, has been shown to decrease
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exercise duration in patients wi~h ischemic heaz~c disease and
decrease short-term maximal exercise duration in young healthy men.
~t is conceivable, ~herefore, that elevations i~ COHb due to ETS
could have similar effects. While the association between active
smoking and cardiovascular disease is well known (USPHS, 1983)~
little is known about the relative importance of each component of
tobacco smoke that may he responsible for this relationship. Most
experts agree, however, that both CO and nicotine are important,
and other constituents of the smoke may play a role as well.
Active smoking clearly aggravates the decrease in 02 capacity
induced by CO through an increase in the 02 demand of the heart
(Deanfield et el, 1986). Passive smoking exposes an individual to
all components in the cigarette smoke, but the CO component
dominates heavily because only 1% or less of the nicotine is
absorbed from passive smoking compared to 100% in an a~tive smoker
(Wall et el, 1988; Jarvis, 1987). Currently available information
indicates that acute exposure (I to 2 h) to passive smoke will
increase a nonsmoker's COHb level by about 1% (Jarvis, 1987). This
small incremental increase in COHb due to ETS alone may not be
enough to trigger acute cardiovascular effects unless combined with
other sources of CO or with other components of ETS having a
s.imilar effect (e.g., nicotine).
Lamb (1984) has suggested that at maximal exertion levels, up
to 90% of the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood may be needed.
Because of the carbon monoxide, and perhaps other constituents, ETS
reduces this capacity, so the muscle cannot maintain its high rate
of aerobic metabolism unless cardiac output is further increased;
people with heart disease and reduced ventricular reserve have
difficulty meeting this demand. In sum, exposure to ZTS increases
the demands on the heart during exercise and reduces the capacity
of the heart to respond. This imbalance increases the ischemic
stress of exercise in patients with existing coronary artery
disease and can acutely precipitate symptoms.
Moskowitz et al (1990) found evidence that adolescent children
of parents who smoked may suffer from chronic tissue hypoxia such
as that observed in anemia, chronic pulmonary disease, cyanotic
heart disease or high altitude. These children had significantly
elevated levels of 2,3-diphosphoglyoerate (DPG), which suggests
that the body is attempting to compensate for hypoxia by increasing
DPG level in blood to meet tissue oxygen requirements, even after
correcting for age, weight, height and sex. These changes were
dose-dependentl the greater the exposure to ET$ (measured both in
terms of parental smoking and serum thlocyanate in the children),
the greater the increase in DPG.
There is also evidence that acute exposure to ETS directly
affects the myocardial muscle at a cellular level. GvozdJakova et
al (1984) exposed rabbits in a 50 liter child's incubator to the
smoke of three burning cigarettes smoked over a 30 minute period
and measured several variables related to the metabolism of cardiac
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Jit~ondria. (Mitochondrta &~e the s~cellular elements tha~
control cellular respiration~ ~ey aonve~ o~gen into usable
ene~ in the form of ATP.) Theyhad three groups of rabbits: one
group exposed to a single dose of ETS, one group exposed to 30 min
of ~S twice daily for ~o wee~, and one group exposed to 30
minutes of ~s twice a day for eight wea~. They meas~ed
mitochondrlel respiration (QO2) as the consumption of oxygen after
addi~ ADP to a vessel containing mltochondrlal fragments. Using
pyruvate as a substrata, mitochondrlal respiration QO2was reduced
slgniflcantly compared to control (pure air) for all doses of ETS,
even a single exposure (Figure 2), to aboUt half the control value.
The oxidative phosphorylation rate was also reduced significantly
at all exposures by about one-thlrd. There were no significant
changes in the coefficient of oxidative phosphorylation (ADP:O2)
with ETS exposure. GvozdJakov& et al concluded that pyl~vate as
a substrata was a sensitive indicator of the toxic action of the
ETS cn the oxidative pr~ess.
Later, to further isolate where in the process of mltochondrial
respiration, the ETS acted, GvozdJ~k et al (1995, 1987) reported
data on succinate, NADH, and cy~oohrom@ oxldase activity in the
mltochondria in the four groups of rabbits. Figure 2 shows the
results of exposure to ETS on the a~ivity of NADH oxidase,
succinate oxldase and oy~ochrome oxldase of myocardial
mitochondria. The activity of the first two oxidesos exhibited no
changes compared with the control group -- neither after a single
exposure to ETS or following exposures up to 2 weeks. Cy~cohrome
oxldase activity decreased both after a single exposure to ETS and
over time, with increaslng effec~ as the duration of exposure to
ETS is extended° The observation that cy~ochrome oxidaee and not
NADH or succlnate oxldase activity was affected by ETS suggests
that the deleterious effects of ETS on myocardial mltochondrlal
respiration occur at the terminal seglu~t of the mitochondrial
respiration process.
Prolonged exposure to carbon monoxide has been shown in some
studies to induce ultrastructuralchanges in mycoardlum (KJeldsen
et al, 1974; Thomsen and K~eldsen, 1974; Lough, 1978). Later,
KJeldsen and co-workers (HugOd! et el, 1978), using a blind
technique and ~he same criteria tO assess morpholoqlcal myo=ardlel
damage found no significant changes in the coronary arteries or
aorta in normocholesteroleml¢ rabbits exposed to CO at
concentrations from 200 to 4000 ppm fo~ up to 12 weeks. They
suggested that the positive results obtained earlier were due to
the non-blind evaluation technlques end the smell Dumber of animals
used in these studies. Later~ Huged (1981) : confirled these
negative .results using electron~ microscopy. ID addition, the
earlier studies were conducted a~ wmoderate, levels of CO (I00 to
150 ppm) which are considerably higher than levels of CO found in
smoke-polluted environments (reported to be as high as 40-S0 ppm,
hu~ more typically are around I0 ppm) (NRC, 1986). These negative
studies only argue against an effect of CO in inducing coronary
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atherosclerosis, and not a direct effect of Co on myocardial oxygen
supply and demand (Deanfield et el, 1986).
Acute exposure to ETS not only increases the demand and
compromises the supply of oxygen to the heart as a whole, but also
reduces the myocardium's ability to use this oxygen to create ATP
to provide energy to support the heart's pumping activity. This
effect probably results from several of the compounds in ETS acting
simultaneously on the cardiovascular system.
EL~
The action of ETS to increase platelet aggregation is another
way in which ETS can acutely increase the risk of a Coronary event.
When blood platelets aggregate inappropriately and form a thrombus
(blood clot), this clot can form in a fissured plaque in the
coronary circulation and precipitate a myocardial infarction.
Platmlets are important for the nol-mal body process of hemostasis,
to prevent blood loss after an injury. Hemostasis depends on
complex interactions among the dynamics of blood flow, components
of the vessel wall, blood platelets and plasma proteins. A
thrombus can be considered as an inappropriate form of hemostasis
and is composed of a mass of cellular material held together by a
network of fribrin. Definitive evidence has confirmed that
platelets play a major role in thrcm~us formation and embolization,
especially in the arterial system. In addition, increasing
evidence has shown that platelet deposition and thrombus f~rmation
can contribute to the growth and progression of atherosclerotic
plaques (Fuster and Chesebr~, 1981; Ross, 1986). An arterial
thrombus appears to develop in three phases: platelet adhesion,
platelet aggregation, and activating of clotting mechanisms.
Passive smoking increases platelet aggregation and so increases the
likelihood of thrombus formation and myocardial infarction.
Table 2 summarizes the results of three studies (Davis et el,
1885a, 1986, 1989) on the effects of cigarette smoke on platelet
ag~egation and damage to the arterial endothelium (lining). (we
will discuss the effects on the endothelium below.) Davis et al
(1999) also measured platelet aggregate ratios and endothelial cell
counts in nonsmokers before and after being exposed to 20 minutes
of ETS while sitting in a hospital atrium. Mean values before and
after passive smoking were 0.87 and 0.78 (P-.002) for platelet
aggregate ratios and 2.8 and 2.7 (P~.OO2) for counts of anuclear
endothelial cell carcasses in venous blood. These changes are in
between the effects observed after nonsmokers smoked two tobacco
cigarettes and the effects observed after smoking two non-tobacco
cigarettes (Davis et el, 1985a) and similar to the values observed
in nonsmokers who smoked two cigarettes while trying not to inhale
(Davis et el, 1986). These effects were not correlated with the
level of nicotine in the blood of the experimental subjects in any
of these or other (Davis et el, 1985, 1987), related studies on how
drugs modify platelet aggregation and endothelial cell counts. In
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mltochondrla. (Ml~ochondrla are the su~cellular elements tha~
control cellular resplratlon; ~hey conver~ oxygen into usable
energy in the for= of ATPo) They had three groups of rabbits: one
g~oup exposed to a slngls dose of ETS, one group exposed to 30 mln
of ZTS twice daily for ~"~o week, s, and one group exposed to 30
minutes of ETS twice a day for eight week, s. They measured
aitochondrlal respiratlon (QOz) as the consumption of oxygen after
adding ADP to a vessel containing mitochondrlal fragments, using
pyruvate as a substrata, mitochondrial respiration QO2 was reduced
significantly compared to control (pure air) for all doses of ETS,
even a single exposure (FigUre 2), to about half T,he control value.
The oxidative phosphorylation rate was also reduced significantly
at all exposures by about one-thlrd. There were no significant
changes in the coefficient of oxidative phospborylatlon (ADP:02)
wlth ETS exposure. GvozdJakov~ @tal coDcluded that pyl-avate as
a substrata was a sensitive indicator of the toxic action of the
ZTS on the oxidative process.
Later, to further isolate where in the process of mltochondrial
respiration, the ETS acted, Gvozd~k et al (1985, 1987) reported
data on succinate, NADH, and cy~ochrome oxidase activity in the
mitochondria in the four groups of rabbits. Figure 2 shows the
~esults Of exposure to ETS on the activity of NADH oxidase,
succlnate oxldase and c~ochrome oxidase of myocardial
mltochondrla. The activity of the first two oxidases exhibited no
changes compared with the control group -- neither after a single
exposure to ETS or following exposures up to 2 weeks. Cytochrome
oxidase activity decreased both after a single exposure to ETS and
over time, with increaslng effects as the durat£on of exposure to
ETS is extended. The observation ~hat Cytoohrome oxldase and not
NADH or suocinate oxidase activity was affehted by ETS suggests
that the deleterious effects of ETS on myocardial mitochondrial
respiration occur at the terminal segment of the mltochondrial
respiration process.
Prolonged exposure to carbon monoxide has been shown in some
studies to induce ultrastructural changes in myocardlum (KJeldssn
et el, 1974; Thomsen and KJeldsen, 1974; Lough, 1978). Later,
KJeldsen and co-workers (Hugodl et el, 1978), using a blind
technique and the same criteria tO assess morphological myocardial
damage found no significant changes in the coronary arteries or
aorta in normocholestsrolemlc rabbits exposed to CO at
concentrations from 200 to 4000 ppm for" up to 12 weeks. They
suggested that the positive results obtained ,earlier were due to
the non-bllnd evaluation techniques and the small number of animals
used in these studies. Later~ Hugod (1981) : confirmed these
neqatlve .results using electron~ microscopy. In addition, the
earlier studies were conducted at "m~erate" levels of CO (i00 to
150 ppm) which are considerably higher than levels Of CO found in
smoke-polluted environments (reported to be as high as 40-50 ppm,
but more typically are around 10 ppm) (NRC, 1986). These negative
studies only arque against an effect of C0 in inducing coronary
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particular, ~he effects observed in Donsmokers smoking wi~ou~
inhaling were similar to the ~ffsc~s on smokers smoking ~wo
cigarettes, despite the fact that the plasma nicotine levels in the
nonsmokers were a factor of 5 smaller than those observed in the
smokers (Davis et el, 1986). O~her work in the same laboratory
comparing smoking with snuff use revealed similar changes in
platelet function in response to these two forms of tobacco use
(Davis etal, 1990). This result, combined with the finding that
smoking non-tobacco clgarsttes (Davis st el, 1985a) fa~lad to
produce changes in platelet function as large as observed wi~%
tobacco cigarettes, suggests that nicotine .is an i~por~ant active
agent, since non-tobacco cigarettes also affected platalet
aggregation somewhat, however, it is possible that carbon monoxide
or other combustion products are also influencing the platelets.
Sinzinger and Kefalides (1982) measured platele% sensitivity to
antiaggregatoryprostaglandlns (El, 12, and Dz) before, during and
after 15 minutes of exposure to ETS in healthy nonsmokers and
smokers (Table 3). Passive smoking reduced platelet sensitivity
to the antiaggregatory prostaglandins Z2 and E2 significantly
(P<.01) by a factor of about 2 by the end of 15 minutes exposure
to ETS among nonsmokers. This effect persisted at 20 minutes after
the end of exposure, and was gone by 40 minutes. Platelet response
to prostaglandln D~ changed modestly in a similar pattern, but did
not reach statistical signlfloance. Among smokers, the control
level of platelet aggregation was higher (P<.01) and the
prostaglandins had no significant effects on platelet aggregation
over time during or following exposure to ETS. Sinzinger and
• Virgollni (1989) also showed tha~ repeated exposure to ETS for one
hour per day for ten days produced lasting changes An platelet
function in nonsmokers similar to that observed in smokers. Thus,
nonsmokerst platelets seem much more sensitive to a single exposure
to ETS than do smokers' platelats, with platelet sensitivity to
dlsaggregating prostaglandins having similar effects in nonsmokers
acutely exposed to ETS as It does on the chronic levels of platmlet
aggregation observed in long-ten smokers.
Further evidence from the same laboratory that passive smoking
increases platelet aggregation comes from work by Burghuber at al
(1986), who had smokers and nonsmokers smoke two olgare~tes and
also exposed a different group of smokers and nonsmokers to ETS in
an 18mJ room in which 30 cigarettes had been smoked Just before.
the nonsmokers. They measured ~he
of
exposing
sensitivity
platelets to the disaggregatlng substance prostaglandin 12 (PGI2),
which is released by endotheliumand inhibits platslet aggregatian.
(PGI2 is also called prostacyclin.) Figure 3 shows the results of
this experiment. Zn smokers, neither smoking nor passive smoking
affected the sensitivity of the plateleta to the dlsaggregatlng
effect of prostaglandln Zz. The sensitivity of platelets in
smokers was also significantly lower than nonsmokers. In contrast,
platelets were more sensitive to prostaglandln 12 in nonsmokers,
with both smoking and passive smoking producing slmilar reduction
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in platelet sensi~ivi~y to prostaqlandin 12. These
results
suggest that the platelets of smokers are already desensitized to
the anti-aggregatory substance prostaglandin I , so that no further
decrease in aggregation is seen. The slgn~ficant decrease in
platelet sensitivity to PGI~ after acute exposure to ETS suggests
that after ETS exposure platelete are more likely to aggregate,
wi~h the adverse ¢onsequenues de~rl]~ above°
Earlier work by $a~a and Mason (1975) also indlcated that
nicotine increased a variety of measures of platele~ aggregation
in nonsmokers and smokers. While the effects of nicotlne on
platelets from smokers was greeter than in non, q~okers,~/~e effect
generally did no~ vary wi~h dose (between 2xl0"~and 2x10~ molar),
suggesting that the effects of nicotine on pletslets occur a~ low
doses and that the syste~ saturates ~/ic~y. This observation may
explain why passive and active smoking have such similar effects
on platelets (Sinzlnger and Kefalldem, 1982; Burghu~er et el, 1986;
Davis et el, 1989).
The probable link between nicotine ~nd adverse physiologic
effects is nicotine-induced release of ca~echolamlnes.
cateoholamines are then responsible for increased platelet
aggregation. This reasoning suggests that beta blockers might
provide some protection in smokers. This premise i$ borne out by
the MAPHY trial --a trial oomparin~ the effects of the beta blocker
metoprolol to a thiazlda dlureti~ in the control of moderate
hypertension (Wilkstrand, et el, 1988). For the same reduction in
blood pressure, the metoprolol trseted~oup had a lower mortality
than the thiazide treated group. VIz~ually all of this reduction
in mortality, however, was seen in smokers, and not non-smokers.
This study provides evidence tha~ blocking th~ effects of
cateoholamines (released by nicotine) was the cause of the reduced
mortality in smokers who were receiving metoprolol.
In sum, passive smoking has significant effe~s on platelet
aggregation, of a magnitude similar to tha~ observed in active
smoking. Moreover, the response of nonsmokers to both active and
passive smoking appears to be different from smokers, with
nonsmokers being more sensitive to low exposures to cigarette smoke
than smokers. This observation suggests that the pharmacology of
ETS in nonsmokers may be different than in smokers, with nonsmokers
being more sensitive to low doses of ETS. ~n particular, it
invalldabes attempts to estimate "clgarstte equivalent- doses of
ETS in nonsmokers or extrapolatlng from risks of smoking in smokers
to effects of ETS on nonsmokers. The ruultlnq increase in
platelet aggregation can contribute to acute thrombus formation and
myocardial infarction.
In addition to the role of platslets in acute thro~us
formation, platelets are also important in the development of
atherosclerosis (Ross, 1986). Once there is damage to the a~erial
endothelium, either through mechanloal or chemical factors,
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pla~elets interac~ with or a~hlre ~o subendo~hellal connective
~$ssue and inltla~e a sequence which leads ~o atherosclero~ic
plaque. When pla~ele~s interact wi~h or adhere ~o subendocar~lal
connective ~issue, they are stlmula~ed ~o release ~heir granule
conten~So Endothelial cells normally p~even~ pla~ele~ adherence
because of the nonthrombogenic character oft,belt lurflce and ~helr
oapaolty ~O for= antithromboti¢ substances such as pros~acycZin°
once the endothellal ceZls havebsen damaqed, ths platelets can
stlck to them. Once the pla~elets are bound ~0 the endothellum,
they releasa mltc~ens such as platelet-derlved ~row~h factor
(PDGF), which encourage =igration and prollfara~ion of smoo~h
muscla cells in ~he region of ~he endo~heZiaZ injury (FOX and
DLCorle~o, 1984). If pla~elet aqgre~a~£on Ls inc~easedbecausl of
exposure to ETS, ~he chances Of platelets buildin~ up at an
endothelial inJuz7 wL11 aZso be ~ncreased. Thus, in addition ~o
contributin9 to acute effects ~h~ough Incr~asln~ ~he likellhcod of
~hrombu$ formation, the effects Of ETS on pla~elets also increase
the chances tha~ endoth~llal injury wiZl Zead ~o arterial plaqua.
ETS also plays a role in causln~ damage ~o the endotheliumand
inltia~in~ the a~herosclerotic procl~s. As discussed above, Davis
et al (1989, 1986, 1985, 1987, 1985b, 1990) found ~hat acute
exposure to ETS (1989), like active smoking (19~G, 1985a, 198~,
1985b) and use of ¢hewin~ tobacco (1990), lead to a si~nifican~
increase (P<.002) in ~he appearance of anu~lear endothelial cell
carcamses in ~he blood of peopll expoBed ~o ETS (or t~bacco or
tobacco smoke) cons~i~uln~So The appearance of thesQ cell
~arcasses Indicates damage to tha ~ndothelium, whLch is ~he
initla~ing s~ep in ~he a~heroscl~roti~ process. As noted above,
in nonsmokers ~he a~pearance of endothelial cells ~ollowin~ passive
smoking is aZmost as great as followin~ primary slokLnq (Ta~le 2).
The process by which endo~ellal Injury leads to ~he davelopmen~
of an a~heroscler~tic plaque, ~nclu~in~ ~he role of platele~s, is
described in ~$gure 4. ~ased on ~he information presented so f~r,
ex~osur~ ~o ETS appears ~o ~r~ducl Injuries similar ~o ~hose
observed with exposure to prlma~y, smoke and also affects pla~ele~s
in a way ~ha~ increases ~he chances that ~hey wit1 bind to the
injured area and promote ~row~h of smoo~h ~uscle cells.
The R~le of the P~Ivcvcllc ~roma~ic Hvd~ocarbanS in ETS
Many a~herosclero~ic plaquRs in humans are lither monoclonal or
possess a predomlnantly ~onoclonal component (Bendltt and Bending,
1973), which indicates tha~ the smoo~h ~um~le cells of each plaque
have a predominant c~II ~yp~. Several animal s~udies have also
shown ~ha~ injections of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs),
in particular 7,12-dlme~hylben~(a,h)an~hracene (DM~A),
benzo(a)pyrene (A1~ert at al, 1977; Revis, et al 198~; Penn e~ al,
1981; Penn e~ al, 19B61 MaJesky e~ al, 1983) accelerate ~he
dev~lopmen~ of a~heros~lerosis. O~hers (Rogers ~t al, 1980, 1988)
failed to find an effect of active smokin9 or ~he ex~mnt of fatty
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deposits in the coronary arteries of baboons. (There was a
significant effect on the carotid arteries.) Benzo(a)pyrene is an
important element in ETS (USPHS, 1985). The effects of pAHs or
other carcinogenic or mutagenic elements in ETS (Remmer, 1987)
relates directly to the response to injury theory of atherogenesis
discussed above (Ross, 1986). Changes in the underlying snooth
muscle stimulated by these agents could then initiate the "injury.
that leads to platelet aggregation and plaque formation. Thus,
chronic exposure to ET9 could have effects on plaque formation
through mechanisms similar to that by which long term exposures
produce cancer in other organs.
Alher~ et al (1977) gavm chickens weekly intramuscular
injections of DBMA and benzo(a)pyrene for up to 22 weeks, then
killed the chickens at various times beginning after 13 weeks and
measured the plaque volume in the chickens' aortas. They found
that both DBMA and benzo(a)pyrene significantly increased the
volUme of plaque compared to control chickens who had just received
injections of the solvent used to carry these agents. This study
provided the first evidence that known carcinogenic chemicals could
be atherogenic as well.
Penn et al (1981) extended this result in a similar experiment
by showing that the effects of DBMA on the extent of plaque buildup
in chickens was dose-dependent. The median cross-sectional area
of plaques on individual aortic segments and the plague volume
index (an approximate measure of the total volume of plaque per
aorta) increased in a nearly linear fashion with DBMA dose. In
contras~ to the marked increase in plaque area in the DBMA-treated
animals, there was only a slight increase in the percentage of
aortic sections with plaques in carclncgen-treated animals than in
controls. Plaques with a small cross sectional area were present
in all animals. Lesions of widely differing cross sectional areas
appeared to be similar histologically under the light microscope.
Together, these data suggest that a major effect of chronic DBMA
exposure is to increase the size of spontaneous aortic lesions.
Rather than inducing some sort of cancer-llke change in an
individual ceil that begins the process which ultimately leads to
formation of a plaque, Penn et al suggested that chronic DBMA
exposure causes preferential division of individual cells or
patches of cells within the preexisting spontaneous lesions. From
this perspective, DBMA and other exogenous compounds would be
acting as a mitogen, similar to that released by activated
platelets, to stimulate division of aortic smooth muscle.
Revis et al (1984) found similar results in White Carneau
pigeons injected with DMBA and benzo(a)pyrene weekly for 6 months,
beginning when the pigeons were 3 months old. Compared with the
work described above, they fo~d a greater effect ON atherogenesis
of benzoIa)pyrene than DBMA, and also failed to observe a dose-
response relationship between the dose given and the amount of
aortic plaque. These differences from the work just described may
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be related to species differences, differences in the car~ier used
to inject the pAHs (DMSO in the previous studies vs. corn ell in
this one) or differences in the age of the pigeons or dosing
schedule. They also found an increase in aortic plaques in pigeons
treated with the PAH 3-methyloholanthrene, hut not the carcinogen
2,4,6-trichlorophenol or the PAH benzoCe)pyrene, whi=h is not
considered a carcinogen. This result sugges~ that carolnogenio
PAH$, rather than carcinogens or pARs in gaberal, are Implicated
in the a~heroeclerotic process.
Reviset al also studied the ~istrihution of these compounds
after they had been radiolabelled. Foray-eight hours after the
injection of PAHs, radloactlvlty in the liver, aorta and lung
accounted for ?dr of the injected ~osa, whereas in ablmals injected
with 2,4,6-trlohlorophenol, radloactiVlt¥ in the liver end kidney
accounted for 80% of the dose. ~ In addition, 80% of the
radioactivity observed in the~ pia$=a iuediatsly following
injection =f radiolabelled PAHS wJa associated with the LDL and HDL
cholesterol fractions,, compared with only 24% of the 2,3,6
trichlorophenol, suggesting that plasma lipoproteina are an
important vehicle for transporting PAHm to their sites of
activation in the arteries.
There is also some evidence that ETS directly affects plasma
lipoprotains. Moskowitz et al ~(1990) showed that adolescent
children whose parents smoked had elevated levels of cholesterol
and depressed levels of HDL, even ~ftsr correcting for age, weight,
height and eex. These effects were dose depend6~t; the greater the
exposure to ETS, the greater the changes in these variables. High
cholesterol and low HDL are i:portant for the development of
plaque. Data on cholesterol and HDL from adults married to
smokers¸, however, do not show similar differences (Garland et el,
1985; Svendsen et el, 1987).
To further elucidate the possible =eohanisms by which PAHs
induce atherosclerotio changes, MaJesky st al (1953)¸ gave White
carnesu and Show Racer pigeons a slngle injection of
benzo(a)pyrene, then looked for :etaholites of the benzo(a)pyrene
in aortic and hepatic tissues 48 hours later. White carneau
pigeons develop severe atheroaclerosia by the tlmethe¥ are 3 years
old, whereas Show Racer pigeons are relatively resistant to aortic
atherosolerosls. Aortic preparations of the white Carnsau strain
exhibited a much g=eater inducibillty of the ai¢=osomsl
monooxygenase system than did those of the Show Racer strain,
particularly in young pigeons. Aortic tissues from White Carneau
pigeons aged 6-12 months exhibitsd a 3-12 fold inducibility whereas
aortic tissues from the same shraln at 2-5 years of age exhlbi~ed
only =inor Cmaxlmum of 3.3 fold) and, for the =0st part,
statistically insignificant increases. No age differences in
inducibility could be detected in the Show Racer strain.
Interestingly, the differences in induclbillty :anlfest in aortic
tissues were greater in aortic tlssues than in hepatic tissues from
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~he same birds. Thus, the PAHs seem to accelerate any preexisting
tendency to develop atheros=lerosis.
Regardless of the ultimate mechanism by whiah PAHs exhibit
atherogenic effects, it seems logical tc suppose that the reactive
intermediary metabolites of these ohemlcals are the proximate
atherogenic or co-a~her~enl= agents slnoetheparent compounds are
relatively iner~ both chemically and biol~Ically. Thus,
bioactivatlon and inactivation (and regulatory ccntrol of these
processes) may be presumed to play extremely important roles in
their atherc~enic prope~les. Bioac~ivated chemicals vary in their
stabillty/reactlvlty accordinq t~ four general categories. (i)
those which are extremely unstable and persist only a~ the
immediate site (enzyme) of bioa~clvatlon, (ll) those which persist
only within cells in which bioac~Ivation O~curs, (ill) thcse which
persist primarily only within tissues in which blcactlvation
occurs, and (Iv] those capable of being transferred in the
circulation from one organ to a~Other. For the first three of
these four categories, biotraneTc~latlon in the ao1-~a per se
(target tissue activation) would be of prime interest and
importance. Thus, it appears that PAHs could ha playing either a
mutagenic or mitogenic role in beginning the atherosclerctio
process in suscpptible cells or individuals, depending on how the
PAHs in ETS are metabolized in the aoz-~ao
The flndingthat enzymes that metabolizeDMBAand benzo(a)pyrene
are in the artery wall led Penn et al (1986) to search for specific
molecular events in plaque calla that would lead to D~A changes
similar to those previously found in t~ors. Identification of
such processes would be supportive of the monoclonal hypothesis of
atheroqeneeis. They obtained human DNA samples from coronary
artery plaques as well as DNA from normal sectlons of the coronary
arteries at surgery to remove ~he plaque. These DNA samples were
tested with the NIH 3T3 cell transection assay. Foci arose in
cells transfected with each of the DNA samples obtalned from the
hu~n coronary plaque, with an efficiency (number of fool per ~g
of DNA) ranging from 0.016 to 0.060 (mean 0.036). The transfectlon
efflclencies for DNA~S from normal coronary a~cery, liver, spleen,
lung, kidney and trachea were all below 0.008. The transformed
cells were also injected into the scalps of nude mice, where they
developed tumors. These results provide direct evidence for
similarities on the molecular level in the development of plaques
and tumors. Human coronary artery plaque DNA contains sequences
capable of transforming NIH 3T3 cells and these transformed cells
can cause tumors after injection into nude . mice. Control
experiments refilled that the transforming cells did indeed conthin
human DNA and that the ttmorlgeni= (or transforming) activity was
not due to the rasoncogene famil~. Although t hiss results clearly
demonstrate that human plaque DNA has transforming ability, the
temporal expression of this activity ~ is not known. The
plaques were taken from adult patlents in late stages of vascular
disease. Thus, we cannot determine from these samples whether the
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manifestation of transformation~is a relatively late event in
plaque development or an early but stable event, oncogene
activation and expression is an important early event in
transformation and tumor genesis. These results identify specific
molecular events that may underlie ~he prollf~ration of smoo~h
muscle cells that is a helllark oZ etherosclsrotlc plaque
development and demonstrates that plaque cell~ sxhibit molecular
alterations that had previously only been thought to Me present in
cancer-cell transformation and tumorigenesis. These results
provide direct suppor~ for the monoclonal hypothesis.
Randera~h et al (1988) also demonstrated that constituents of
cigarette "tar," including benso(a)pyrens, ere preferentially
attracted to the heart and damge DNA there. They studied
molecular mechanisms of smoklng-r01atedcarcinogenesis by examining
the induction and distribution of covalent DNA damage in internal
organs of the mouse following topic application of cigarette smoke
condensate daily for i, 3, or S days then killed 24 hr later. DNA
samples were obtained from skin, lung, hsar~, kidney liver, and
spleen. Adducts containing ben~o(a)pyrene-derived moieties were
identified, together with others. At all three times, the number
of adduots in hear~ and lung DNA was about five times higher than
that in liver and slightly higher than that in skin. Covalen~ DNA
damage was estimated to he 5.2, 5.7, 3.9, and 1,9 times higher,
respectively, in lung, heart, 8kln and kidney than in liver,
ranging from approxlm~tely, l adduct in 5.4xio- DNA nucle0tides in
lung to 1 adduc~ in 3.3xi0" DNA nucleotides in liver. Spleen DNA
was vi~ually adduct free. Whilethe DNA adduct profiles resembled
each other qualitatively among the different tissues, there were
maJor quantitatlve differences between the different .tissues, with
the highest DNA binding occurring in the lung and heart. The
reasons for the high incidence of DNA adducts in the heart are not
known, hut may be related to the role of plasma liplds in
transporting PAHs such as benzo(a}pyrene and preferential binding
of these llpids to cardiac tissue, as discussed earlier.
In sum, there is a grawing body of evidence at a molecular level
supporting the monoclonal hypothesis of atherogenesis, with
compounds in tobacco smoke and ETS strongly implicated as agents
which stimulate the development of coronary lesions. Regardless
of whether the monoclonal hypothesis proves to he true Cot, more
llkely, one of several initiators of theatherosclerotlo process),
the fact is that there is clear evidence that components of ETS,
in particular PAHs such as benzo(a)pyrene, initiate or accelerate
the development of plaque. These biochemical findings ere
consistent with the epldemlological finding that chimney sweeps,
which are exposed ~o high levels of PAHs in soot, have an Increased
risk of heart disease (as well as cancer) and tend to develop these
diseases younger than "Other, co.arable, occupations which avoid
exposure to PAHs (Hanssn, 1983).
summa~
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There are eleven epidemiological studies, done in a variety of
locations, which reflect a 30% increase in risk of death from
ischemio hear~ disease or myocardial infarction among nonsmokers
living with smokmrs. The larger studies also demonstrate a
statistically slgnlficant doss~rssp~nsa offer, with larger
exposure to ETS being associated wi~h greater risks of death from
heart disease.
These epldemiclogical studies are complemented by a variety cf
physiological and biochemical data from htt~a~studles which suggest
that ETS may adversely affect platelet funotlon and damage arterial
endothelium in a way that increases the risk of heart disease.
Moreover, ETS, in realistic exposures, also exacts significant
effects on exercise capability of both normal people and people
with hear~ disease by affecting the body's ability to deliver and
utilize oxygen. In animal axperlmsnts, ETS also depresses cellular
respiration at the level of mitochondria. The polycycllc aromatic
hydrocarbons in ETS also accelerate, and may initiate, the
development of atherosolerotio plaque.
It is also important to note that the cardiovascular effects of
ETS appear to he different in nonsmokers and smokers. Nonsmokers
appear to be more sensitive to ETs than smokers, perhaps because
some of the 9fleeted systems ar~ sensitive to low doses of the
compounds in ETS, then saturate and also perhaps because of
physlological adaptions smokers ttndergo as a result of chronic
exposure to the toxins in cigarette smoke. In any event, these
findings indicate that, in terms of cardiovascular disease, It is
unreliable to compute "cigarette aquivalentm- for passive exposure
to ETS, then try to extrapolate ~he offeots of this exposure on
nonsmokers from the effects of direct smoking on smokers.
These results combine tc suggest that heart disease is an
important consequence of exposure to ~TS. The combination of
epidemlologlcal studies with demonstration of physiologloal changes
with exposure to ETS, bogeyer with biochemical evidence that
elements of ETS have slgnificanb effects on the cardiovascular
system, lead tothe conclusion that ETs causes heart disease. This
increase in risk translates into about 10 times as many deaths from
ETS-Induced hea~ disease as l~mg cancer, a~d contributes 37,000
to the estimated 53,000 deaths annually from passive smoking
(Wells, 1988). This toll makes passive smoking the third leading
preventable cause of death in the United States today, behind
active smoking and alcohol.
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FTGURES AND TABLES, CHAPTER 6
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Figure i: Relative risk in epidemiological studies of the risk of
death from coronary heart disease or myocardial infarction among
nonsmokers living with smokers co~pared wlthnonsmokers living with
nonsmokers. Lines indicate 95% Confidence intervals. (Note that
two studies have upper hounds to confidence interval off the scale
of the graph.)
Figure 2: Effect of passive smoking on myocardial mitochondrial
respiration. QO2(S3) - oxygen consumption in mltochondria in the
presence oft he su~strate and ADP; QOz(S~ - capacity of respiratory
chain without ADP added; OPR - ox£dation phosphorylation rate;
ADP:O - oxidation phosphorylation coefficient; RCI - respiratory
control index. Source: GvozdJak et al (1987) Figures i and 2.
Figure 3: Effect of active (left) and passive (right) smoking on
platelet aggregation in smokers and nonsmokers. The sensitivity
index, S~zz, is defined as the inverse of the concentration of
prostaglandin ~ necessary to inhibit ADP-lnduoed platelet
aggregation by 50%. Lower values of Sz ] indicate greater platelet
aggregation. Source: Burghuber et a~ 11986) Figures 3 and 4.
Figure 4: Advanced intimal lesions of atherosclerosis may occur by
at least two pathways. The pathway demonstrated by the clockwise
(long) arrows to the right has been observed in experimentally
induced hypercholesterolemia. Injury to the endothellu~ (A) may
induce growth factor secretion (short arrow). Monooytes attach to
endothelium (B), which may continue to secrete growth factors
(shor~ arrow). Subendothelial migration of monocytes (C) may lead
to fatty-streak formation and release of growth factors such as
platelet-derived groWth factor (PDGF) (shor~ arrow). Fatty streaks
may become directly converted to fibrous plaques (long arrow from
C to F) through release of growth factors from macrophages or
endothelial cells or both. Maorophages may also stimulate or
injure the overlying endoEheli~t~. In some oases, macrophagel may
loose lose their endothelial cover and platelet attachment may
occur (D), providing three possible sources of growth factors --
platelets, macrophages, and endothellum (sho~ arrows). Some of
the s~ooth-muscle cells in the possible lesion itself (F) may form
and secrete groWth factors such as PDGF (shor~ arrows). An
alternative pathway for the development of advanced lesions of
atherosclerosis is shown by the arrows from A to E to F. In this
case, the endothelium may be injured but remain intact. Increased
endothelial turnover may result in growth-factor formation by
endothelial cells (A). This may stimulate migration of smooth-
m~scle as well as growth factor secretion from the "injured"
endothelial cells (R). These interactions could then lead to
fibrous-plaque formation and further lesion progression (F). The
PAHs in ETS probably act by the second pathway, source: Ross
(1986) Figure 6.
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CHAPTER 7
ZXI~OSURE I%SSZSSMZNT ZN P&SeZVE 8MOKZNG
James Lo Repate, MSO
Zndoo¢ ~tl~ Did, Isles
office of ]k.iz & Rad~.abian
U.S. Environmental ~rotemtion &qency
Weahingtom, DC 20460
This chapter will discuss some of ~he factors involved in the
assessment of exposure to indoor air pollution from tobacco smoke.
Exposures to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) have been assessed
by questionnaires, personal air contaminant monitoring of ETS
constituents, modeling of concentrations, and biological markers.
{NRC, 1986) Most of the epidemiol~ical studies of passive smoking
and disease have relied on questionnalres relating to the presence
or absence of a smoker at home, and have assumed that this is a
good surr~ate for total exposure to ETS. To the extent that
nonsmokers heavily exposed outside the home, e.g., the
wor loce,
will not differentiate
exposure variable
surrogate
well between a more exposed and less exposed group, and tend tO
cause epidemlolc~ic studies of pamslve smoking and disease to find
no effect or to lack statistical signlfioanoe.(Repmme & Lowrey,
1990) For this reason, several workers, in assessing risk from
passive smoking, have attempted to ¢orre~ for exposures outside
the home by adjusting for the finite urinary cotinlne
concentrations in those who have reposed "no exposure" tc ETS.
(NRC, 1986; Wells, 1990) NO studies have yet been performed which
yield a national probability sample of exposures to ETS. Thus, all
attempts to assess exposure in individual epidemlologioal studies
and o~herwlse have relied on some aesuJed paradigm of exposure.
This chapter will discuss the evidence for exposure, and emphasize
the insights which derive from a modeling approach.
Exposure to ETS occurs when an individual occupies a
microenvlronment which possesses an ETS concentration. A dose is
said to occur when the individual breathes the conoentration. An
individual's total exposure to ETS is ~he tlme-welghted sum of the
individual microenvironmental ET8 exposures encountered during the
day's activities.(Repace et el., 1980). The dose of ETS will be
affected by the individual~s respiration rate during the exposures.
The dose of various ETS constituents to the body will be determined
by their relative rates of absorption and removal. The amount of
ETS inhaled is given by the product of the individual's respiration
ra~e during exposure, the ETS concentration in the building, and
the duration of the individual.s stay in that microenvironment. In
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equilibrium, the ETS concentration is directly proportional to the
product of n~er of smokers, smoking rate, and emissions per
cigarette, pipe, or cigar, and I$ inversely proportional to the
produc~ of space volune and removal rate. (Rape=e, IARC, 1967)
In the epidemlolo~ic studies of passive smoking and lung oancer,
e~sures are ty~ically estlmated on the basis of a questionnaire
which assesses smokir~ s~atus, a~ ty~i=ally ask silple questions
of the sort: "if you are a nons~ker, do you live with, or work
witht or have regular contact with persons who are nonsmokers?"
(NRC, 1986) Some studies assess ~st e~sure history and spouses'
smoking rate as well. Thls kind of question, though useful, is not
likely to be fully reliable or precise, particularly for non-
domestic exposures. (NRC, 1966~ IARC, 1997} On the other hand, it
has been shc~n tha~ those nonsmokers who repo~ exposure to ETS at
home tend to have higher non-domestic exposures as WelI.(NRC, 19S6;
Weld, 1986) Those individuals who have exposures both at home and
at work appear to have higher exposures than those who are exposed
at home only or at work only, as reflected by their urinary
ootinine excretion. (Riboli, et el., 1990} Riboll et el. (1990)
repor~ data from a ten-country study of 1369 wo~en, showing that
when appropriately questioned, nonsmoklng women can provide a
~asonably accurate description of ETS exposure.
Ideally, the health effete of ETS might be assessed by
quantifying the tlme-dependent exTposures for each of the several
thousand compounds in tobacco smoke add defining dose-response
r.lationships for these compounde in producing disease, both as
isolated co~pounds and in various combinations. However~ the
en0z~ity of this task has led to simpler approaches which attempt
to use ~easures of exposure to Indlvidual smoke oonstituents as
estimates of whole smoke exposure. For this rlason, exposures to
ETS are often assessed using markers of the vapor phase o~
particulate phase. Although biological markers show promise as
measures of exposure (and dose}, ~hey also have limitations.
Another consideration is duration of exposure. For ohronic
diseases s~ch as cancer, average exposures occuring over a year or
lifetime are of greater importance ~han short-tars exposures. (SG,
1986}
The two mos~ promising aTJmospherlo markers for ETS are
respirable suspended partlcles in the size range ~3 um (RSP)and
" nicotlne.(NRC, 1966~ SG,1996~ IARC,19S7) A majority of field
studies have used RSP as an indicator of exposure to ETS because
of the substantial e~isslon of RSP in indoor spaces from ~ohacco
combustion. ETS is the dominant contributor to the indoor levels
of RSP. The total RSP, as measured by personal monlt~rs, has been
found to be ~ubstantially elevated for those who repor~ exposure
to ETS relative ~o those who report no exposure. Both air
monitoring and modeling olearly indicate ~hat RSP ~oncen~ra~ions
will be elevated over background levels in indoor spaces when evln
low smoking rates occur. (NRC, 1966) Although lacking specificity
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for toba¢co smoke, the prevalent• and number of smokers correlates
well with RSp levels in homes and other enclosed areas.(sG,1986)
RSP is the single largest component of ETS by weight, and RSp is
CUrrently the best an~ most-utilized general category 9f air
Contaminants to represent ETS.(NRC,1986) A recent study of week-
long averages of RSP and nicotine in about i00 homes with smokers
in New York Stats showed an RSP-to-n~c0tlne ratio of about II:I,
above a background of about 20 ug/m'. (Lead•rat, 1990) Similar
results were obtained in • surv~ of 21 ¢onerclal buildings by
Miesnsr, et el. (1989), who found a RSP-tc-nicctine ratio of abput
i0:i for workday averages, above • background of about 29 ug/m~
Biological markers in body fluids have also been used for
validating self-reports of exposures to ETS. For example, Haley
et ai.(1989) and cummings et •i. (1990) found that cotinlns levels
in the urine of ~hose who reported exposure to ETS were more than
twlce as high as those who denled having been exposed. Nicotine and
its mstabolite cotlnine, which ~erlve exclusively from tobacco
products, are the most Important markers° Almolt all nicohlne
shifts from the particulate phase in mainstream and ~resh
sldestream smoke to the vapor phas• in ETS. Nicotine and Cotlnlns
can be quantified in saliva, blood, and urine. Generally, the mean
concentrations of niootlns and ~cotlnlns in plasma or urine of
nonsmokers exposed to ETS under natural conditions is about 1
percent of the mean values in smokers, (NRC,1986) reflecting the
fac~that smokers are present in nearly all environments, including
most workplace•, restaurants, and even ID ~anyvehlclen, making it
almost imposslble for nonsmokers to avoid exposure to ETS.(SG,1986)
A. Sources of ZT8
In 1996, an estimated 50 million US smokers aged ~17 yrs smoked
about 584 billion cigarettes annually. (NRC, 1986: Tobacco
Institute, 1987) They consumed an additional 3.2 billion cigars,
as well as an estimated 24.4 million pound• of tobacco for pipes
and hand-rolled olgarettes.(NRC, 1986) The average US clgartttl
smoker smokes 32 clgarettes per day at a rats of 2 cigarettes per
hour and emits about 22 mg of RSP per clgarette.(Repace, IARC,
1987) Since the average person spends about 90% of the time
indoors, an estlmated 12,00o me~rlc tons of RSP are eRihted into
US indoor mioroenvlronments eachyear from cigarette smoking al~ne.
Assuming cigars produce 3 time• as mu~h RSp a• cigarettes and that
pipes produce as much RSP as a cigarette, (Repace and Lowrey, 1982)
where pipes and hand-rolled cigarette• are assumed to contain 1 g
of tobacco, then all cigars are estimated to contribute as ~uchRSP
indoors as 11 billion clgarettesi while all plpes and hand-rolled
cigarettes are estimated to ¢o~tribute as ~¢h as 15 billion
regular cigarettes. This increases the estimated total RSp
generated in US indoor microenvlronments from all cigarettes,
pipes, and cigars to nearly 19,000 metric tons per year. As
exemplified by data from EPA's TEAM study, ETS predominates over
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other sources of RSp indoors (see Fig, 1.)
Although the percentage of the population that smokes has
declined from nearly 50t in ~le 1960's to about 30t presently
(OSN,1988), ~he percent of slokers who are heavy smokers has
increased steadily over the pamt 30 years, thus although ~he
percentage of s=okers has gone down, the Increase in smoking rate
=ay tend to offset ~hat trend towards lowering nonsmoker expesure
to ETS.(~C,19S6)°
B. Indoor sin transpo~ of ~T8
Nonsmokers are exposed to_~ET5 in indoor spaces. The
determinants of these enclosed space exposures Include smoking
occupancyt source air-contamlnant e~i|llon charac~eristlcst source
use, building oharactBrlstics, space volume, infiltration or
ventilation rates, efficiency of air mixing, Burface sorptlon,
chemical transformation, and ~he efflclency~ of air clRaning
equipment. The interaction of thele variables in determining the
resultant concentrations of ETS has been evaluatld In both
¢ontrollnd laboratory settings and in field studies within the
theoretical framework of the main-balance ~quation. The mass-
balance equation-may be applied to tobacco smoke either as an
equilibrium mod~l (tlms-lndependmnt) or as a dynamic model (time-
dependent). Dynamic and QquillbrlUmmodels ere useful in laboratory
studies; equilibrium models are beet ~ulted to evaluating and
predicting ETS ¢oncenhratlons In field studies, particularly when
average concentrations over a per~c~ of a workday or longer are of
interest. (NRC,1986)
• Laboratory and fleld studies typically utilize some form of •
single-compartment equilibrium model to evaluate the input
parameters of the mass-balance squatlon, to evaluate field study
data, and to project RSP concentrations from ETS indoors. These
studies ~ave reduced the general slngle-compartment mass-balance
equation to the followlng simplified fore:
C~ m G[~(Nv + Nt)V]"I {i},
where C~ is the equilibrium concentration of ETS-generated RSP in
a space, expressed in units of micrograms per cubic meter (ug/m3),
G is the RSP generation rate from tobacco combustion in units of
mlcrograms per hour (ug/hr), Nv in the ventilation or infiltration
rate in units of alrchanges per hour (ach}, N, is the loss rate of
RSP due to surface removal in a Ipace in sir changes per hour, V
is the volume of the space in cubic meters (m), and m is the
mixing rate (Repace, IARC, 1987) expressed as a fraction. The
above model assumes no air-cleanlng devlces~ e~ther in the space
or reoirculated air; Leaderer (1984) has given a detailed ~eview
of thls model° Under laboratory conditions, these input parameters
can be controlled end evaluated. In conducting field studies or
in estimating past RSP levels Ind~rs, the val~es on the right side
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of eq.l have to be detez~ined from available data. This equation
assumes equilbriun conditions, and to the extent that any of the
generation or removal terms are intermittent (e.g. smoking rate)
or variable (e.g. ventilation rate), errors are introduced.
(NRC,1986)
According to ~he National Research Council (1986) the most
extensive use of the mass-balanceequatlon for assessing RSp levels
due to ETS in occupied spaces has!been hy Repace and LowTey (1980),
who proposed and applied in field observations a condensed version
of the mass-balance equation for estimating RSP exposures due to
ETS in a variety of indoor mlcroenvlronmsnts. Their model is.
C~ - 650 DJNv (2},
where C~ is the equilibrium concBntration Of RSP due to ETS in
units o~ micrograms per Cubic meter, D is the density of ctlve
smokers [burning cigarettes) observed ~n a space per lOS m~ over
the sampling time, and Nv is the ventilatlon or infiltration ratm
in ach.(NRC,1986) The constant~ts~m (650) is calculated from a
standard set of assumed conditions for smoking fetes, RSP emission
rates, mixing factors, ventilation rates, and sink rates. These
standard sets of conditions are derived largely from experimental
data and building standards. In applying equilhrlum mass balance
models such as eq.(2), gathering data on easil~ measured input
parameters such as smoking rates or volume can substantially reduce
the variablity of the estimated RSP levels. (NRC,1986) Eg. 2 was
v,lidated under controlled experimental conditions in real world
i.ttlngs, and was found to predict the equilibrium values of ETS
within a high degree Of accuracy in exposure chambers using real
smokers.(Repace & Lowrey,1980, 1982, Repace, IARC, 1987) ~rther,
the predictions of the model were round to be consistent with RSP
levels from ETS measured in the field. However, the NRC stated
that additional field testing of eq.(2) as well as a better
understanding of the variability Of the input parameters was
needed.(NRc, 1986) In 1987, Ricker~ st ai.(1987) tested a key
theoretical assumption regarding the ratio ~etween the effective
and ventilatory air exchange rates in the constant term in eg. 2
(Repace, IARC, 1987) and found that the model explained 87% of the
variation between observed and predicted values for RSP
concentrations from ETS in their mxperimsnts.
More recently, Repace(IARC,19$7) has published a derlvatlv~ of
eq.2 which incorporate advances in %understaNdlng. Eg.{2} assumes
a steady generation of tobacco smoke, which is generally only valid
when 3 or more smokers are present in a space. For less than 3
smokers, it represents an upper bound. It is also l lmited for
modeling purposes by being based on the room denslty of active
smokers. The derivative equation is based on the room density of
habitual smokers (number of habitual smokers per unit space
volume). Thus, the presence of an archetypical "habitual" smoker
(i.e., one who is assumed to smoke at an average rate of 2
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cigarettes per hour at i0 minutes per cigarette, with an emission
factor of about 22 mg of S$ RSp per cigarette) is the modeling
parameter rather than the room density of bur~Ing cigarlttss.(IARC,
1987) This derivative equation is given as follows:
C~ - 217 D~/Nv {3},
where C~ is the equilibrium concentration in units of micr~rams
per cubi~ meter, Dh, is the number of habitual smokers per i00 cubic
meters of space volume, and Nv is the number of space air changes
per hour. Eq. 3 assumes that tobacco smoke concentration is in
equilibrium, which occurs when the rate of generation equals the
rate of removal, and the concentration Ii in a steady state. This
assumption presumes three or more smokers, since the average smoker
smokes three cigarettes per hour and takes ten minutes to smoke a
cigarette. This means that with three smokers in a room, a
cigarette will always be burning.. (During growth, e~. {3) becomes
A,- Ceg {l-eXp-tN~); during decay,A~(tET} - AI exp""v, where T is
the smoking duration. (Repace, 1987) A more ~etalled description
of the derivation and validation of eg. 3 and the uses and
limitations of these models is glv~ by Ropace, (IARC, 1987,
chapter 3).)
If the number of habitual smokers being modeled is only 2 or I,
steady-state conditions no longer apply, and other simple
approximations have been suggested, (Repaoe (IARC, 1987) in lleu
of using exact time dependent growth and decay models. A one-
smoker-approxlmation model proposed by Repacm (IARC, 1987) agrees
very well with the instantaneous predictions of an exact computer
simulation performed by Rioke~ (1988), hut significantly
underestimates newly available fleld data, which represent time-
averaged concentrations. On the other hand, by contrast, eq.{3)
for less than 3 smokers represents an upper bound to the ETS
concentration, and as is illustrated below, produces reasonable
agreement with, and provides useful insights into, the analysis of
field data.
For example: As part of the the HarVard 6-city study of indoor
and outdoor air quality, Spengler and collla~ues (1981) collected
RSP samples in 55 homes in 6 olties between May 1977 and April
1979. The number of smokers living in each home was recorded. The
quantity of tobacco smoked was not reported, nor were the number
of hours in the
each smoker spent home or air exchange rates
measured. The daily average "background," or mean indoor R~P level
in the homes of nonsmokers was found to he about 24 ug/~; uslng
regression analysis, the authors estimated that~he average i~paot
of a single smoker (a composite averaged OVer both sexes) o~ 24-hr
average RSP levels from ETS in a rmslde~oj was about 20 ug/m~ above
backgroundo On average, two such habltual imokers would make about
40 ug/m~ above background (~4-hr average}, and so fo~h. Added to
a background of 24 ug/m~, this yields a daily average RSP
concentration for one smoker homes of 44 ug/m3, and for two-smoker
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homes of 64 ug/m3. What does eq, 3 predlct?
Although the air exchange rates were unknown, Fig. 2 shows a
histogram of the frequency of ooourrence of various air exhange
rates (called infiltration rates) during the heating season for
typical mlddle income housing (R. Grot, personal oommunioation~ for
266 homes in 14 cities around the US in 19?4 (SG,1986) o Ocoupants
were asked to keep windows and doors closed duri~ the tests. Under
these conditions, the mean air exohange¸ rate found was i.i ~ 0.9
ach (Grot & Clark, 1979), this value~x llkely to he sonewhat lower
than a full seasonal average with no restrictions on door and
window openings.
The s=oker density for a one-smoker home of volume 340 ~ has
been given by Repace and Lowrey (1995) as D~ - 0.29 habitual
smokers per i00 m~. Similarly, for a two-smoker home, Dhs - 0.54.
In the absence of Infor~atlon on air exchange ra~es, let us assume,
from Gro~ and Clark (1979), a ra~e, Nv m i.I ~h. Then eq. 3
predicts a value of C~ = 217 x 0.29/;.1 = 57 ug/m" during smoking,
for a one smoker home, and 114 ug/m= for s two-smoker home. From
table A1 for time budget studies in Repace and Lowrey (1995),
averaged over employed men and woRen, and homelakers, the average
amount of time spent awake in the home, (allowing for 8 hrs of
sleep per day) is about 7.9 hours per day. converting our
calculations to a 24-hr average and adding a background of 24
ug/m yields an estimated 57 x 7.9/24 + 24 ~43 ug/m for a one-
smoker home, and 114 x 7.9/24 + 24 - 62 ug/m f~ the two s~oker
home, in good agreement wlththe values of 44 ug/m and 64 ug/m from
~he 6-clty study above. A oomparlson oft he predictions of sg. 3
with 17 months of RSP data on 55 homes in 6 Cities (Spenqler, et
el., 1981) is given in fig. 3. This example illustrates the
utility of models in estimating nonsmokers' domestic exposures to
ETS.
As a second exampl f conslds~ the measured aerosol mass
concentration in a ?00 m~ (25000 f~ floor area) office with one
smoker (smoking rate not reported), and a measured air exchange
rate of 1 aoh (see Fig. 4); the large impact on the office aerosol
oonoentratlon caused by smoking is apparent by comparing the
daytime and evening RSP oongentrations.(IARC, 1947) The
predictions of eq. 3 for ~$ - 1 smoker per 7 hundred ~ublo meters
and Nv - 1 aoh yields C - 31 ug/m=; with an 19 ug/m= haokgrgund
added, the predicted RSP~level is 49 ug/m~ in good agreemen~ with
observations (fig 4). It is clear!from flg; 4 end also from models,
that ETS can be very persistent in indoor environments: at an air
exchange rats of 1 ach, it takes 3 hrs for 95% of the smoke from
i cigarette to be rlmoved (Repacs, IARC, 1987)
A third example, where more information is available on the
smoking rates, home volumes and air exchange rates, is provided by
the data obtained in the NYSERDA study of weekly average
residential aerosol concentrations in 141 homes with
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smokers.(Leaderer, et el., 1990) The measured weekly average RSP
levels were 43 ~g/m3 in the smoking homem, the background levels
averaged 16 ug/m in the nonsmoklng homes, the average air exchange
rates were 0.54 ach, the average house volu~es 353 m3, the average
number of cigarettes smoked per week was 99.3, and the average
number of hours of smoking per day is calculated at 7.1 hrs/day
assuming 2 cig/smoker-hr (Repace and Lowrey, 1980). From~his data,
using eq. 3 as before, we calculate R - 217 x 0.28/0.54 x 7.1/24
+ is - 49 ~/m3, in reasonable aqrlemmnb with the observed
average
of 43 ug/m-~, but higher, as expected. Thus, although eq. 3 for
less than 3 smokers represents a simplified upper~bound
approximation, it has utility in producing estimatBs which are
reasonably consistent with field data, and has the advantage that
it is simple to use. However, since none Of these studies were
specifically designed for model validation, further comparisons
with field data are impotent as new data sets become available.
A sampling of whole-building elf-exchange rates in $ large
federal office buildings in 7 states with different climates is
shown in Fig. 5, and these generally approximate the ASHRAE 62-81
ventilation standards for offices (20 cfm per occupant, equivalent
• ~ 0.84 ach, for smoking buildings), on average, although there are
some buildings significantly lower. A recent EPA study of air
exchange rates in 6 buildings ~(3 new, 3 old) did not show
significant differences between the new (.5 ach) and old (.5 ach)
buildings' alrchange rates, although for a given building nighttime
measurements tended be be lower. ~(Sheldon, st ai.,1987) Recent
research has revealed several interesting factors in large office
building air exhange. There are many pathways for floor-to-floor
air communication, particularly return air shafts, where the
existence of such pathways can cause a huildlng~s air exchange
characteristics to closely approximate those of a single large open
space; it does not require unusual numbers or sizes of openings to
create these conditions, (A.Persily, personal communication; Persily
and Grot,1986) a condition for which eq. 3 was designed. This
implies that ETS may diffuse throughoub a large office building,
exposing nonsmokers even in private offices. Nicotine measurements
in office buildings support this observation. (Williams, et el.,
1985; Vaughn and Hammond, 1989)
In summary, limited field te~ts of the general equilibrium
- model, in which some of ~he input parameters are measured and
others are estimated from eltherche~ber studies or building codes,
have predicted RSP levels reasonably well over a wide range of
values of input parameters° It is clear that both models and
observations based on personal monitoring or area monitors in
various microenvironments yield consistent results: RSP levels when
smoking is allowed will result in substantial increases over RSP
levels in nonsmoking occupancy.(NRC,1985)
Co Tobacco Smoke and Ventilation
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Because of wldesprsad public smokings many buildings are
contaminated with tobacco smoke combustion products. Many building
owners and managers have assumed that ventilation is a viable
control mechanism for the clouds~ of smoke that are generated by
cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. ~n particular, the ventilation
standardsnz roposed by ASHRAE (the American Society of Heating,
Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers) ere ~ften thought
to afford adequate control of tobaccosmoke. However, ASHRAE
standards are not health-based s~andardedestgned to limit cancer
risk or eye irritation to levels acceptable to nonsmokers.
are designed only to limit dissatisfaction with tobacco smoke odor
to a maximum of 20% for .visitors. (a test panel consisting of 50%
smokers and 50% nonsmokers) to a building where smoking occurs.
Currently ASHRAE recommends 20 cublo feet per minute par occupant
(cfm/occ) for this purpose. P~oviding ventilation adequate to
control cancer risk has been estimated to rsquirs 5400 ofm/occ, an
unrealistic ventilation rete.(Repace & Lowrsy, 1985)
Air cleaners have three fundamental problems, one, most air
cleaners do not scrub gases from the air, end many of the harmful
tars appear in the gases. (nrltohard, 1990) Two, air cleaners
cannot remove smoke which encounters the nonsmoker before it
reaches the air cleaner. Three, even air cleaners which are close
to 10o% effective in removing pertlolss which reach them must
process hundreds of room air volumes per hour to reduce cancer risk
to an acceptable level.(Repaoe & Lowrsy, ISSSr Rspace, i%89a)
Separation of smokers from nonsmokers within a space will expose
nonsmokers to smoke which diffuses from the smoking area.
Separation on the same ventilation system will reduce peak
concentrations to which nonsmokers are exposed, but will expose
nonsmokers to smoke recirouleted by the ventilation system.(Repace,
1989; Repace and L~wrey, 1987)
The foregoing considerations demonstrate that source control,
i.e., removing the smoking from the air volu~e containing
nonsmokers, is the only viable ~ontrol option, source control
adequate to protect nonsmokers takes two forms: separation of
smokers from nonsmokers on separate Ventilation systems, or
restriction of smoking from the hu~ldlng. {USEPA, 1989) Separation
of smokers in a designated smoking area exposes them to much higher
levels of exposure to ETS, and may significantly increase an
already considerable risk from a~tive "smoklng.(Repace, igssb)
D. Measured =onoentzatlons of RTS =onstltuents:
RSP: Both field studies (Table l) as well as chamber
studies have demonstrated that ,t~bac=o combustion has a major
impact on the mass of suspended patriciate matter in occupied
spaces in the size range <2.5 um, defined here as RSP. RSP is a
major component of ETS. Even under conditions of low smoking
rates~ easily measurable increases in RSp have been recordRd abovm
background levels. The term RSP, however, encompasses a broad
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range of particulates of varying chemical composition and aizl
emanating from a number of echoes (outdoors, cooklng indoorS,
kerosene heaters, eto.)(NRC, 1986) The apportionment of RSP
indoors depends primarily on the presence of these other sources.
However, in western society, there are few Indoor sources
generating ¢oncentatlons which approach in strength those due ~o
ZTS. There appears to he littli varlability between brands cf
cigarettes or tobaccos for RSP e~.asions, although cigars wii~
produce greater emissions than cigarettes. Thus, it may be
inferred from Table 1 that from a comparison of smoking and
nonemoklng buildings, the bulk of the RSp found in buildings where
~here is smoking is due to ZTS. For example, by comparison of ~he
data of First (1984), Leaderer, et al (1986) and Repaoa and Lowrey
(1980,1982) for a total of 42 ~cklng buildings and 21 nonamoking
buildings, ~e weighted average RSP level in the smoking buildings
is 262 ug/m , while in the nonsmoking buildings it is 36 ug/m',
suggesting that about 85% of the indoor RSP levels in those
buildings is due to ETS. Most of the buildings involved were
pUblic access buildings. Hammond at el. (1988) measured personal
exposures to RSP i~ several htt~dred railroad workers. Mean
calculated ETS-derlved RSP exposures for railroad office workers
averaged over 90 ug/m3; by comparison, all other sources of RSP for
these dieseloexh&ust exposed workers averaged 39 ug/m3, The U.S.
Department of TSanspor~atlon (1990) measured concentrations of RSP
in the smoking section of a random sample of 69 smoking and 23
nonsmoklng flights. Nonmmoklng flight attendants must work in the
smoking sections on aircraft. Levels of RSP on the smoking flights
• averaged 175 ug/m3, whereas measurements In the same section of t~e
aircraft on nonsmoking fllgb~s averaged 35 to 40 ug/m3.
°
Figure 6, (IARC, 1987) a plot of the data of Repaoe and Lowrey
(1980, 1982) illustrates the large:impact of smoking on RSP levels;
smoking data points *A' thru ~T' encompassed a wide variety
building mioroenvironments,inoludlng I0 restaurants, 3 cocktail
lounges, 3 bingo games, 2 dinner-danoe halls, 1 bowling alley, 1
spor~s arena, i hospital waiting room, and a residence during a
dl~er party. Studies of the dispersion of RSP from ETS in US
homes showed at most a factor of 2 difference among various rooms
in resldenoes~ averaged over 24 hrs. In a setting such as a work
8nvlronment, where the average exposure is several hours, ETS would
be expected to disseminate throughout the airspace where smoking
is occurlng.(SG, 19B6) Although most people spend approximately
90 percent of their time in Just bwo mloroenvlronments (home and
work), important exposures CaD also be encountered in other
mioroenvlronents, e.g., in transit, whloh accounts for 0.5 to 1.5
hrs per day for most people..(SG, 1986) Exposures on aircraft can
also be considerable. (Repaoe and Low~ey, 19881 USDOT, 1989)
BENZENe= Wallace (1989) in reporting the results of EPA.s TEA~
study with respect to the benzene exposure of the population, found
that ETS was a significant source of population benzene exposure,
accounting for about 5% of total nationwide exposure. Wallace
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reported that workplace exposures for nonsmokers not exposed to ETS
at home, but who report being exposed to ETS more than 80% of the
tlme at work showed significantly higher benzene concentrations
than those who report exposure to ETS less than 50% of the time.
Wallace estimates that ETS-benzsne mxposurss are about equal at
home and at work.
NICOTZNE~ Leaderer and Hammond (in press) measured vapor phase
nicotine and RSP concentrations in 96 residences, Vapor phase
nicotine measurements were found ~o be closely related to number
of cigarettes smoked and highly ~predlctlve of RSP generated by
tobacco combustion. The mean RSp background in the absence of
measurable nicotine was found to be 15.2 ~ 7 ug/m3. The mean RSp
value in the presence of nicotine was 44.1 Z 30 ug/m3. Weekly mean
nicotine concentrations in the residences was 1.1 ug/m3.
stillman et el. (in press) measured weekly average nicotine
concentrations using the method of Leaderer and Hammond (above),
in 9 (Y. Stillman, pars. comm.) univsrsltyofflcss. Concentrations
averaged 2.1 ug/m3. After a smoking policy was implemented, the
nicotine levels decreased by 95%. Vaughn and Hammond (1990)
measured weekly average nicotine concentrations in offices in a
modern office buildlng using both active and passive samplers.
Before.the smoking control policy, nicotine vapor concentrations
at nonsmokers, desks were about 2 ug/m3, and were reduced by 95%
after a smoking policy was implemented, in good agreement with the
findings of Stillman, above. Hammond et el. (1988) measured
nicotine and RSP in two employee smoking lounges at the University
of Massachusetts. RSP levels varied between 220 add 350 ug/m3
during smoking, with associated nicotine levels from 40 to 70
ug/m3. After charcoal-filter air cleaners were installed, nicotine
levels were virtually unchanged, add RSP levels varied between i00
and 310 ug/m3.
A study of personal exposures to airborne nicotine in 4 US
office workers showed about a 0.i mg me4n exposure (mean personal
nicotine concentration of 15 ~ 9 ug/m~, daily workday average,
times a 0.8 m~/hr inhalation ra~e times an 8-hr workday). The
nonsmokers were exposed to the smoke of a co-worker who smoked 9
cigarettes per workshift, about half the rate of the average US
smoker. (Hammond et ai.,1887)
I. Zxposure of nonemoklng populations to ETS
In the general population (both sexes) aged E 17 years in 1980
(160,798,000 persons), a majority has smoked at some time: 32.6%
were current smokers, and 21.3% were sxs~okers, while 46.1% had
never smoked (see Table 2). Among current 1980 smokers, 53% were
male, and 47% were female, with~some race- and gender-speciflc
differences : whi~e males, 35.9%, black males, 42.0%; white
females, 29.3%, black females, 29.7%. (R. Wilson, NCHS, personal
communication) In terms of the population at risk, both lifelong
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nonsmokers and former smokers, 66.7% of the adult population and
the overwhelming majority of children are potentially at risk from
involuntary exposure to ETS (in 1970, Bonham and Wilson (1970)
found in a national probability sample of children, ~hat 62% of US
homes with children contained 1 or more smokers). EXposure to
various subpopulatlons or individuals, however, may vary
considerably. For example, the prevalence of smoking among
su~oups of ~he population who ~oeorlbe smoking on religious
grounds (such as Moz~ons and seventh-DayAdventists) is much lower:
for example, in 1980, only 1.78 Of Seventh Day Adventist men and
0.5% of Seventh Day AdVentist women reported current smoking,
although 35% of the total were exsmokers. The in=idence of lung
cancer -- a disease for which ~he majority of cases occur in
smokers -- among SDAs is 218 of ~hat in the general population;
Thus, SDA homes would be, in general, e~1~e~ed to be E~-free.
The mlcroenvlronments of Importance for exposure to ETS will be
those where the population spends the bulk of its time. As Table
3 (Oft, 1981) (based on 1972 data} shows, employed men spend an
estimated 56% of their time at home, and 28% of their time at work,
for a total of 84% of the time at home and at work; employed women
spend 64% of their time at home, and 22% of the time at work, for
total of 86% of the time at home and at work; while homemakers
spend 85% of the time at home. When time spent in other peoplest
homes and in non-work places of business are added in, the
• population averages about 88% of its time in homes and workplaoes.
These sites, therefore, must, on average, predominate as potential
sites for exposure to ETS for the~ general nonsmoking population.
A UK study of exposure to ETS in 20 uonsmoking men whose wives
smoked showed that 78% of the men's reported hours exposure came
from outside the homel by contrast, %0% of the ETS exposure of i01
nonsmoking men whose wives did not smoke was reported to come from
non-domestic microenvironments. (Table 4). Since the second
largest source of time spent by men is in the workplace (Table 3),
this suggests the workplace may be the major source of exposure
for nonsmoking men.
Cummings et al (1990) studied the prevalence of exposure to ETs
in 663 never- and ex-smokers who attended a cancer clinic in
Buffalo, N.Y. in 1986, by questionairre and urinary cotlnine level.
76% reported exposure to ETS in the 4 days preceding the interview,
while 918 had detectable urinary ootinine levels. Reported exposure
locations in order of frequency were workplace (28%), home (278),
restaurants (16%), private social gatherings (Ii%), in transit
(I08), and in p~lic buildings (88), (total of 1008). 77% of
subjects reported being exposed to tobacco smoke at work, while 22%
of the subjects lived with a smoker. In a second study, Cummings
et el. (1989) reported on 380 never smokers from the same study:
A total of 878 reported exposure to tobacco smoke at work. 24.3%
of the men reported spousal smoking, whereas 84.7% reported
workplace exposure; significantly, when asked to rate the severlny
of exposure, on a scale where spouJal smoking was normalized to i,
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severity of workplace exposure was rated S. 66% of women reported
spousal smoking, whereas 83.5% reported being exposed to smoking
in the workplace. The women studied rated theseverity of spousal
smoking at about 30% higher than workplace exposurls.
Coultas et el. (1990), in a pilot study of 15 nonsmokers in
Albuquerque, N.M., exposure q~estlonnaires and saliva~ urine, and
personal air samples were obtained pro- and post wcrkshlft.
Nicotine and ootinine levels were quantified, as were atmospheric
nicotine and RSP samples. Statistically significant correlations
were obtained between RSP and nicotine and total reported hours of
exposure; between nicotine and total number ofsmokers, total hours
of exposure, and postshift urlnazy ootlnlne~ between urinary
cotlnine and total hours of exposure; and between salivary cotinlne
and total number of smokers. Objective evidence of exposure to ZTS
was obtained in various workpleces. Spengler et al.(19B5) and
Sexton st el. (1984] demonstratedby personal monitoring of RSP and
the use of time-activity questlonDalres that exposures to ETS both
at home and at work are significant contributors to personal
exposures.
A survey of exposure to ETS in a California population
subscribing to a health-maintainanoe plan indicated that 63% of
nonsmokers surveyed reported exposures to tobacco smoke (Yriedman,
1983); this occurred despite the fact that in the 19S0's California
has has been in the forefront of restrlatlons on smoking in public,
with 44% of its population currently living in communities that
have enauted workplace smoking restriotlons.(sG, 1986) Garfinkel
[1981), in a study of 176,000 nonsmoking US women (1960-1972),
found 72% had smoking husbands. Kabat end Wynder (1996), in a
recent study of 219 sixty-year-old US women nonsmokers, found that
65% were exposed at home and 67% reported exposure at work,
averaged over adulthood. Studies~of the concentration cf nicotine
and cotinine in the body fluids of nonsmokers report similar
rlsults (Table 4); Jarvis & Russell, (1994) showed that in a study
of about 100 UX nonsmokers, only 12% of the subjects had
undetectable cotinine levels. Moreover, in the latter study,
surprisingly, nearly 50% reported no exposure, suggesting that ETS
permeates indoor atmospheres to such an sxtent that many nonsmokers
are unwittingly exposed. This is borne out by a study of 46 US
infants, 40% of whom were reported by their mothers to be unexposed
to ETS, but only 20% had undetectable urinary cotinine
"levels.(Greenberg, 1986) In a third UK study (Weld, 1986) of
urinary cotinine in 221 nonsmokers, the 20% who reported DO
exposure had mean urinary cotlnine levels which were 21% of the
remainder of the group who reported exposure.
The foregoing illustrates that exposure to ETS is very
widespread in the population, even among those nonsmokers who
believe themselves to be unexposed, however it tends to be greater
in those who say they are exposed at home, possibly Indicatlng a
greater tolerance for ETS among men with nonsmoklng spouses.
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Although there have been numerous measurements of ETS
concentrations in various indoor settings, these data do no~
represent a comprehensive description of the actual distribution
of ETS exposures in the US population, However, additional data
on the distribution of smokers in ~he nonsmokers' environment as
well as ~he distribution of ETS levels in that environment, are
needed in order to characterize ~he actual ETS exposure of the
population. In ~hs absence of such data, population exposures can
be estimated by models or by extrapolation from biological markers
from existing studies. (SG, 1986; IARC, 1987)
In summary~ exposures to ETS can he assessed by personal air
contaminant monitoring, modeling of concentrations based upon air
sampling, time-actlvity patterns, and questionnaires, or upon
biological markers. The two best ~ethods at present are based upon
~he hlological markers, nicotine and its metabolite, cotinine,
which are present in the saliva, plasma, and urine of active and
passive smokers, and upon atmospheric markers su¢h as nlco~ine in
the vapor phase and RSp from the particulate phase of ETS, the
latter of which has been used in J any field studies because of the
substantlal emission of RSP from tobacco combustion. In US, ETS
~s generated by 50 million smokers, who smoke the equivalent
(including pipes and cigars) of 610 billion cigarettes annually.
Although the number of smokers has been declining, the percentage
of heavy smokers has been increasing. There are nodels in use,
based on the mass-balance equation, and validated boch under
laboratory and limited field conditions, which can predict the
concentrations of RSP fronETS to a reasonable degree of accuracy.
Application of such models, together with field studies of RSP
concentrations and sociological studies, has suggested that
exposure to ETS is very widespread in the population. Environmental
tobacco smoke is not readily controlled by either ventilation or
air cleaning. Field studies of RSp in buildings where smoking
ocCUrs suggest that RSP from ETS contributes 80 to 90 percent of
the particulate load during the period of smoking, and that it
persists for long periods after smoking ends at typical building
air exchange rates, thus prolonging nonsmokerst exposures.
Available data suggest the workplace as a significant site of
exposure to ETS.
F. Integrated exposure analysis
Exposure to ETS can be quantlfied either by atmospheric or
biological markers. Of the lat~er, expired carbon monoxide,
carboxyhemoglobin, plasma thiocyanate, plasma, urinary or salivary
nicotine, and plasma, urinary, or salivary ootlnine have been used
to evaluate exposure to ETS. However, successful attempts to
quantify the degree of exposure have been limited largely to
measurements of nicotine and cotlnine. Urinary nicotine is a
sensitive indicator of recent ETS exposure, while cotlnlne appears
to be the short-term marker of choice for epidemlologic studies.
Nicotine and cotinine are the best markers currently available.
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Levels in body fluids may be elevated i0 or more times in the most
heavily eA~osed groups compared with the least exposed g~oups. Mean
levels of urinary nicotine and Ootinine in body fluids increase
with an increasing self-reported ETS exposure and with an
increasing number of cigarettes smoked per day by active smokers.
(SG, 1986) Coghlin, Hammond, and GarLq (1989), in assessing current
weekly ETS exposure in 53 normmoking volunteers by personal
ni=otlnemonltors, diaries, and q~estionneires, found that~he best
predicto= of total nicotine exposuro was given by the formula hap:
the number of hours of exposure (h), times the number of smokers
(s), times the proximity of those smokers (p), accounting for 83%
of total exposure. A significant finding was that exposures derived
from social situations (e.g. restaurants, bingo games, bars, and
bowling alleys) (which are workpiaces for some persons) may
contribute significantly (34%) to to~al exposure.
Nicotine is found in measurable concentrations in the saliva and
urine of most urban nonsmokers, and is present in higher
concentrations in those with some recent exposure. Estimating the
magnitude of the passive smoking dose is difficult, and it is of
doubtful validity to extrapolatei~rom the uptake of one marker to
another. Over a period when one cigarette equivalent of carbon
monoxide is absorbed, the dose of nicotine appears to be only
between i/I0 and i/3 of a cigarette equivalent. Similarly, under
extreme conditions of indoor polletion, it has been calculated that
a nonsmoker would inhale volatile nltrosamlnes equivalent to i0
nonfilter cigarettes or 35 filter ulgarettes.(Hoffmann, IARC, 1987)
The average concentration of =otinine ~in the blood of habitual
smokers is about 300 ng/ml, and is =aloulatad to represent the
consumption of about 36 mg of nicotine per day. Onthis basis, and
on the assumption that formation of cotlnine from nicotine and
clearance from the body does not differ substantially from smokers
to nonsmokers, present data suggest that average urban nonsmokers
(in the UK) take in 0.2 mg of nicotine per day.(IARC, 1987) [.2 mg
represents .6% of the smokers~ dose] The highest plasma cotinine
oonoentrationobserved in a nonsmoker corresponds to an approximate
maximum dose of 2.5 mg of nicotine per day, i0 times higher, and
7~ of the average smoker's dose. Recent studies of salivary
Cotlnine in schoolchildren in the UK showed, in the case where both
parents smoked, average concentrations Just over 1% of the levels
seen in heavy cigarette smokers.(IARC, 1987)
Although the ratio of nicotine to other tobacco smoke
oonstituents differs in MS and SS smoke, nicotine uptake may still
be a valid marker for total ETS exposure. Nicotine uptake in
nonsmokers has been estimated in terms of cigarette equivalents
from various studies to vary between i~6 to I/3 of a cigarette per
day. The NRC repoz%$ various estimates of cigarette equivalents
based upon cotlnine in nonsmokers vanglng from 0.1 to I cigarette
per day, and utilizes a ratio of urinary cotlnlne in ETS-expcsed
nonsmokers (25.2 ng/ml) to that in active smokers (1826 ng/ml)
126

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passive smokers, reasonably consistent with estimates based on
doses from nicotine and co~inine, above.
Table 6 gives estimates of the probabillty-weighted exposures
to ETS for US nonsmoking adults at home and at work, the two most-
frequented microevlronments.(Repace and Lowrey, 1985) Table 6 is
derived from RSP Qoncentrstion m~nlln~ based upon Eg.'s 2-5, and
from assessments of exposure prohahil~ty based on a limited
national survey of top management and health officials concerning
prevalenoe of smoking in the workplace in 3000 US corporations,
large, medium, and small (29% response), and a national probability
sample of the prevalence of smoklnq in homes wi~h children (used
as a surrogate for all homes). ExPosure probabilitles ware a
weighted average taken over the number of workers in white-collar
and blue-collar occupations, and including the different exposure
probabilities for white and blue Collar workers. Air exchange rates
and building occupancies were" taken from ASHRAE Standard
ventilation rata tables for whi~e-oollar workplaoes (which were
used as surrogates for blue-collar workplacas).
. Table 6 estimates average the workplaoeETS exposure probability
at 63%, and the average estimated domestic ETS exposure probability
at 62%, where the focus was on estimation of ETS exposures in the
1950~s to mld-1970~s~ since these exposures were held to be of
primary signifioanue for the studies of passive smoklng and lung
cancer, given the long latency for lung cancer. Comparison of
these exposure probability estimates to adult llfe ~TS exposure
histories ~aken by Kabat and Wynder (1986) for 215 60-yr old female
nonsmokers, 65% at home and 67% st work, shows good agreement.
Table 6 estimates a 0.45 mg/day RSP exposure for nonsmokers at
home, (weighted for male and female tlme-actlvlty parts
differences, and tot respiration rate) corresponding~o a 19 ug/m~
24-hr average, in good agreement with results (19 ug/m~ per smoker)
published in the 6-City study.(Repace and Lowrey, 1985) Table 6
also estimates a 1.82 mg/day RSP exposure for workers," (again
weighted for male-female time-actlvlty p~tterns and for respiration
rate) corresponding to about a 230 ug/m= workplace concentration,
using ASHRAE Standard 62-73 for workplace occupancy and performing
a weighted average workday for the different hours worked by men
and women (Rapace and Lowrey, 1985)° This is In3good agreement
with the weighted average concentrations (262 ug/m ) reported for
ETS in public access buildings.
Riholi et el. (1990) in a 10-country oollabQrative study of
exposure of nonsmoking women to ETS, examined the relationship
between smoking by spouse and urinary cotinlne levels as an
indicator of exposure to ETS. Riboll et ai.(1990) found that
ootlnlne values were significantly higher for women exposed to ETS
from the husband than from other sources~ they also found that
questionairres in epidemlological studies based upon self-reports
of spousal smoking in fact identified a most-exposed populatlcn.
A clear increase in urinary cotinlne levels was found from the
128

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women who were exposed neither at work or at home, to women who
were exposed bo~-~ at work and at home, as suggested by ~he work of
Repace and Lowrey, above.
In StL~a~, exposures to ~S can be assessed by persQnal air or
area contaminant monitoring, modeling of exposurem, or by
biological markers of ET5 ¢ontamlnants in body fluids. Using
either the biological markers such as ootinine or the athospheric
markers such as RSP produces a consistent assessment of ETS
exposure, i.e., of the order of 1% of that in smokers. The most-
exposed individuals appear to have levels about ten times higher.
Based upon limited data, the typical nonsmoker appears to carry a
daily body burden of about 0.2 milligrams (ng) of nicotine. The
cotinine-based estimates have the advantage that they reflect
actual dose of an ETS constituent. They have the disadvantage that
they do not reflect a wide distribution of target populations; are
based mostly on UK ETS exposures, and may substantially
underestimate exposures to other constituents of ETS. The RSP-
based estimates have the advantage that they are model-based, can
be used to estimate exposures in a variety of mlcroenvironments,
represent the great bulk of ETS carcinogens, and can he compared
wi~h atmospheric measurements of RSP. They have the disadvantage
that they do not represent whole smoke exposure, and do not reflect
absorbed dose. The greatest source of uncertalnty is that neither
cotinine nor RSp measurements are based on a national probability
sample, and on an absolute scale, represent a limited amount of
data. Nevertheless, the NRC(1986), the SG(1986), and IARC(1987).
have found this data base acceptable for exposure assessment
purposes. Estimates of the adult nonsmoking population's exposure
to RSP from ETS suggest that the range of exposure is from 0 to 14
mg per day, with the population average put at 1.5 mg pe~ day,
where the peak-to-mean ratio is about a factor of i0, consistent
with the biomarker-based findings.
Summary
I. Nonsmokers~ exposures may be assessed by mathematical modeling,
as well as by biomarkers such as nicotine or ootinine in body
fluids or atmospheric indicators such as nicotine or RSP.
2. Despite limitations of the data base, mathematical models,
hlological and atmospheric markers have produoed~ reasonably
consistent assessments of nonsmokerst ETS e~pos~te.
3. E~osure to environmental tobacco smoke is inadequately
controlled by ventilation, air cleaning, special separation withi~
a space, or on the same ventilation system.
4. Data indicate that ETS is a significant indoor pollutant of
buildings, typically representing 80 to 90% of particulate indoor
air pollution during smoking, and that nearly all nonsmokers carry
a significant burden of tobacco combustion products in their body
129

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Table 2. Number of persons 17 years and over, by olgaret~h smoking status, race, Bex, and ago:
All races'
Both Sexes 17 yrs.
17-24 years
25-44 years
45-64 years
65 years & eve:
Male ~ 17 years
17-24 years
25-44 years
45-64 years
65 year & over
Female_> 17 years
17-24 years
26-44 years
45-64 years
65 years & oyez
White> 17yrs.
17-24 years
25-64 years
45-64 years
65 years & owe:
Male
Female
slack> 17yrs.
17-24 years
25-44 years
45-64 years
65 years & ovel
Male
Female
Total
160798
32176
61042
41556
24024
75970
15699
23549
20810
9891
84820
16472
22725
31472
14133
139036
2709.5
51889
36470
21635
65941
'73095
16767
4094
6584
4071
2018
7465
9302
All
smoker
86611
13286
35258
27170
10896
49048
6640
19696
16238
6473
37563
6646
15562
10933
4423
76041
11525
10336
24160
10019
43124
32917
8314
1451
3656
2471
736
4512
3802
re ers
Regular Regular
and/or smoker
~ o.tv
Num bets in
52442 51770
10069 9827
22916' 22656
15336 15236
4121 4050
27751 27445
5018 4866
12591 12503
8402 8357
1760" 1718
24690 24325
5051 4961
10345 10152
6933 6880
2361 2333
45090 44515
8582 " 8400
19723 19211
13383 13284
3676 3619
23654 23435
21416 21079
5903 5831
1264 1226
2657 2624
1636 1636
346 346
3136 3078
2767 2753
136
Regular Regular
and/or smoker
Thousands
33130 30731
3009 2632
11985 11167
11474 10541
6664 6341
20672 19297
1504 1303
6666 6393
7612 7113
4670 4488
12452 11434
1504 1379
5099 4774
3862 3423
1993 1853
30197 27976
2758 2463
10728 9955
10480 9622
6231 5936
19025 17732
11171 10244
2209 2045
158 142
874 829
785 711
391 369
1258 1192
950 653
Nsver
..oknd
74086
18890
28754
16330
13112
26906
9039
9837
4593
3413
47180
9832
15917
11737
9694
62910
15565
21471
14269
11600
22802
40108
8439
2643
2928
1586
1282
2953
5486
All
ocoaslonal
3486
652
1269
1144
421
1994
405
692
645
253
1492
248
577
499
168
3045
566
1063 O
1036 :
380
1735 n
1310 !
35o
* 56
159
O
"108 O
* 26 0
184
166 D
O
q
0
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T~r~ 3. (~epa=a and L~=~oy, 1S85)
° .
Tim¢ S~fl( ~n vMtOu.S m~fOqlRVlro~mt~l:s ~y ~.rf~flJ
in 4.4 ~) l ~~ ~t~. e~ pr~ i~ averllle ~ours ~ dly.
(Orl, ;n or~s: ~RC. J98h $la~. Z972),
Em~y~l Em~ay~ Mmrn"d
Mcn, wom~n, HCu4r~m,
Microcnvironrneaz AJI Da:n AI| O|ys ~dl Days
[nsi~ one's ~ome 13.4 15.4 20J
Just outside one's home 012 0,0 O. I
At one's ~o~kplace/ 6,? S,2,
[n cran|at1,6 I,.I LO
In ocher peoole's homes 0,$ O,T 0.8
In places of business 0,? 0.9 1.2
In res|auran~s Ln¢l i~&s 0.4 0.2 O. I
tn all o~her Iocal~or~ OJ 0.3 0.3
Tot,tl 24.0 24.0 - 24.0

Urinary Cotinine Concentration and Number of Repo~ed
Hours of Exposure to Other P~pie's Tobacco Smoke Within the Past 7
Days in Nonsmokin$ Married Men According "to Smoking Habits of
Their Wives
E=posu~ to O~h~ People's Smoka in
UrinatT Cotinine PrecedinI Weik, h
Cod'~nt ration,
Smokini NO. ng/ml TOlal Ou ~side Home
CatelotT cat
of Wife Men Metn(SE) Median Mean(St) Median Mesn~(SE)
Median
Nonsmoker lot 8.-~L3)~ $.0 11.0(1.2)~ 6.5 ~ ~(1.2~r 6.0
Smoker 20 2~.3(14.8) 9.0 ~.2(4.1) 21.1 1o.4(3,3) 10,7
NOTE: Diff£mnc'~ (nonsmokinll wife versus smokin$ wi/e): "p < 0,0~; tp < 0,001;
"p < 0.06 ~Wi~xi~ rt~xk s~m x~L
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~I"S a¢ hone and a¢ vorX.(Re~¢e a~td Lot~.ey, 1985) The
¢oncan~ra~ions are ¢alcula~d for aodel home and vor~place
mio¢~envi~o~ents and are veigbt~5 by average roslpiratlon ra~es
and tlae budge~-s~les foe percent ~f. tlme spent at hone and a¢
york by sale and feIale nommokeEs..The t~p£oal nonsmoker is
ant/Iat~l to ~i exp~Ied CO f~oI 0 to 14 I~ of RSP f~oa ZTS pe=
day, with an average expo|l?aze of 1.$ ~/~y.
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~o ~'S at vor~ IS aspirated as 63t; ~.he probabil~ty of not being
exposed at york is 37t~ ~he nonexclus~ve prob~illty of being
e~sq~ to ETS a~ hOM LI ts~iEate~ El 62t; t~@ pcoba~tlity of
not ~e~ng e~s~d at ~ome ii 38%.

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ex'p=euzu. Shorn ~s a bim:o~-ms o~ tnf!It=ation" ~aZuQs In a qF
ua~ple of 2~6 o~e~ ~S mi~41~ =~asl homes a~oun~ ~ne ~ou~.
Averaqee hes~ing sea~on value~ sr~ ~¢n. The u~ian of *.he
distr~ution is 0.9 ach and the alan is 1.1 ± 0.9 ach.(Gro= and
1979) (b~RC, ~9~6)
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ALL 14 CITIES
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FIOURH 3. -- Comparison oS prediotions of RSP model for smoking
in single-family homes with fiel4 4ata (spengler eL al., 2S82) for
monthly mean RSP oonoentrations for 55 homes in 6 Cities.

Mitmea~llm office buJ.ld£z~. ~e ~nt~'as~ bl~'vem~ day%J.ml ~p "
levels, vhan sm©k~q o~rad, amd nlqh~-tlma P41P leve~s, ~-b~ it •
did no*:, i~ =arid.
Aerosol r~ass ~onca~trstuon ~ a ?00,m3 offi¢# with 0he Smoke! (Nais0~ #t dl. ~982! ~e
sm0kiN~ trlstrLJmerl| ~IrlCl smokirl~ rite war• rio| $~4~ifie0. Howevsr, the |Jr 4xch&n~e ralll lot
th• SDaC• may be ~q¢~la~e~ t)y organ• o( •guaticm 2. For t~a d~.sy ~( [T$ on ThurSc~a¥, 4~ty
9. • non-flnear regression ana~ys~s of the RSP Jay•is, with an 18 ~J~m= ~ackgrou~¢l level
$uD|racflon, yie~Os Cem ~0 aCh (~0.9~), Thi• value Is ci~e to the ASHRAE-recomme~Oe~
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of rosplra~1o pa~i=1os in ~ui2di=qs vho~o tobaaao is smoXed {dais
polnts ~-T)) g~oatIy exceed those In whlch s=oklng is p~obi~ited
(~n1~:elod) n and ex=eed the iove~s ~o~ hea1~h-based U°S. a~lent
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C~ER 8
DZSCOMFORT ASSOCIATZD W~TX ZlqVXRONM~NT~aL TOBXCCO ~MOK~
Willi~ s. cain Pho
•ohn B. Pierce LLbo=ator~ and Tale Unlverslt7
New H&ve~, CT 08319
The atmosphere Inside buildings contslns many
chemicals generated by the presence and activities of people.
People's bodies give off small qusntlties of organic materials in
the brea~h and from the skin and alimentary tract. Al~hougb a
chemical analysis may reveal hun~eds or even ~housands of
materials, we usually perosivs them in the aggregate as what we
call occupancy odor. We often notice it consciously when we enter
hot, muggy room. ~evertheless, 9ccupancy odor exists in occupied
spaces at essentially all other tlmes, but remains at a low level
because of ventilation with outside air (¥aglou, Riley,and coggins,
1936). When engineers and public health specialists began to study
ventilation requirements for buildingsquantitatlvei¥, ~hey started
with the smell of occupancy (Cain, 1979). The fresh-air
requirements so derived exceeded those based on
metabolically-relevant gases (oxygen, carbon dioxide) several-fold.
In general, occupancy odor poses a mild challenge
to the HVAC engineer. {HVAC refers to heating, ventilating, and
air-conditioning.) This odor constitutes the baseline case.
ADything else that people do in the space will increase ventilation
requirements. This would include cooking, painting, operating
machines (e.g., photocopier), woodworking, smoki~q, and so on. of
these various activities, smokinghas traditionally been the most
common. In a questionnaire study of odor problems in such spaces,
Leonardos and Kendall (1971) stated, "Tobacco smoke is by far the
most important odor contributor in enclosed space as indicated by
the consistent agreement of che panel [principally experts in
HVAC], and by their ranklngs. Also, it is considered a problem in
virtually all (i! of 14) of the enclosed spaces" (p. i01). Tobacco
s~oke has accordingly received considerable attention hlstorically
in studies of odor control via ventilation or filtration (e.g.,
Yaglou, 1955; Kerka and Humphroys, 1956; Weber, Jermini, and
Gra~dJean, 1976).
As he has with occupancy odor, the HVAC engineer
has confronted environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) via its sensory
characteristics, i.e., its odor add irritation, rather than via
Its chemical or physical complexity. The chemical complexity of
ETS likely exceeds that of emissions from bodies and chemical
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analysis of ETa-containing air has offered little of practical
significance regarding specific chemicals responsible for its odor
or irritation. Specification of the relevant chemicals might,
however, assist in the mitigation of offending characteristics
(National Research Council, 1986).
In what follows, we shall review how human beings
perceive ETS. We shall ask: How much ventilation air must he
introduced into a space in order to satisfy visitors to ~hat space?
Will the amount of air required by smokers difZsr from ~hau
required by nonsmokers? Does ETS-odor decay spontaneously after
smoking ceases? Do occupants accustomed tot he envlror~ment impose
less stringent criteria for ventilation than visitors fresh from
a nonsmoklng space? Does the odor and irritation of ETS come from
the smoke particles Or from ~he vapors ~hat accompany the
particles? Does filtration offer oppcr~unltles for control?
Ventilation Retirements Based on Responses of the 'Visitor'
A customary setting to explore how indoor
contaminants affect the sshSes is a climate-controlled
~nvironmental chamber with relatively inert s~rfaces, e.g.,
aluminum or stainless steel, and variable ventilation. Such •
model environment offers control over the physical and chemical
characteristics at the expense of what we may call ecological
realism, i.e., an everyday seth!rig. For the study of occupancy
odor, human beings Occupy the chamber in order to generate the odor
of interest, judges may enter the chamber briefly or may place
their faces into i box fed with the atmosphere of the chamber. (In
so sampling the atmosphere, the Judges essentially y_~ the
space.) The odor Judgment may comprise a mark on an annotated
rating scale (e.g., 'no odor' to 1overpowering odor') or the choice
of a matching odor intensity. The latter Judgment generally
entails the use of a device called an olfactometer that delivers
the vapor of some standard odorant, such as n-butyl alcohol
(1-butanol), at various concentrations. A matching odor has the
advantage Of reproducibility from lab to lab.
Many mode~ investigations also obtain Judgments of
scceptabilihy in order to ,¢alibrate, intensity Judgments.
Acceptability Judgments address the question~ How many people will
.object to any given level of odor (or irritation)? The answer will
depend on individual differences in clfact=ry sensitivity and on
esthetic criteria. Whereas we can expect average intensity
judgments to remain constant through the decades for any fixed
stimulus, we can expect acceptability Judgments to shift somewhat
wi~h prevailing standards. Three or more decades ago, when
approximately half ~he adult population smoked and when
restrictions cn smoking were relatively few, people seemed more
tolerant of tobacco smoke odor than today (see cain,1979).
Figure 1 depicts how occupancy odor varied with
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ventilation rate per occupant under nonsmoking occupancy in a study
conducted in a 1200-ft~ climate chamber (Cain, Leaderer, Isserof~,
Eerglund, Huey, Lipsitt, and Perlman, 1983). Visitors made
Judgments of air circulated through an outside sampling-box and
were ~herefore naive to the conditions of occupancy. The scale
refers to the concentration of I-butanol match~ to ~he occupancy
odor present after one hour of occupancy. Just as odor level
decreased with increases in ventilation rate, so also did
dissatisfaction, i.e., Judqments that the odor was unacceptable.
The point of 20% dissatisfaction holds special interest.
The ventilation standard of the American Society of
Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Condltioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
(1989) reoo~ends a maximum of 20% ~issatisfaction among visitors
to a space. By this criterion, ~he data from the investigation
imply the need for 17 cfm per oc¢upant. The ASHRAE standard
s~ggests 15 cfm or more per occupant for most spaces, e.g., 15 ofm
for classrooms, libraries, auditoriums, do~itoriee; 20 ¢fm for
offices, conference rooms, dininq rooms, lobbies; 25 cfm for
discos, beauty shops; 30 cfm for bars, casinos; 60 cfm for smoking
lounges (see Fig. 2). Hence, practice coincides with the
experimental data about as well as could be expected regarding the
baseline case.
When cigarettes were smoked in the climate chamber,
odor level increased markedly. Fibre 3 dlaplays ET$ odor for
various conditions of smoking: intermittent (4 clg per hr) or
continuous (8 or 16 cig per hr). As Tig. 4 shows, the degree of
dlssat~sfaotlon mirrored the higher odor level. Based on the rule
of 20% maximum dissatisfaction, the ventilation r~te required per
cigarette during active smoking exceeded 4,000ft~, ~n order to
convert ventilation per cigarette into ventilation rate per person
for typical conditions of occupancy in a 'smoklng-permltted' space,
it was assumed that 10% of occupants would be smoking at any given
time (see Repace and Lowrey, 1980). The resulting ventilation rate
equalled 53 cfm, three times that for nonsmoklng occupancy. (The
average smoking rate will of course va~y and the estimate of 10%
may be high for 1990. The assumption of a lower rate of smoking
would entail a proportional change in rate of ventilatlon.)
Does the higher ventilation rate for smoking imply
that the Judges in the investigation showed a special aversion to
the odor of cigarettes? Apparently not. The Judges, one-thlrd of
whom were smokers and two-thirds of whom were nott seemed to base
their dissatisfaction strlctly on odor intensity. Degree of
dissatisfaction varied with odor ~ntensity in the same way for both
occupancy odor and tobacco smoke odor (Fig. 5). Stronger odors
meant greater dissatisfaction irrespective of odor type.
How well does the higher rate implied by the
investigation compare wi~h the ASHRAE standard? As indicated
above, the standard recommended 60 cfm per occupant in a smoking
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If 100% rather than i0~ werl smoking simultaneously, then the rate
would need exceed an unachievahle 500 cfm per occupant. If 50%
were smoking, perhaps a more realistic expectation, then the rate
would need to exceed a still unachievable 250 cfm per occupant.
(The maximum achievable rata for typical design occupancy in a
mechanically-ventilated space will usually equal about 60 ofm per
occupant, though as discussed below a generous allotment of space
per person can increase that value.) Fortunately, however, the
smoker seems less concerned about the odor of ETS than the
nonsmoker. As it turns out, smokers as a group seem satisfied with
about one quarter the ventilation slr of a mixed group containing
a typical proportion of smokers ahd nonsmokers. Hence, a rate of
60 cfm per occupant may actually almost meet the customary ASHRAE
criterion of a maximum of 20% dissatisfaction.
How about nonsmokers? Just as a group of smokers
will hold a less stringent criterion than the mixed group, a group
of nonsmokers will hold a more stringent criterion. The data from
the investigation suggest that with 10% smoking at any given time,
nonsmokers would need over 100 cfm per occupant to hold
dissatisfaction at only 20% . At the present time, we do not know
whether the difference between smokers and nonsmokers derives from
-~Ifactory sensitivity to ETS or to esthetic criteria.
Clausen (1986) confirmed differences in tolerance
of ETS odor between smokers and~nonsmokers. For any given level
of odor (expressed as concentration of butanol), a group of
nonsmokers expressed much more dissatisfaction than smokers (Fig.
6). ~thgroups exhibited a lawful relation between odor intensity
and dissatisfaction, but the difference between the groups grew as
odor level increased. At the point where 20% of smokers expressed
dissatisfaction, almost half of nonsmokers did so.
As ETS enters the atmosphere, its many chamlcal
constituents react with each other and with surrounding materials
both chemically and physically. D~es this behavior change the
nature of the contaminant over t~me? Yes and no. Irrespective of
whatever chemical changes occur, the odor of ETS behaves in the
short run llka a stable contaminant. After the source has been
removed, ETS odor decays in a manner entirely predictable from
ventilation rate (clausan, Fanger, Cain, and Laadsrer, 1985). In
this respect, it differs from ocoupan¢y~or which has a half-life
of 55 mln, presumably dictated by slow oxidation of its chemical
constituents into less odorous products (Clsusen, Fanger, Cain, and
Leaderer, 1986). ETS odor offers no such easy benefit to the
engineer. Indeed, when ventilation fails to, eliminate the
contaminant entirely, ETS carrles a penalty derived from its
physical interaction with surfaces. Because the ETS aerosol
adsorbs s~rongly to walls, fabrics, add so on, it becomes a source
of odor later. The background odor of the emitted products tattles
its own demands for ventilation, predictable in part from the
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typical amount of smoking in a space (Clausen, M~ller, Yanger,
Leaderer, and Dietz, 1986).
In a laboratory situation where o~her Sources Of
combustion can be eliminated, carbon ~onoxide can offer a gross
index of level of ~TS. Fig~ro 6Jhows that Clsusen could relate
dissatisfaction to concentration of carbon monoxide ,in ETS as well
as to matched level of butanol. Thl8 occurrsd because of a strong
correlation (r>O.90) between odor intensity and iin=remental carbon
monoxide due to smoking. Such a relationship makes it possibls,
within limits imposed by brand-to-brand variability in emitted
carbon monoxide, to compare one Itudy to another. We can ask, at
what concentration of carbon monoxide will ETS roach a given level
of dissatisfaction in one or another group? As Fig. 6 revealed,
~he concentration at which 20% of nonlmokers expressed
dissatisfaction fell about eight times below that at which 20% of
smokers expressed dissatisfaction.
Up to this point, we have concerned ourselves only
with the reactions of visitors. Standards for ventilation ~ave
~ocused on the reactions of the visitor, rather than those of the
occupant, because the visitor will have a Rote sensitive, and hence
more critical, nose than the person adapted to the contaminant.
On the other hand, a focus on the visitor sidesteps another
important tlme-dependent sensory response of the occupant,
irritation. Whereas air containing an irritant may seem only
barely irritating at first, it maybeoome intolerably so over time.
Figure 7 illustrates the time-course of eye
irritation experienced by occupants expoled to ETS at constant
concentrations of 2 or 5 ppJ carbon monoxide, used here as a tracer
in the manner mentioned abovl (Cain, Tosun, See, end Leaderer,
1987). The lower concentration led to slight, though statistically
si~ificant, irritation above pro-smoking baseline. The higher
concentration led to irritation that incrRasedover time in lensory
magnitude and caused an increasing degree of dissatisfaction.
Whereas essentially none of the occupants found the irritation
objectionable at first, by the end of an hour about 30% found it
so. In an extension, clausen, Nielsen, Sahin, and Fanger (1987)
found that an asymptotic level of 20% dissatisfaction would occur
at a concentration of 3.8 ppm carbon monoxide. ,A comparison wi~h
the odor judgments of visitors in ~ig. 8 reveals that only smokers
would find such a level tolerable by the '20% rule., clausen It
el. estimated that the ventilation rate necessary to control
irritation of occupants to a dlseatlsfautlon of 20~ would equal
only one-tenth of that needed to control odor perceived by visitors
to the same level of dissatisfaction.
Although Clausen et el. did not argus in favor of
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lowering ventilation to meet only~e dissatisfaction of occupants,
there could exist some temptation to do so (see Wi~eke, Plischke,
Roscovanu, and $chlipkoeter, 1984). Cain et el. (1987) cautioned
against ~e temptation to see irritation and odor in the same
light:
Apart from ~i issue of Yhether viaitors or
co,pants are more sensitive, ~ere exists • q~estlon regarding
whether ~e .20~ rule' should govern dissatisfaction based on
irritation just as it governs dissatisfaction based on odor alone.
~ereas odor may be inte~retablm naz~owly on grounds of comfoz~,
irritation would seem inte~ret~d~le on groundl of
h • a 1 t h.
Some people may find themsslvee quiteneutral with
~to
one or another odor, but no one could plausibly argue neu~rality
with respect ~o burning eyes. It could be argued, therefore,
that any consistent irritation above baseline should be deemed
unaccept~le. [p.352]
A~licabilitv of Chamber Studie~
The data presented above may raise two issues of
~oncern: 1) Should chamber studies influence ventilation policy in
"view of thei~ remoteness f~om real-world circu~stances? and 2)
Would small errors in the results lead to large differences' in
reco~endedpolicies? ~e firs~iesue ham no simple answer. ~n
the real world, people engage in such a wide variety of activities
that any single field study, even assuming accurate execution,
• would itself have very limited generality. Only a set of field
studies wlth a .variety of scenarios could even approach the
generality desired. Such field studies have not been done,
A group of subjects sitting in a chamber with no
task other than to focus attention on odors might seem likely to
behave very conservatively, i,m., to Judge even weak odors
unacceptable, which would in tu~ imply the need for high
ventilation rates. We can neither confirm nor deny ~his tendency,
though circumstantial evidence runs against it. AS already noted,
visitors in Cain et el.*s (1983) study found ETS odor no more
objectionable than occupancy odor~at the same perceived intensity.
Could this just mean that sub, sots treat each odor equally
conse~atively? Unlikely, slnoethe recoamended ventilation rates
for occupancy odor from that study converge with a great dea~ of
other lab and field evidence regarding ~he need for about 15 to 20
cfm of ventilation per occupant.
Even if the chamber experiment happened to encourage
conservatism, persons who choose to pa1~iclpate in it and hence
to expose themselves to potentially aversive environmental odors
may represent a less reactive fraction of the population. Persons
who find ETS odor aversive, for example, would seem unlikely to
accept such work. Concern about these matters might, however,
stimulate some productive research into the demographic factors
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that govern reactivity to indoor odors.
Chamber experiments on ETS can be criticized because
they have explored levels that largely exceed those of everyday
life. The tendency to explore high levels derives in part from a
desire to cower a wide range of con6~tlons and in part from crude
estimates of levels of smoking in the c~un~T1es and during the eras
when the experiments were performed. Even Just ten years ago,
smoking in the U.S.A. occurred m~Ie commonly and at higher levels
than today. In countries such as Denmark, the l~:ation of some
recent studies, smoking occurs with a higher frequency a~d with
fewer restrictions than IN the U.S.A.
Some recent field surveys have found surprisingly
low levels of ETS in common spac6m, e.g.~ offices (Kirk, Hunter,
Back, Lector, and Perry, 1988; Oldeker, 1989). In order to
understand how to relate the chamber studies with such field data,
we need to factor in the ventilation rates in the field (see
Nystrom and Green, 1986, for a die~sslon of variables relevant to
the evaluation of ETS). Although a building code may specify a
ventilation rate of, say, 20 ofm per occupant, the actual
rate will depend on the number of occupants actually
in the space. If a space typically contains only one-third the
design number of occupants, the ventilation rate will equal 60 cfm
per person. This situation occurs frequently since the design
occupancy listed in a standard commonly comes from fire regulations
regarding maximum density of occupancy. Aooordinglys one cannot
argue, as has been done, that~ a putative low frequency of
complaints in field settings offers evldenoe against the
recommendations of chamber studies and in favor of lower
rates. Field data, if collected in spaces occupied
well below design levels and if reported without actual
per-occupant ventilation rates, can give the illusion that rates
of ventilation suitable for occupancy odor can lead to adequate
control of ETS odor. When normalized to a
ventilation rate and hence when seen without assumptions regarding
occupancy, chamber studies have probably yielded quite valid data,
irrespective of the levels of smoking explored.
Regarding the sedond concern mentioned at the
beginning of this section, small errors in the estimate of
dissatisfaction could in fact lead-to large errors in recommended
rate of ventilation since ~e relation between percent
dissatisfaction and ventilation rate for ETS has a rather low slope
(Fig. 4). Merely on general grounds, it would seem advisable to
replicate this relation with new participants in order to check its
stability and valldity.
Alternatives to Ventilation
It might seem intuitively reasonable that the odor
of ETS should come from its vapor phase and the irritation from
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its particulate phase. At one time this seemed likely, but recent
investigations that have employed electrostatlo ai= cleaning have
shown clgarly that the gas phase ~coounts for the majority of odor
and irritation (of. Hugod, 19841 Weber, 1984). Comparison of the
right and left sldRs of Fig. 7 will reveal that ellminatlon of the
particulate phase had only a trivial effect on ~he eye irritation
caused ETS at 2 and 5 ppB carbon monox~dQ (cain, Tomun, See, and
Lead&rat, 1987). The same held true for ~ud~ents of odor and of
nose and throat irritation. Claulen, Ni&Imans Sahib, and Fanger
(1987) confirmed these results° fin finding that par~ioles played
essentially no role in odor, ho~h investigations also confirmed
Clausen at al.'s (1985) earlier experlments wlthvlsitors. Hence,
particle filtration holds no promise for immediate oliminatlonof
the dlscomfo~ of ETS. The major advantage of such air cleaning
will derive from reduction of haze and coil&orlon of ~tar' that
would otherwise adsorb elsewhere in ~he space.
Although both ~he odo~ and irritation of ETS come
from the vapor phase, the chemi=al constituents that give rise to
the one probably do not give rise to the other. Undoubtedly, the
odor comes from a very large number of constltuents. The sense of
~mell rill respond to almost all alrborne organic materials present
~in sufficient concentration CCaln, 1988). For One s~$tance,
however, a tsufficient concentration' may fall a millionfold below
that of another.. Furthenore, individual constituents will combine
perceptually in mixtures in complicated, nonlinear ways. Although
one or a few materials could in principle dominate the odor, it
see=s unlikely.
Many fewer materials can cause irritation at the
concentrations present in ET$ and its Irrltatlon could
realistically arise from a ~ew or perhapB even one constituent.
Little is known about how irritants combine with each other
perceptually though it is known that odor and irritation interact
(cain and Murphy, 1980). Zrritation can suppress the perception
of odor and vice versa (cain, See, and Tosun, 198~). In so far as
irritation =ay have a less complex origin than odor, it =ay offer
easier opportunities ~or control through filtration. As yet,
however, experiments on the orlg~ of ETS have told more about what
~ails to cause irritation than about what ~auses it (Weber,
Jermlni, and GrandJean, 1976~ Weher-Tschopp, Fischer, and
Grandjean, 1977~ Weher-Tschopp, Fischer, Glarer, and GrandJean,
• 1977~ Hugod, Hawkins, and Ast~up~ 1978).
The complexity of ETS ~ore or less guarantees that
almost sny means of ai~ oleanlng will eliminate part of it, even
though no simple procedure will &li=Inate all of it. ThrOugh the
use of air washing that presumably eli=in&ted some water-soluble
constituents, Clausen, M~llsr, and Fanger (1987) achieved some
reduction in level o~ dlssatisfaotlon though not in the perceived
intensity of ETS. The air-washed ETS smelled fresher. The results
offered little encouragement for the use elf-washing alone, hut
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shoved that the odor character of ETS can play some role in degree
OE acct~t~ncQ°
Undoubtedly, a ao~bina~ion of pa~iculate ai~
cleanin~ and vapor-phase cleaning via adsorption on activated
carbon or via chemisor]~ion on oxidant-~pre~nated alumina can
control bo~.h ~e irri~a~ion and o¢~or of ETS ~o some degree.
Unfo~cuna~ely, there exis~ no standa~ls to assess ~he efficacy of
vapor-phase flltra~ion ~edia. ~2~e ins~,alla~on of such media
occurs more c~nonly in s~ecial environments, Q.g., l£~rRries and
co~ut~r facilities, unde~ exl~e~-t~uidance than ~ spactl designed
for ~eneral Qc~upancy. I~ ~.~e ~ve~he~ming maJori~ of cases,
attempts ~o control ETS ~ly on ven~ila~$on (dilu~i~n). As ve havl
seen, however, v~n~ila~ion has i1:41 ll~i~a~ions.
1. A~ an average smokin~ ~ate of 10~ Imokin~ a~ any one ~ime,
nonsmokers would need in excess of 100 ¢fm/occupan~ ~o hold
dissa~isfac~ion ~ ~he~:~Zcrite~i~n of 20t. cx~or acceptl~ili~y.
2. Exposure ~o ETS generates odor and ir~i~a~ion ~n ~oth nonsmokers
and smokers° Nonsmokers as a group are le~s ~ole~an~ of ETS ~ha~
s~okeEs~
~° The ±r~i~ation an~ odor from L~S a~p~a~ ~o ~lsida in ~e vapor
phase. The control o~ ETS irri~a~ion and odor by ventila~ion or
air cleanin~ can p~ovide only li~t~d rssul~s.
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Figure 1. showing the relation between level of
occupancy odor (indicated hy concentration of 1-butanol matched to
the odor) and ventilation rate per .co,pant when 4 to 12 persons
occupied a climate chamber for enhou~ (filled sguares). Judgments
of odor were made by visitors who sampled the air of the chamber
at a remote sampling box. Also shown (unfilled squares) is the
frequency of dissatisfaotlon expressed by,he visitors in response
to the question, Is the air acceptable or unacceptable ? Dashed
llne shows ventilation rate that led to 20% dissatlsfaction. Data
from caln etal. (1983).
Figure 2. Frequency distribution of ventilation
rates recommended for various types of spaces (e.g., offices,
auditoriums, ticket booths, waiting rooms) By the ASHRAE standard
on ventilation and indoor air guality.
Figure 3. Showing the intensity of ETS odor
perceived by visitors to the sampling box during and after
~ntermittsnt (4 clg/hr) or continuous (8 and 15 cig/hr) smoking in
the climate chamber. Results are expressed relative to level of
butanol matched to odor during presmoking occupancy, The open
squares in the left panel show a fuLnction for nonsmoklng occupancy
for comparison. Ventilation rate per occupant under smoking
conditions refers to smokers, who were the only occupants in the
chamber. From Cain etal. (1983),
Figure 4. Percent dissatisfaction among visitors
vs ventilation during the last 15 min of smoking in the experiment
shown in Fig. 3. Ventilation rate per cigarette based an 7.5-min
smoking time per cigarette. Ventilation rate per occupant adjusted
to conditions of smoking occupancy that assumed 10% of occupants
will be smoking at any give time. Modified from Cain et al.
(1%83).
Figure 5. Percent dissatisfaotlon vs odor intensity
(graphic rating) for occupancy odor and for ETS odor. Data from
Cain etal. (1983).
Figure 6. Left: Percent dissatisfaction vs odor
intensity (matched level of butanol) judged by smokers and
nonsmokers. Right: Percent dlssatisfactlon vs increment in
concentration of airborne carbon monoxide. Modified from Clausen
[1986).
Figure 7. Perceived magnitude of eye irritation
and degree of dissatisfaction expressed by occupants exposed to
ETS for an hour. Concentrations of carbon monoxide were held
constant throughout the exposures and indicate severity of
exposure. Filtration refers to elimination of particles via
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PASSZ~FE SMOKING--SELIZFS, ~TT~TUDSS, AND ~XPOSURES
IN T~ UNITED STATES
Thomas z. NovoZnT, X.D.
Offlae on Smoking and Xealth
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention Lnd Eealth Promotion
Centers for Disease Control
The relationship among public attitudes, policies, and exposure to
certain health hazards is complex. With bhe release of the IBth
Surgeon Generalls repor~ on smoking e~d health,
Consemuences cf ~nvoluntarv Smok~na (PHS 1986), public attention
on the issue of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) was morsstrongly
focused ~han ever before. For ma~y years, however, pollsters, the
tobacco industry,~and the health promotlon community have hays been
surveying the public concerning ettltudes toward ETS and toward
restrictions an smoking in pu~li~ places. The Surgeon General~s
Report described data from several of those surveys as well as
results from evaluations of worksi~e and local polloy changes.
Additional detailed date on public beliefs and attitudes toward
smoking in general are found in the 1989 Burgeon General*s Report:
Reducln= the ~ealth Co~se~ences of Smoklno -- 2~ yeats of Pro~rea~
(PHS 1989). Recently, surveys have also included questions on
beliefs about the harmfulness cruETS to the nonsmoker and on
respondents' reported exposure to ETS. In addition to s~ch
measures of individual exposure to ETS, surveys Of worksites and
of personnel managers have provided information about restrlctions
on.~moking in the workplace. Because changes in public attitudes
toward ETS usually precede laws or policies regarding ETS exposure
(PHS 1986), examining brends in these data over time is useful.
This chapter will summarize the most important findings from
several different nationally based data sources. Some of this
information was included in the 1989 Report of the Surgeon General
(PHS 1989).
Data Sources and Methodolo~
Several surveys of public beliefs, attitudes, and reported
exposures to ETS are available (Table i). Although these surveys
may repoz~ discrepant results, most dlscrepancle8 can be explained
by the differences in methodology, especially iN the ways questions
are worded. To describe the effect of increasing numbers and
strength of laws and policies against smoking in public places,
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national surreys of workaites were also ca~ed out in the 1980s
IPHS 1986). These su~eys indicate the degree to,which workers ~ay
be prc~ec~ed from ~S exposure. The 1987 National Heal~ Inte~iew
Survey of Cancer Epidemiolo~y and Control also collectRd
lnfo~ati~n abou~ respondents~ actions in response to ETS exposure.
i. Roper surveys: The Roper Organization conducted slx blennial
national opinion surveys for The Tobacco institute between 1966 and
1978. The 1974, 1976, and 1978 surveys focused on the passive
snoklng/nonsmokerts rights issue (Rope~ 1978)~ whereas all six
surveys dealt with pu~llc attitudes toward the smoking and health
issue in general, toward the tobacco industry itself, and toward
government regulation of tobacco. The surveyl were cross-
sectional, population-based telephone interviews. The sample
Included over 2,000 adults, abed i? years or older~ other
information about the exact methodology and response rates is
unavailable. The 1974 1978 Rope~ surveys permit comparisons of
data collected for the tobacco in~ustrywith similar data collected
in the 1970s by the office on S~oklng and Health (OSH~ formerly
known as the National Clearlnghouse for Smoking and Health).
2. Hamilton, Frederick, and Sch~elders: In December 1988, the
Tobacco Institute sponsored a telephone-based national adult survey
of 1,500 adults (401 smokers and 1,099 nonsmokers) which was
conducted by Hamilton, Frederick, and Schneiders (Hamilton,
Frederick and Schnelders, 1989). This survey asked about various
public policy issues and was designed to measure levels of support
for governmental "policy on smoking. The respondents were asked
what they thought about restrictions on smoking in restaurants and
worksites. Neither the responserates nor the results by smoking
status of the respondents were reported.
Cthe~ Public o=inion Surveys
1. Gallup Surveys: The Gallup Organization has published Gallup
Poll results monthly since 1965. Surveys are either personal
interviews cr by telephone and have a population-based sample of
at least 1000 adults, aged 18 years or older. The sampling error
for overall responses is reported to be no more than ~39 (Gallup
Report 1987). In addition, Gall~p surveys may be commissioned by
a variety cf organizations. The surveys reported here were
commissioned by the A~erlcan Lt~g Association (1983, 1985, 1987,
and 1989) and the American Cancer Society (1998) to .describe both
the prevalence of smoking and public opinions regarding smoking
issues. An additional Gallup Survey was commissioned by the
National Restaurant Association (1987) to obtain public opinion on
smoking in restaurants. The 1989 Gallup Survey sponsored by the
American Lung Association did not ask respondents about their
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2. Harris Poll: Louis Harris and Associates have performed eight
national surveys covering smoking between 1974 and 1987 using
probability samples of adults aged 18 years and older. These
surveys were conducted on behalf of various organizatlons~
including ~ magazine and Pacific Mutual Life Insurance
Co., to ascertain heal~h practices of Americans. Zn 1987, 1,250
persons were also asked about regulating smoking in public places.
Gover~B~t S~o~c~ed Surveys
I. Adult Use of Tobacco Surveys (AUTS): The Office on Smoking and
Health commissioned surveys of adult smoking behavior, attitudes,
and beliefs in 1964, 1965, 1970, 1975, and 1986. These surveys
oversampled persons who had ever smoked, but final results were
weighted to represent the United States resident population aged
21 years and older (1864, 1966r 1870, 1975). The 1989 AUTS
oversampled ever smokers but collected data from persons aged 17
and older. The final data in this survey (overall response rate,
74.89) were weighted to reflect the educational, regional, racial,
and age distribution of the U.S. population on the basis of the
1986 Current Population Survey of the U.S. Bureau of ~he Census,
The 1988 AUTS collected detailed info~matlon on attitudes, beliefs,
and exposure regarding BTSo
2. National Health Interview Survey: The National Health
Interview Survey of Cancer Epidamiology and Control (NHIS-CEC)
collected data in-person from 22,000 adulta aged 18 years and older
in households throughout the United States. The data were weighted
to reflect the adult U.S. population, and the overall response rate
for NHIS-CEC was 82%. Respondents were asked about the harmfulness
of ETS and about attitudes toward passive smoking. Questions
included items on perceived annoyance and whether smoking should
occur inside public places. Nonsmokers ware asked how they would
act in response to smokers~ lighting up in ~helr presence.
Other SurVeys
1. Bureau of Natlonal Affairs: The Bureau of National Affairs
(%NA) and the American Society for Personnel Administration (ASPA)
condu=ted a mail-ln questionnaire sudsy of ASPA members, and 823
respondents reported on activitles related to smoking in the
workplace. The response rate was 54%. A slmilar survey was
carried out by the BNA in 1986 on 662 businesses.
2. office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: In 1988,
the office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) of
the United States Public Health Servi=e reported on worksite health
promotion activities, including~ smoking control. The survey,
carried out in 1985 on a sample drawn from the Dun and Bradstreet
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list o~ businesses, used telephone inte~iewing. To develop a
probabiiity sample based on geographic region, size of firm, and
indus~ ~ype, 320 worksites vith 50-80 employees and 1,038
worksites with leo or more employees were suI-~eyed. Questions
about smoking restrictions were ~ncluded.
8. American Board of Family P~ac~ice: In Dece~er 1984, the
American Board of Family Practice (ABFP) sponsored a national
telephone survey conducted by R0seerch and Forecasts, Inc., of
1,007 adults aged 18 years and older and of 303 family physicians.
Questions were asked regarding beliefs about the harmfulness =f
ETS, the rights of smokers and nonsmokers, a~ whether smoking
restrictions are effective in stopping or discouraging smoking.
The final sample response rates were 41% for the general public and
37% far physicians. Data for ~he general public portion of this
survey were weighted to reflect the estimated 1985 U.S. population.
The physicians surveyed represented a random sample of U.8. family
physicians. The results were pvblished in a report entitled,
Riuhts and ResDonslbilities: ~ealthcare Options (ABFF 1985).
i. Perceived Hal-mfulness of Environmental Tobacco Smoke
The Roper Surveys asked questions regarding harm and annoyance
caused by ETS. All AUT surveys asked about annoyance caused by
ETS, but only the 1986-AUTS asked.if respondents believed that ETS
is harmful to th~ nonsmoklr. The 1983 and 1988 Gallup Surveys
asked if respondents believed that smoking is hazardous to the
health of nonsmokers. The 1978 Roper SurVey, the 1986 AUTS, and
the 1988 Gallup survey provide intmresting information on the
change over the last several years in public beliefs about the
harmfulness of ETS to nonsmokers. The 1985 ABFP Survey asked both
adults and physicians if they believed nonsmokers are harmed by
breathing in the smoke of others in the same room.
Questions regarding har~ caused by ETS showed that between 1974
and 1986, the percentage of smokers who believed that ETS is
harmful to the health of the nonsmoker more than doubled (Table
2). In 1974, most nonsmokers believed that ETS is harmful to
~health in general, and the percentage of those who held this belief
increased substantially over time. ~n answering an additional
question on the 1986 AUTS, 69% of nonsmokers felt that ETS is
bagful to their own personal health. The results of the 1969
Gallup poll suggest that there is even stronger belief by
respondents (smokers and nonsmokers) in the harm of ETS to pregnant
women and children. These data show that there has been a major
change in the perception of ETS as a health hazard over the last
decade.
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2. Annoyance Caused bv Environmental Tobacco amo~e
The AUT surveys show an lnoreasinq trend in the percentage of
respondents who are annoyed by ETS (Table 3a). Data regarding
annoyance to ETS from Roper Surveys other than the 1978 survey are
not available. However, the results of bo~h the 1978 Roper Survey
and the AUTS suggest that increasing numbers of Americans are
annoyed hy ETS exposure.
The results of the 1987 NHIS-CEC also indicate increased annoyance
from ETS. ~n this sudsy, a smaller percentage of current smokers
reported a~oyance than on the 1998 AUTS, but this difference may
be due to different methodologies. The NHIS-CEC also collected
information about what nonsmokers did in response to exposure to
ETS (Table 3b). About half of respondents moved away from the
exposure source, 40% did nothing, 3% did something else, and only
4% asked the person not to smoke. Despite their high positive
responses to perceived harm caused by ETS and annoyance from ETS,
most nonsmokers remain rather passive in their behavior toward
smokers (Davis et el., 1990).
3. Limltina or Bannlna Smoklna in Public Places
The majority of respondents to the 1978 Roper SurVey felt that
smokers should at least be segregated in all the public places
cited (Table 4). After being asked about segregation of smokers
and nonsmokers, respondents were then asked if smoking sh6uld be
banned outright in selected publlc places. The majority of
respondents favored smoking hans in retell stores, physlclans' or
dentists' waiting rooms, and elevators (Table 5a). The narrative
description of the surVey results pointed out that after
recognizing the option to segregate smokers, respondents were
probably less likely to be in favor Of a total ban (Roper 1978)o
The two most important reasons given by Roper Survey respondents
before 1978 as to why smoking should be restricted had to do with
dangers to others, specifically, cigarette smoking as a fire hazzrd
and ETS as a health hazard to nonsmokers, i~ 1978, the chief
reason respondents gave in favor of public laws against smoking was
that ~he "health of nonsmokers is hamed by other people smoking
in their presence..
- In 1983, 1985, 1997, and 1989, the Gallup Organization conducted
telephone surveys for the American Lung Association (ALA) that
asked if smokers should refrain from smoking in the presence of
nonsmokers. Overall, the percentage of respondents to these
surveys who agree that smokers should not smoke in the presence of
nonsmokers has increased from 69% in 1993 to 82% in 1989 (Table
6a). This trend holds true for both smokers and nonsmokers.
Unfortunately, the 1989 survey did no~ differentiate between
smokers and nonsmokers.
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The ALA Gallup SurVeys also Included questions on wherm smoklnq
should ~e restric%ed or banned. With regard tQ smoking in hotels,
motels, and restaurants, ~he maJorlty of respondents in 1983, 1987,
and 1989 fel~ tha~ cer%ain areas should be $e~ aside for smoking
(Table 7). Completa bans were less favorQ~, Rspeclally by persons
who currently smoked.
In addltlon, respondents to thl ALA Gallup Surveys were askad in
1983, 1985, and 1987 if companles ~hould have a policy on s~oklng
at work. By 1985, almos~ 90% of all rRspondentm, Includlng 80% of
smokers and 89% of nQnsmokers, fel~ that smoklnq should be assigned
to certain areas ~f the worksi~a or that i~ mhould bQ totally
banned at work (Tab1~ 7).
In 1987, the monthly Gallup POI!s (no~ commlsslonQd ~y the ALA)
asked if respondents favored or O~pooed a ¢ompl~te ban on Bmoklng
in all pu~li~ places. The resu1~s of ~hes~ polls are much more
strongly in favor of total bans on smoklng in public places. These
resul~s contrast shar~l~ with ~he~Roper ~esul~s of al~ost a decade
ago an~ are even morm in favor of IncrQased restrlc~ions on smoking
in public places than the ALA-sponsored survoys in thQ samQ year.
~n the Gallup survey c~nducted ~or thQ National Restaurant
Association in 1987, 61% of adults repor~e~ %ha~ %hey preferred
no-~moking sections in restaurant~. Theso included 20% of smokers,
~S% of ~ormer smokers, an~ 83% of never smoker~ (Gallup 1987).
Theme re~ul~s are similar ~o ~hose of the A~Y~S on preferences
concernin~ no-smoking sections d~mc~ibed la~er in ~his chapter.
The 1987 NHIS-C~C. asked a gligh~iy ~fferent question ~han either
t~e Gallup SurVeys ~r the AUTS. This que~tlon re$%rlc~ed t~e
respondent t~ consider indoor public pla~el. The p~rcsn~age ~f
all respondents, especially former smokers, agreeing ~hat smoking
should not be allowed inside public places, was higher on this
survey than ~n the 1987 Gallup survey (TablQ 6b). The Gallup
question applied to a general statement about re~raining from
smoking in the presence of nonsmokers.
Interestingly, the Tobacco Institu~e-~ponmor~d survey by ~amil~on,
Frederick, and Schneide~s in 1988,~howe~ even s%ronge~ preferences
for restaurant and worksite restrictions than the ALA surveys
mentioned prevlously (Table ~b). For ~ach of th~ sites, ~he
question rmfarred to ~h~ "c~r~en~ ~ollcy" ~B a response cholce; for
res%auran~s, %he .current poli~y"mea~ ~ha~ customers mus~ sele~%
smoking vs. nonsmokln~ sections; for worksites, employers and
employees should de~i~e ~n worksita rm~t~Ictlve policies. In this
survey, 2% of respondents favored no restrictions on smoking ~n
restaurants compared with 8% i~ the ~I~ survey, and 3% favored ~o
r~strlctions on smoking in worksites compared with 10% in the ALA
survmy.
Between I~64 and 197~, the percentage of r~spondents to the AUT
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su~eys who favored restrictions on smoking in public places
increased from 52~ to 70% (strongly agree and mildly ¸agree) (Table
8). However, the ~estion asked in 1966 was quite different from
the ~estions asked in ~e earlier,su~eye (Table 9). Between 1964
and 1975, AUTS respondents who favored more restrictions in,reamed
by 18 percentage points. &bout half of respondents in 1966 felt
~at rest~ictions against s~oking were adequate, perhaps because
uany more restrictions were in place by 1966.
In 1966 and 1975, respondents were also asked if employers have a
right to regulate smoking in ~heir places of business. In 1986,
92% felt that the "employer has a right to tell a person when or
where he can smoke while on the Job," whereas in 1975, 769 felt
that "management should have the right to nroh±bi~smoklng in their
places of business." These are vezy different questions: the first
concerns management's right to regulate employees, and the second
concerns management's right to regulate customers, visitors, and
employees.
In 1987, respondents to the Harris Poll that was performed for
magazine were asked if laws should prohibit smoking in
public places or require separate smoking and nonemoking sections,
or should smoking in public places not be regulated by law. Among
611 respondents,'29% felt that laws should prohibit smoking in
public places, 619 felt that laws should require separate smoking
and nonsmoking sections, and only 139 felt that laws should not
regulate smoking in public places st ell (3% were unsure). Again,
more than 80% of respondents, smokers and nonsmokers, favored
restrictions against smoking in public places.
4. Public O~inicn cn Restrictions After Enactment of Law~
Few evaluations of the acceptability of laws banning smoking in
public places have been performed. New York City enacted a ban on
smoking in most public places, including restaurants, in April
19~. Three months after the ban took effect, a telephone poll of
976 randomly sampled Pew Yorkers (~WCBS-TV poll)
revealed that 73% of respondents approved of the law, including
84% of nonsmokers and 43% of smokers (~, July 5,
1988).
The 1986 AUTS asked respondents if they would select nonsmoking
sections in airplanes, restaurants, and other public places if
given a choice, overall, 619 choose noasmoking seating, including
82% of never smokers, 69% of fo~er smokers, and even 149 of
current smokers (CDC 1988).
Finally, a clean-indoor-elf ordinance that took effect in March
1987 in Cambridge, Massachusetts was evaluated by researchers at
Harvard University after three months of implementation. This
evaluation study revealed that 78% of Cambridge residents favored
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the restriction, including 41%
(Rigo~ti 1988).
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of smokers and 90% of nonsmokers
Many studies have demonstrated ~he blochemlcall¥ measurable
exposure of nonsmokers to ETS (PHS 1986). However, only ~ha 1986
&UTS has asked a nationally repreBentatlve sample of residents
about exposure to ETS. A subaample of 8,600 working respondents
from the AUTS was analyzed with respect to ~eported exposure at
the workslte and reported polloles restricting¸ smoking at their
worksltes (Table 9). ~if~y-three percent of rlspondent5 who worked
in environments with restrictive smokln~ p~llcles still re~orted
exposure to ETS. of these, 11% reported that their worksite is
"very smoky." Even amonqths 2.5% of roapondents reporting a t~tal
ban on smoking in the workplace, 21% reported still being at least
somewhat exposed to ETS at work. Theme data help confi~iR ~he notion
that workslte restrictions decrease but do not eliminate reported
exposure to ETS at the workslte.
6. The Increasina Number of ~olIcia~ILawg Reut~ictin~ Smokino at
I~ 198~ 54~ Qf respcndents to the BNA~ASPA survey ~ep~rt~d that
tbei~ w~ksite~ had ~e~tri~tive smoking p~l~c~e~ ~p fr~ ~ i~
~8~ ~ 1~. Th~ 1~8~ figure ~a~ ~ the ~me am tbe
p~tag~ of i~di~i~l ~rke~ ~p~rti~g th~ p~ese~e ~ ~h
p~lic~s ~n t~e 1~ ~UT~°
Among r~spo~nt~ tc the ~5 ~PHp ~rk~te ~urv~ ~.~ o~
w~rk~it~ re~r~d offering s~oki~g ~tr~l ~cti~iti~s~ In~uding
~a~e~ i~rm~tio~ sp~ial e~e~ts~ o~ ~tes~ ~f those
~pe~ie~ ~ ~so ha~ f~rma~ ~o~ing p~l~i~s ~str~oti~ or
~rohi~iti~ ~ ~ddition to f~e~ue~t~ ~it~d be~efi~s-~h ~$
imp~o~ed e~pioy~ m~a~e~ i~p~ ~pl~yee h~lth°-~espo~de~ts
~epo~ted ~e~e~ ~ir and w~rk e~ir~r~m~t~ fewer s~ck~r~ i~ the
~orkf~ an~ fewer compl~int~ ~ n~smok~r~ ~M~ 1~.
~° p~r~ed Fu~u~ ~f~e~t of ~t~i~e ~n~ ~
T~e ~ationa~ $~rv~ of ~eai~h~are Opinions sponsored by the ~
e~d ~ried ~t h~ ~e~r~h and ~r~st~ ~nCo~ i~ ~8~ aske~
ad~lt~ and family physicians ~f r~tr~ction~ o~ s~oki~g i~ medlcai
f~i~t~es ~r ~ ~h~ ~oh wo~d h~ e~fe~tlve ~ ~t~pping o~
discouraging smoking. Among ~he nonphysi¢ians, 57% felt that
restrictions in medi=al facilities would be effective, and 40% felt
that restrictions by employers against smoking on the Job would be
effective. Among physicians, 83% felt that much restr$ctions would
be effe=tive in health care facilities, and 67% Eelt that
restrictions would be effective on the job. These responses should
be differentiated from ~hosa ~n o~her surveys that ask ahou~
support for restrictive smokingpoli¢les. The ABFP survey tried
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the restriction, including 41%
(Rigotti 1988).
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of smokers and 90% of nonsmokers
Many studies have demonstrated the biochemloally measurable
exposure of nonsmokers to ETS (PHS 1986). However, only the 1986
AUTS has asked a nationally representative sample of residents
about exposure to ETS. A suhsample of 8,600 working respOndents
from the AUTS was analyzed with respect to reported exposure at
the wcrksite and reported policlas restricting smoking at their
worksites (Table 9). Fifty-three percent of respondents who worked
in environments with restrictive smoking policies still reported
exposure to ETS. Of these, 11% reported that thelr worksite is
"very smoky." Even among the 2.5~ of respondents reporting a total
ban on smoking in the workplace, 21% reported still being at least
somewhat exposed to ~TS at work. These data help confirm the notion
that worksite restrictions decrease but do not eliminate reported
exposure to ETS at the worksite.
8. The Zncreamino Number of Pollcles/Laws Remtrlctin~ Smokies st
the Worksite
In 1987, 548 of respondents to the BNA/ASpA survey reported that
their worksites had restrictive Smoklnq policies, up from 36% in
1986 (BNA 1987). The 1986 figure was nearly the same as the
percentage of individual workers reportln~ the presence of such
policies in the 1988 AUTS.
Among respondents to the 1985 ODPHP Wcrksite Survey, 35.6% of
worksites reported offering smoking control activities, including
classes, information, special events, or contests, of those
companies, 76.5% also had formal |moking policies (restriction or
prohibitlo~). In addition to frequently cited benefits--such as
improved employee morale, improved employee health--respondents
reported cleaner air and work environments, fewer smokers in the
workforce, and fewer complalnts from nonsmokers (RHS 1988).
7. ~slved Future Effect of Remt~ict~ve Smokies Policlea
The National Survey of Heslthcare Opinions sponsored by the ABFP
and carried out by Research and Fore=eats, Inc., iD 1985 asked
adults and family physicians if restrictions on smoking in medical
facilities or on the job would be effective in stopping or
discouraging smoking. Among the nonphysicians, 57% felt that
restrictions in medical facilities would be effective, and 40% felt
that restrictions by employers a~inst smoking on the Job would be
effective. Among physicians, 83%felt that such restrictions would
be effective in health care facilities, and 87% felt that
restrictions would be effmctive on the job. These responses should
be differentiated from those in other surveys that ask about
support for restrictive smoking pollcles. The ABFP survey tried
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to ascertain if respondents thought policies were an effective
intervention for smokers to refrain from using tobacco, whereas ~he
Gallup surveys tried to ascertain what people want in terms of
protecting the nonsmoker from exposure to ETS.
Few studies have actually been able to assess the effect of
restrictive smoking policies on smokers' behavior, but some studies
from individual worksites show decreased numbers of cigarettes
smoked per day without a change in the prevalence of smoking
(Peterson etal., 1987, Rosenstock et el., 1986).
These data indicate an important shift in public beliefs and
attitudes toward ETS over ~he last decade or more. The majority
of U.S. citizens have recognized that cigarette smoking directly
harms the health of smokers (89% of men and 90.9% of women An 1975
[AUTS 1975]; 92% of men and 91.8% of women An 1986 [AUTS 1986]).
Moreover, the percentage of survey respondents who believe that ETS
also harms the health of nonsmokers has increased dramatically (46%
overall An 1974 [Roper 1978] to 81% overall in 1986 [AUTS 1986,
Gallup 19881). Even more Americans agree that ETS harms vulnerable
populations such as pregnant women and children.
Many laws and local ordinances that were put into place during the
last decade undoubtedly increased public awareness of ETS issues
(PMS 1989). The National Academy of Sciences Report and the
Surgeon General's Report on involuntary smoking were released in
late 1986. However, not all of the change An belief about
harmfulness to ETS can be attributed to the publication of these
reports, even though they received enormous media attention) most
of the 1986 AUTS had been completed by late 1986. Therefore, ~he
increase in reported beliefs about the harmfulness of ETS likely
reflects a growing and sustained awareness among U.S. rmsidents
rather than merely a public response to the highly visible Surgeon
General's Report. This report may have convinced more persons
about the harmful effects of ETS, as evidenced by the results of
the 1989 Gallup Survey.
The slightly discrepant results on attitudes toward laws regarding
restricting smoking in public places found in the 1988 AUTS and the
1988 Harris Poll may be explained by the differences in the way the
question was asked in this survey. Many laws were put into place
by 1986, and respondents may have felt less concerned about
increasing regulations than they did in earlier surveys, before
these laws were in effect. These laws have been evaluated directly
by researchers in some jurisdictions and Indlrec~ly by surveys, and
they are apparently widely accepted by both smokers and nonsmokers.
There appears to be a trend towards limiting smoking in workplaces.
It is unclear whether laws and regulations restricting smoking in
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public places (vhich became widesprea~ in ~he late 1970s) were the
s~imuli for policies reshrictlng smoking in the workplace (which
are mostly a phenomenon of ~he 19808) or whether simply~e concern
for ~e heal~ of nonsmokers is ~e s~imulus for this ~rend. The
1986 A~S ~esul~s, which show ~a~~ even withe total ban on smoking
in ~he workplace some workers are expomed to ETS, suggest that
there is incomplete enforcement of restri¢tionl. In worksltes where
smokers and nonsmokers are segregated, exposure to ETS may result
from the inefficiency of separating Bmokers and nonsmokers within
the same airspace. The 1986 Surgeon General's Report con¢luded
that this level of reetriction wag inadequate to protect the
nonsmoker from ETS (PHS 1986)• The 1990 Health OhJectlves for the
Nation, which were endorsed by ~he U.S. Public Heal~h Service,
race,end that all 50 states have laws by 1990 that both prohihlt
smoking in enclosed publlc places and require separate smoking
areas in ~he workplace and in dining establishments (PHS 1990).
The number and strength of these ,clean indoor air" laws oontlnues
to increase at both the state and i=cal level. (PHS, 1989)
As of late 1988, 31 states had laws restricting smoklng in publlc
~orksi~es, 13 had laws restricting smoking in private worksltas,
and 26 had laws restricting smoklng in restaurants (PHS 1989).
Continuing to assess public knowla~qe and beliBfa regarding tobacco
use remains important as new information becomes available. These
survey results assist publi~ health pr~vlders in measuring the
success of policies to control health hazards such as ETS. In
addition, these data emphasizl the ¢hanqe in the social mililu
surrounding ~ohaccc use. The shlft in public attitudes away from
the s~cial acceptability of smoking may increase the pressure for
smokers to quit and for potential smokers to avoid smoking.
~olicy-makers ~ay also find it easier to address tobacco issues
more directly if they understand ~he public opinions expressed
through these surveys. •
SUMMARy
1. The majority (81%) of U.S. citizens have recognized that
cigarette smoking harms the health of nonsmokers.
2. As of late 1988, 91 states had laws restricting smokin~ in
public worksites, i~ had laws restricting smokin~ in private
• worksites, and 26 had laws ~estr~cting smoking in restaurants.
9. There appears to be a t~en~ towards limiting smoking in
workplace$ ; however, ther~ are indication~ of incomplete
enforcement of restrictions.
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?IGUP~S ~ ~XBLZS fOR C~I~Za g
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Table i. Surveys With Info~ation on Beliefs, Attitudes,
and Zxposures ~o Environmental Tobacco Smoke
1S£: ~mln~
AdUlt Use of Tobacoo '54,'66,'?0, g75,'86 Offi¢a On Smoking and
Heal~h
Roper organization
Gallup SurVey
Research & Forecasts '85
Gallup Survey '8?
Harris Poll ,87
Gallup Survey '88
Halilton, Frederick '$8
& Schnelders
'74,176,t78
183, t85,187ti89
Tobacco Institute
American Lung
Association
American Academy of
Family Physicians
National Restaurant
Asso¢lation
Prevention Magazine
American Cancer Society
Tobac¢o Institute
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Table 2. Beliefs About Harmfulness of
Environmental Tobacco Smoke to Nnonsmokers (% of Respondents)
by Smoking Status
Roper
Roper '76
Roper '78
Gallup °S3
Research
ForecaststB5
Year Currant Former Nonsmokers
Smokers SmoksTs
t74 30 57
38 61
40 69
64 80
AUTS '86 69 82 85
NNIS-CEC 187 67 84 89
Ga~lup 'B8 64 86 89
Gallup 'B9
Harmful to adults
Harmful to pregnant women
Smokers Respondents
46
52
58
84
77
(Physicians-ST)
87 81
82
81
86
88
Harmful to children
SS
Source: Roper Organization 1978; Gallup Surveys 1983, 1988; Adult Use
of Tobacco survey 1986, Research and Forecasts 1985
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Table 3a. Annoyance Caused by
Environmental Tobacco Smoke
(% of Respondents Reporting Annoyance)
by Smoking Status
~urvav ~Un~U~ ~ ~ ~*wr Ell
s~ok~rg smokers ~U~t ~
AUTS 1964 20 49 64 69 46
AUTS 1968 26 52 70 48
AUTS 1970 34 63 73 78 59
AUTS "1975 35 72 79 79
63
ROPER 1978 5 60
AUTS 1986 42 73 80 83
88
- N~IS-CEC 1987 34 75 88 69
Source: Adult Use of Tobacco Surveys 1984, 1966, 1970, 1975, 1986;
Raper Organization 1978~ NHIS-OEC 1987.
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Table
3b. Reactions to Secondhand Smoke in Publlc Places, 1987.
E~mtx ~ ~iI
gm~uum ~
Ask person not to smoke 4 5
4
Move away 52 46 52
Do nothing 40 47 40
DO 8omething else S 3 3
*No~ asked of current smokers
Source: 1987 NHIS-CEC (Davis et al.y 1990)
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Table 4. Public Opinion (% of Respondents Who Agree)
on Separating Smokers and Nonmmokers
in Selected Public Places, 1978
In trains, airplanes, and buses
In theaters
In eatlnq places
At indoor sporting events
At public meetings
In train, plane, bus stations
In work places or-offices
In barber or beauty shops
Smokin= should be ~ermitted:
An~here
91 7
83 11
73 25
73 22
67 28
62 34
61 34
53 42
Source: Roper Organization 1978
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Table 5a. Public Opinion (% of Respondents Agreeing)
on Banning Smoking in Selac~ced Public Places, 1978
In elevators
In doctors' or dentists' waiting rooms
Zn retail stores
In theaters
At Indoor sporting events
• At~ubllc meetings
3n city, stats, or federal buildings
In taxis
3n trains, planes, buses
In eating places
In barber or beauty shops
In work places or offices
In train, plane, bus stations
I
86
69
55
44
34
32
32
32
26
23
21
17
16
l
12
27
41
47
57
58
63
64
65
68
70
73
75
Source: Roper Organization 1978
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Table 5b. Public opinion (% of Respondents Agreeing)
on Prohibiting Smoking or Retaining Current Policies
In Restaurants 74
In Worksites 76
Source:
in Selected Public Places, 1988
24 2
20 3
~amilton~ Frederiokt and S~hnei~eri 1S8S
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D~a£t ° Do no~ cite or ~ote
Table 6a. Should Smokers Refrain from Smoking
in the Presence of Nonsmokers? (% of Respondents)
by Cigarett~ Smoking Status, 1985, 1985, 1987, and 1989
~orQB
Sm~kina Status
Current Smokers 55 62 64 39 37 31 6 1
5
Po=mer Smokers 70 78 76 22 22 19 8 0 5
Nonsmokers 32 85 88 14 15 10 4 * 4
All Respondents 69 7S 77 82 2S 24 19 15 6 1 4
2
DO~Jt XnOW
*Less than 0.5%
Source: Gallup Surveys 1983, 1985, ~987, 1989
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Table 6b. "If People Wan~ ~O Smoke, They ShOUld Not Do So
Inside Public Places where it Might Disturb O~hers"
(% of ~espondents Agreeing) 1987
Current smokers 67 22
9
Former smokers 90 1O
@
Never smokers 89 5
S
All respondents 91 Ii
7
Source: NHIS-CEC 1997 (Davis et el., 1990)
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0
Q
~llotels and Notels
Set Aside
O
Certain Areas
19/ '"7 '8__29
!
Current Smokers 49 61
~Former SmokerB 54 72
Non~mokerm 60 68
D
Table 7. Opinions Regarding Smoktnq in Selected Public Places
and Worksltes, (k o~ Respondents with the opinion)
by Smoklnq Status, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989
Totally Ban
Smoking No Restrictions ~nttKnow
'8__/3 '87 '89 '83 '87 '8
'e9 /9/ /9/ /ga
7 6 42 30 2
13 9 27 16 6 3
15 14 20 15 S 3
All Respondents
Bestaurant_~
Current Smokers
Former Smokers
Monslmokerg
54 67 63 12 lg 12 30 20 18
4 3 6
Set Aside Totally Ban
~ po Re~trictioms ~ttKnow
'8
's~ /~Z /ga /9/ I~Z .tsa' '83 '87 's9 Zg/ '_9/ 'e9
74 79 12 7 13 13
1 1
71 74 19 19 9 6
1 1
65 71 26 23 7 5
2 1
All Respondents
Current Smokers
Former Smokers
Nonsmokers
All Respondents
Source:
69 74 66 19 17 23 10 8 8
2 1 3
Set Aside Totally Ban •
Certain Areas Smo~ki ~o Restrictions
~n'tKnow
'e5 /9/'89 ~ /9~ 'e7 '89 /~/ '85 /9/'89 /9/ ~ '87 '89
64 76 72 ll 4 8
21 19 18 4 l 2
68 80 73 14 12 16
14 6 8 4 2 3
63 80 67 24 9 23
9 10 8 4 1 2
64 79 70 65 17 8 17 21
15 12 11 10 4 1 2 4
Gallop Surveys 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989
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Table 8, Restrictions on Smoking in ~11¢ Places
(% of respondents favoring increase)
by Smoking Status, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1975, and 1986
Current smokers • - 34 35 42 51
23
Fo~-=er smokers 56 58 61 77
53
Never smokers 681 6? 68 82
63
All Respondents 52 52 $7 70
SO
*The question for the first four surveys read "The smoking of
ciga/ettes should be allowed in flwer places than it is now." The
question in 1986 read "There are already enough restrictions on where
people can smoke."
Source: Adult Use of Tobacco Surveys 1964, 1966, 1970, 1975, and 1986.
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Tablm 9. Reported Worksi~a Smoking Policies and Wdrksi~e
E~osure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (% of Respondents), 1986
No~ Res~rlcted 95.4
Restrictive 42.1
Total Ban 2.5
% RiDaT~in= R~gUTe to ETS
64.8
53.2
21.1
Source: Adult Use of Tobacco SurVey 1986
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THE EFTECTS OF PASS~VZ SMOKING AND DAY CAR~
ON ~LESPI~ATORY ILLN2SSES
Glen Beneath MRE
Office of Pzeventlon# Rduoatlon, and ¢ont=ol
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Betbesda, MD 20892
I. INTRODUCTION
Reports of the Surgeon General (43) and the National Research
Council (27) concluded that children of parents who smoke have more
lower respiratory diseases and otltls media. Other reviews (i, 17)
showed that children in day care have more upper respiratory
illnesses, especially oriels medls. The overlap in ~hese findings
~ises a new concern. Does passive smoking and day care attendance
interact to increase the rate of respiratory diseases in infants
and young children? This chapter examines the data to determine
if evidence exist to support this concern. The chapter begins with
a review of the day-care market to show its complexity. Ignoring
the diversity of day care might lead to faulty ¢oncluslons and
recommendations.
2. DAY C3LRE IN TMH'U. 8.
2.1. G~N2RAL CHARACTHHISTICS
In 1982, 6 million mothers (48.2%) with a child under the age of
5 were in the civilian work force.. (285 The mos~ drastic change
has been the return of parents to work while their children are
infants. (26) These children get care in three basic types of day
care delivery systems. They are in-home oars, family day care, and
group day care.
Parents, relatives, or non-relatives provide in-home care in the
home of the child. They also give family day care (day care homesl
in a private home other than ~he child's. (2, 50) Day care
centers, including nurseries, provide care HOE 12 or more children
in nonresidential huildlngs. (17, 49) This sector is almost always
subject to government regulation and is the smallest of the 3
sectors. (17) However, centers are the fastest growing segment in
the day oars market. (i, 24, 28)
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Table 1 lists the percent distribution of the type of child day
care used by the age of the child. Nine percent (9%) of working
mothers were able to care for their children while working. Almost
one-~hird (30.5%) arranged for in-home care¸ Df their children.
However~ day oar~ homes were the predominate source of oareti.e.,
48.2%. Table 2 describes the percent distribution of care-givers
by ~he age of the child. Relatives provid~lchild care to 29~ and
non-relatives provided 27.5~ of all day care to chil~sn of working
mothers. Data in Table 3 show that 22t of all children and almost
25% of infants and toddlers got care in ~he home of a non-relative.
(28)
2.2. RltgULATZONB
The U.S. does not have a national policy on child care and efforts
to develop one have reached a stalemate. (35) Sponsors have
withdrawn the 1980 Federal Znteragency Day Care Requirements.
However, they continue to serve as a guideline for minimum
standards. (49)
Each state regulates its Own day care faollitles. They have
written very tough requirements but enforcement is poor. (35)
.. All states have passed regulations which contain some
provisions for health and safety. However, they are not
consistent. (17) Licensing practices also vary from state to
state. ~24) Forty-four (44) states now regulate family day
care homes. (49) However, children oared for in their own
home are beyond the reach of federal and state policy (17).
2.3. PREVALENC~ OF SMOKING
In a 1980 survey, 28.9% of female child care workers smoked
cigarettes. This is less than females in general. However, their
rates are much higher than those for female elementary school
teachers (19.8%) and higher than secondary school teachers (24.8%).
(44)
3. RESPZR~TOR¥ ZNFECTIO~8
3.1, MAGN~TUDB OF TZ2 PROBL2M
Upper respiratory infections are the most common diseases affecting
children under 5 years of age. They are important causes of
chilShcod illness and their treatment consumes a largo portion of
health care resources. (8, 14, 17) Infants average 7-8 acute
respiratory infections per year. Older ¢hildren~ 1-5 years of age,
• average one or two fewer infections than infants. (17)
Acute otitis media (AOM) is the most common complication of upper
respiratory diseases in infants and young children. (16, 1~, 31,
47) AOM is the largest single cause of morbidity with po~slble
sequelae in children. (47) Recurrent episodes are also very common
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in children during ~e first years of life. (22) AOH accouflt for
one-third of pediatric office visits (31) end ~ree-fou~hs of
follow-up visits. (16) Nearly all children have at l~ast one
episode with effusion (0~) during their fira~ 6 years of life.
Some develop chronic O~ or chronic otitia Jedia with perforation
and discharge. (45) Repeated episodes of O~ in early life may
lead to transient or permanent hearing lose and L=peded speech.
These conditions may then lead ~o developmental or educational
delays. (17, 47)
Sronohioli~ia is the most conon manifestation of lower reapirato~
infections in infants and small children. The t~e incidence is
unknown. However, about i0 per 1,000 infant are hospitalized with
bronchiolitia. The mean age for respiratory $yncytial virus (RSV)
bronchiolitls is 7.8 months and the peak age is 2 months. Half of
children hospitalized for the condition are under 3 months of age.
(42)
3.2, DAY-CARE AND RESPIRATORy I~ECT~ONS
Respiratory see are the moat common ailments affecting
dhildren in disaSters.day (1) TOday, infants and pre--school age
children get infections at earlier ages and are spending more time
outside ~he home. A common factor in this changing pattern is the
increasing popularity of day-care canters. (24] Day care centers
with many children in the same place create favorable conditions
for respiratory epldemloa. (30) However, the total burden of
respiratory dlaeesea seems no greater for the day care child. They
simply occur at younger ages. (i)
The association of day care and respiratory diseases began in the
1920~s. (17) In the 1970's, Scandinavian researchers (19, 23, 31,
22, 39, 41, 45) found an increased rate of otltis media among
children in day care. Children in centers had the highest rate.
Those in family day care held an Inter~edlata position between
centers and in-home care. Moreover, home-reared children with
abnormal findings at first testing were significantly more likely
to have normal results at subsequent testings.
There are obvious dlfficultiea in transferring the results from
studies conducted in Scandinavian countries. However, Haakins (17)
concluded that the high quality of these studies lake the findings
"worthy of careful attention. The~,show that children in day care
are at 2-3 times the risk of otit~ ledla as chose reared at home.
Two American research teams (14, 42) ocnflrmed the Scandin~vlan
results. Visscher and colleagues (47) studied patients in a large
pediatrics group practice in Minneapolis. They collected data on
every child attending the clinic during a 2b-~week period in
February, 1982. Cases were patient presenting with AOM on a study
day. Controls had a diagnosis other than AOM and no prior history
of otltis. Attending a day care facility was the second ~ost
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important risk factor. The risklncreased with the number of other
children at the facility. Exposure to smokers was not a risk
factor.
Fleming and colleagues (14) also studied childhood infections in
Atlanta. They found that c~ildren attending day care were
slgnificantly morB likely to have an upper resplratoz~ tract
infections durinq a 2-week. Maternal maoking also increased the
risk. The effects of attendlnq day cars and smoking mothers were
independent. Aqe and livinq In ¸crowded conditions were also risk
factors. The researcherl estimated that 31t of upper respiratory
infections can be attributed to day care attendance.
Most studies of bronchlolitis focused on children in hospitals.
CamprQhensive studies of this disease in ambulatory patients or
day-cars centers are lacking. (42) However, s Chapel Hill, NC
study compared the rates of bronchiolitis in • day care center and
a pediatric practice. The rats was much higher in the day care
oen~er for childran 6 Bon~hs Qf age or youn~er. However, the
proportion of cases requiring medical treatment and hospitalization
._ Sas less among day care children. (I0)
Reviewers (i, i?, 18, 19) have Identified problems which limits the
generallzation of the findings from these studies. They are:
~ i. Control groups were less than satisfactory. Researchers
observed children in day care more fre~ently than those
in home care.
2. Some studies reported symptoms while others used
diagnostic categories.
"3. The ages of children studied and the manner of reporting
illnesses by age category differed widely.
4. The reliability of case-controlled and ochor~ studies
depends on the accurate quantification of disease
occurrence. This raises the questions of whether day
care parents seek a physician fo~ their children,s
illnesses more frequently. When a day care provider
suggests taking a child to a physician this might have
important effects on parents.
5, MOSt studies did not control for other factors that
probably influence the incidence: of respiratory
111nesses. These factors include housing, humidity,
ventilation, passive smoking, and other air pollution.
Nonetheless, reviewers conclud~ that most studies have shown an
increase in respiratory diseases among children in day care. There
is stronger evidence for initial and recurrent otltls ~edls. (17)
The rate of otitis is greater in large group day care centers and
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probably smaller day care homes. (2, 17, 18, 31) Studies also show
reduced rates of ho~h symptoms and acute illnesses with increasing
age in all sites. However, there is very little evldence of an
excessive rate of illness in day care children for the more serious
respiratory diseases. (17) Aaymptomatio children do not have
higher levels of respiratory !tract pathogens or even different
pathogenl than children reared at home. (i, 17, 40) However, The
true incidence of infectious disease in family day care is unknown
since most of it is unlicensed. ~2)
3.3. pAHSX~ SMOKZHC ~ DIHZAHHH IN XHF]~TB AND CHZLDHZN
A number of studies have demonstrated a positive association
between passive smoking and lowe~ resplratory symptoms (4, S, IS,
36) and diseases. (ii, 12, 22, 29, 40) The effect was stronger in
infants. Maternal smoking, when measured, showed a high
correlation. However, paternal ~oking was rarely significant.
Studies on the relationship of passive smoking to the development
of bronchlolitis are less clear, Two studies ~32, 38) showed a
positive association wlthmaternal smoking. However, another study
(29) did not find a relationship.
.Otitis media is the only upper respiratory disease reported in the
literature as being associated with passive smoking. Five studies
(3, 20, 21, 30, 34) showed an inorassed incidence of otltis media
with maternal smoking. However, in five other studies (14, 39, 45,
46, 47) parental smoking was not significant. However, the study
by Fleming and colleagues (14) included only 34 cases among the 575
children wi~h upper respiratory illnesses. Pukander and oolleag~es
(30) also suggested that day care attendance may mask the effect
of parental smoking.
Two comprehenslve reviews (27, 43) concluded that lower respiratory
diseases and otltis media occur more frequently in children with
mothers who smoke. TWO researchers (29, 48} offered explanations
for the association with only maternal smoking. They argued that
children are more likely to be with their mothers at the times
smoking occur. Some mothers also remain at home with the child.
This suggests ~hat the duration of expos~tre to smoke rather than
Just the presence of a smoker is the more Important factor.
Both repo~cs (27, 43) emphasized the need for caution in the
interpretation of these studies, Zndependent risk factors, such
as age and sex, were not always taken into acuount. The use of
questionnaires to collect info~etlon on symptoms are prone to
recall bias. Most studies examined only the effects of exposure
to parental smoking, excluding exposures outside the immediate
family. Future studies must control for potential confounding
variables.
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3.4. D~ ~ AS ~ CONFOUNDING V~RZ~BL~
Passive smoking increases¸ ~he risk of upper and lower
respiratory diseases in infants. Oay care attendance also
increases the occurrence of uppe~ respiratory infections and
perhaps some lower resplratory illnesses in infants and
toddlers. However, studlas~focusing primarily on the effects
of passive smoking did hOt,control for day care attendance.
Many of ~he studies on day~care~ Infections did no~ consider
parental smoking as a possible confounding variable.
Moreover, none of ~he a~udlas in either area considered the
smoking habits of day care workers*
Seven of the day cars studies (14, 19, 30, 39, 45, 46, 47) did
consider parental smoking. Two of these studies (14, 30) found an
independent effect for both day care attendance and maternal
smoking. The effect of day care was strongest in both cases. The
remaining studies showed a statistical si~iflcancl for day care
attendance only.
It is unfortunate that researchers have ignored the smoking h~blts
.~mf day care givers. Especially since the duration of exposure is
portent. (29,.4~) Smoking by day care workers exposes the child
to smoke. Th~ Section on ~llergy of ~he Canadian Pediatric
Asscclation (37) provided support for thla premise. They reported
that infants admitted to hospitals for chest problems bad
significantly more day care givers who smoke than did control
infants.
The smoking practices of workers in day care homes deserve special
attention. This sector includes more children and is especially
popular with mothers of infants and toddlers. Day care providers
who smoke probably spend as much time wi~h ~hese children as their
mothers. Thus, the smoking habits of these workers potentially
confound the results of studies of the effect of parental smoking.
4."4 RECOMMENDATIONS
4.1. REGULATIONS
Existing day care regulations clearly are deflclent in mandating
a safe and healthy day care envlr0nment. Federal regulation, while
desirable, is not possible now. The prevailing attitude today is
away from federal intervention and toward state and personal
responsibility. (49) The regulation of day care homes, which
contain ~he most children, is an especially" delicate issue.
Increased regulation of homes might have the effect of actually
decreasing the availability of this mode of child care. (2)
Moreover, the sheer number of providlrs and the small size of these
units would make effective oversight difficult. (17)
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The most impotent interIR steps are to give parents better
information and improve state regulations that ~elate to health.
[17) Requiring all facilities to have written policies on heal~h
and give copies to parents is a etar~. Parents should also be
informed about ~he potential interaction between passive smoking
and day care on the risk of early childhood infections. (14)
4.2. llttS~
The sparse data available regarding family day care make it
imp0r~ant to pay more attention toY J lie mode. SiNce day care homes
includes more children, partlcule~ly infants and toddlers, it is
importan~ to understsnd the dlsease experlsn=es In these homes. (2)
Surveys are needed to determine the smoking patterns of day care
workers. Data from the National Heslth Interview Surveys,
1978-1980 put the prevalence of smoking among female child care
workers at 28.9%. However, these data excluded private household
child care workers.
4.3. EDCCAT~ON
~resently, Parents must Judge for themselves the quality of care
given ~o their children. However, most parents do not know what
to look for in a day care setting and there are no federal
standards. (35, 50) There are, however, guidelines that the child
development community supports. (35) There is also s checklist
that =an dlffersntiate between centers of high and low quality.
The ¢heokllst includes one ite~ on smoking: "Adults do not smoke
in rooms where children are." (7, 35) Ea~cation sffo~s to
disseminate this information are needed. Low-cost materials must
also he available to day care providers. (i)
5. CONCLUSION
The children of woc~ing parents ere receiving day care primarily
in their own home, family day oars homes, and day care centers.
Family day care is ~he largest of the three sectors hut day care
centers represent the fastest growing segment. S~udies, mostly in
Scandinavian countries, have demonstrated that children attending
day care have more respiratory inf@ctlone. The effectwas stronger
among infants and toddlers.
Another group of studies have llnked parental smoklng, primarily
maternal smoking, with an Increase Ln respiratory dleeases among
infants. However, most of these studies did' not control for
atte~in~ day care. Th~ few studies that cont~olle~ for parental
smoking and day cars showed a consistent and positive association
for day care. Parental emoklng was less cleor. None of the
studies, however, controlled for the exposure to smoke from day
care workers.
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Studies controlling for potential confou.di a c o
needed in this area. The smoking practices of day care workers,
particularly day carg homes, may have been a major uncontrolled
factor in past studies.
In the interim, parents must be educated. They must know about the
bagful effects of parental smoking and the pot~tial for added
exposure from day care Workers. ~ Some S8% of Dn@ sample attended
full-tlme day care, i.e., 40 hours o~ more per week. (14) Thus,
children of nonsmoking parents are not wlthout risk. Staying with
day care smokers may increase their exposure to smoke similar to
that with smoking parents. Children of smoking parents may face
as much as twice the exposure. This has special implications for
day care homes. First, the chil~Ten are yo~ger. They also spend
most of the time in a smaller environment ,with other children and
the day care worker. If smoking occurs, the expos~tre should not
be materially different from that found in the home.
Day care providers must also know a~ut the posslhle interaction
of passive smoking and day car~ attendance. Those in day care
homes, particularly, should not smoke in the presents of hhe
children. Since strict regulatlons of this sector in not possible,
the parents must insist upon this practice.
Day care centers, while providing a different environment, should
adhere to the same principle. They are similar to the school
system where teachers can not mmoke in the classroom. State
regulatory agencies should also include this provision in the
licensing of day care facil±tles.
/
SUMMARY
1. Studies have linked both parental smoking and day care
attendance with increased respiratory infemtlons. Smoking by
daycare workers may have been "a major uncontrolled confounding
factor in studies of infections caused by maternal passive smoking.
2. Parents and daycare providers should be educated to know
about the harmful effects of parental smoking and the potential for
added exposure from day care workersa which could double total ETS
exposure.
3. State regulatory agencies should include prohlbltlons
against smoking in daycare as they do in Classrooms.
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TYPE O1 C~EZLD CARl BY AGZ OF CHZZ,D
TLI=lo I
AGE < 1 Year
IN-HOME CARE
DAYCAR~ HOME
GROUP CARE
MOTHER
TOTAL
Source :
1-2 Years 3-4 Years
34,3% 33.3%
42.?% 43.0%
5.3% 11,7%
9.2% 8*6%
91.5% 96.6%
O'Connell and Rogers, 1982 (28)
TOTAL
24.6% 30,5%
35.4% 40.2%
25,8% 14.8%
9.9% %,1%
95,7% 94.6%
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AGE < ~ Year
GZ'V~R BY &GZ 03' CHZLD
TabZo 2
~-2 Yearm 3-4 Year8 TOTAL
FA"~":.~ 13.9% 15.8%
MOTHER 9.2% 8.6%
GHANDP.~J~'I' 22.4% 16.$%
OTHER RELATZVZ 11.3% 12.3%
NOt~ELATIVE 29.4% 31.4%
GROUP CARE 5.3% 11.7%
TOTAL
SOUrCe:
91.5% 96,6%
O'Connell and Rogez's, 1982 (28)
11.0% 1~.9%
9.9% 9.1%
Z4.6% 17.2%
12.8% ~2.1%
21.6% 27.5%
25.8% 14.8%
95.7% 94.6%
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CAREGZVZRS BY T~PE OF CHILD CARB AND AGE OF CXILD
Table 3
AGE < 1 Year
I-2 Years
3-4 Years
TOTAL
Z
Grandparent
Other Relative
Non-relative
• AY CARE HOME
Grandparent
other Relative
Non-relative
GROUP CARE
Nursery
Day care Center
MOTHER 9.2%
15.9% 11.0% 13.99
8.9% 6.3% 3.6% 5.9%
5.1% 5.0% 5.7% 5.2%
9.4% 6.2% 4.39 5.5%
13.59 10.59 11.09 11.39
S.29 7,3% 7.19 6.9%
23.0% 25.2t 17.99 22.0"I;
1.79 3.2% 11.79 5.5%
3.6% 8.5% 14.1% 9.2%
8.69 9.9% 9.19
TOTAL 91.59 96.6% 95.7%
94.6%
Source: O'Connell and Rogers, 1982 (28)
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CHAPTER 11
NO SMOKING POLZCZZ9 HT T~ WOP~V~TZ
A Look at What Companies ~re Doing Today
~uhh hehrense
Washington Buminem| Gzoup on Xealth
The move~nent of businesses to develop and impla:ent smoking
control policies appears to be strong, and may even by gaining
momentum.
A national survey released in 1987 by ~he Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, U. S. Depa~snt of Health and
Human Services, found that 27 percent Of all U.S. companies with
50 or mort employees had a formal smoking policy. Of ~hese, 40
percent reported the policy was in place to protect nonsmokers; 40
percent reported ~he policy was designed to comply .with
regulations; 13. peccent reported a need to protect equipment, and
~'percent advised that ~he policy was designed to protect employees
at high risk for health problams.I
A more recent study that looked "only at large and medium-slzed
companies, the 42nd annual Northwestern University Lindqulst-
Endicott Report, found that 70 percent had restricted, or were
prepared to limit, sm~klng in the workplace. The study was
released in early" 1988.
Another study oE 916 large and mid-sized U.S. companies, conducted
in 1989 by Hay/Huggins, a management consulting firm, found that
Sl percent of surveyed firms wlth revenues of $i billion or more
re~trict smoking; the p~rcent dropped to ~5 percent for companies
grossing less than $200 million per year.
A 1989 survey by the Gallup Organization commissioned by the
American Lung Association found that 21 percent of individuals
surveyed supported a total ban on smoking at the work.sits, with an
additional 85 percent in favor of smoking only in designated
areas.&
The development and implementaticnof a no smoking policy within
a business is a multl-faceted proGees. Experiences of the growing
number of companies that have developsd written statements spelling
cut how smoking will he limited or prohibited i~luBtrates vividly
that the process Invalves many individuals and groups, and that
deliberations often are emotionally charged.
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This chapter contains a series of case studies outlining how
several companies have successfully approached this process. But
before discussing company-speciflc examples, there is merit in
examining some of the key issues that must be looked at by any
company considering developing a no smoking policy. Among the
questions to be answered are~
o What kind of specific smoking restrictions are beet for the
company?
o What h.neflts can be realistically anticipated from the
policy?
o How should employees he Involved?
o How should unions be involved?
o What kind of education should be offered and to whom?
o What kind of incentives should be offered?
o
How should the policy be enforced?
Further details about each of these steps arm contained within the
"Case Studies" section of this chapter.
OBtlons for Smokina Restrletlons
Restrictions on smoking in the wo~kslte are not new.
For years--even decades--businesses have had polloles that banned
smoking in specific areas such as elevators, hallways, auditoriums,
sections of cafeterias, laboratories, rooms with delicate
equipments, etc. In many instances, these restriotions were
imposed because of laws or ordlnancse requiring them or to protect
property. Bmfors the 1980s, they were seldom implemented for
health reasons. The assumption wee, of course, the entire company
is considered a Smoking Permltted~rea unless otherwise specified.
Another type of ~ollcy began appearing with regularlty in the mid
end late 19S0s. It banned smoklng throughout the company except
in designated areas. While many of these policies did not
necessarily put greater limits on smoklng--often allowing offices
and work areas, special lounges,; large pacts of the cafeterias,
etc, to be designated as Smoking Permitted areas~ they did set the
precedent that the company is Smoke Free except in specified areas,
While the difference between these two types of policies may seem
subtle at first glance, there is a strikingly different corporate
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philosophy underlying the c~o approaches. And in the late 1980s,
i~ was this latter approach--establlshlng a smoke free company,
possibly with a few, carefully selected areas ~bat permit smoking-
-that appeared to be se~ing the pattern for worksite smoking
policies.
ACCording to a spokesperson for Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI),
determining what approach to take in limiting smoking was the most
difficult aspect of developing and implementing its policy.
AS TI and many o~her companies have found, designating even a few
smoking areas within a company can still pose serious health
hazards for employees. Smoke from lounges, caf~terlss, hallways,
and enclosed offices, gets into the ventilation system and is
circulated throughout the building, including into no smoking
sections. (Sea "case Studies: Pacific Northwest Bell.") As an
interim step in a phased-in nonemoking work environment, Pacific
Mutual Life Insurance Company, Wew~or~Beach, California, installed
electronic filters in the temporary smoking area of its cafaterla.
TI chose to avoid this problem by eliminating smoking from the
worksite except for designated smoking areas which were, to the
extent possible, separately ventilated.
Similarly, the
~eadqua~ers complex of General Telephone Of California prohibited
smoking in all areas except a small portion of the oafeterla that
has its own ventilation system.
For others like Amsrlcan Family Insurance Group, Madison,
wisconsin, Pennsylvania Blue Shield, and UNUM Life Insurance
Company, Portland, Maine, the choice to provide separate
ventilation was either too expensive or physically impossible, so
they chose to ban smoking completely at the worksi~e. On October
I, 1987, Ralston Purina's headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri,
became the first Fortune 500 company to completely ban smoking in
its facilities.
Clearly, more and more companies are banning smoking or severely
limiting it. Most require that all visitors abide by the company's
requlatlons. Some will not allow smoking on company property,
including grounds and parking 10he. GroUps like MIohlgan ~ell,
which has a large number of motor vehicles, are expanding their
bans to all company-owned vehicles. However, others are voiding
a ban in company cars and trucksbecause they believe enforcement
will be vlrtually impossible.
A few companies have gone even .fllrther, and may be bellwethers for
a future tend. These companies require that all hew employees sign
a statement that they are nonsmokers, even on their own time.
Company pollcles prohibiting the'hirlng of smokers got natlonwida
publicity when Acoustical Products Companyi~ a subsidiary of
Chicago-based US Gypsum Corporation, announced that because of
exposures to fibers that could have adverse health effects, all
present workers were required to quit smoking or face termination,
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and in the future, only nonsmokers would be hired. The Non-Smokers
Inn in Dallas, Texas, provides on~nonsmoking rooms and hires only
individuals who do not smoke. At Cardinal Industries, columbus,
Ohio, new employees must state on the application fog whether or
not they smoke, and only nonsmokers will be hired; but the company
does not make any sffor~ to validate applicants' statements.
Loulsimna Pacific Corporation, s~Por~land, Oregon-based national
timber company with 15,000 employies,Ldces not hl~s smokers in any
of its plants or in oorporsts Offices "because of ~he =edical
costs, absenteeis~, envi~or~snt of smoke ~nthe yes.lace, tha fire
problems in the =ills, and lung cancer."°
The vast maJori~ of companies s~ill do not require ~hat new
employees be nonsmokers. But many companies wl~h strict bans are
seeing fewer smokers apply. -why¸ would i s~oksr want to work for
us," one company spokesman said, "when we deprive his of his habit
for eight hours every vorkday?"
Dgn~fits of NO Smokina ~elieles
Developing and implementing a vorksits no smoking policy may not
be easy and may cause some disc~mfor~ for smokers and managsmsh~
alike. So vhy do companies do it? What benefits do they receive?
In a recent national survey of all types of worksitss with 50 or
more employees, the Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, U. S. Depart:snt of HQslth and Human Services, asked
~hoss wi~h s~oking p=ograms what benefit8 they perceived.
o 41 percent said smoking control policies and programs
improved employeesr health;
o 16 percent said they increased employees' productivity;
o 9 percent said they improved morale, and
o 8 percent said smoking control ac~ivities reduced costs.1
Some companies have conducted evaluations of the ~esults from their
smoking con~rol errors. Several Of ~hese studies, along with some
anecdotal findings, are reposed in this chaptQr's Appendix, "The
Econ~mi~ ~ustiftcstion for NO $~oking Policies."
To many Co,panics, a rlduction in the numbe~ or percent of
e=ployees who smoke is benefit ~nough from a policy. Smokers
d~opped from 21 percent of the workforce to 1~ percent in two¸ years
at U~ ~ife ~nsurance Company. In addition, 87 pe=cen~ of the
smokers reported they were smoking leSS after the policy was
6
i~ple=sn~sd. At Pacific No~hwlst Bell, smokers dropped from 28
percent at the time the ban was implemented to Just 20 peroent of
employees two years later.
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V Veto
Some companies, especially those wanting quick results that can he
controlled, develop smoking polioles at thl top executive or
managemen~ level and announce them to the employees° But a more
frequently seen pattern today involves employees in the p~ocess of
toz~ulating and implementing a policy from the outset but with
varying degrees of direc~ion frDm~anagement. Companies have found
~hat involvement of employees,¸¸ including smokers, facilitates
compliance with the resulting policy.
In some companies, the involvement takes the form of responding to
a charge. For example, an employee committee might he asked to
examine the issues and problems related to smoking at the worksite
and to present to management within three months recommendations
for a policy and implementation plan to deal with them. In o~hers,
management may decide that smoking is a serious health hazard to
its employees and that smoking is to he eliminated in 12 months.
This organization's charge to employees might be to review how
other companies have successfully moved to a smoke free workplace
~nd to present reco~endatlons for steps the company should
nder~ake during the next 12 months to make ~hat transition both
smooth and as painless for smokers as possible.
Regardless of the approach, if employees are to be involved, it is
important that their contributions have meanin~ and he llste~ed to
objectively by management, r
When tracing the hlstory of smoking policies in organizations, it
is not unusual to find that the initial push to limit or eliminate
smoking came not from management, but frc~ the employees,
themselves.
At UAqJML~fe Insurance Company, employeesI complaints, coupled with
a Maine law requiring employers to reduce smoking, resulted in the
company-wide ban. Pacific Northwest Bell emphasizes that no
company officer or executive advocated its move to implement a
smoking policy. Rather, the impetus came from employees. A grass
roots group conducted • survey of workers and eventually
recommended that pNW Bell ban smoking. The E~ployee Advisory
. Council at Cardinal Industries' ~anford, Florida, plant initiated
the idea of a tough no smoking stand. (See "Case Studies--Cardinal
Industries and Pacific Northwest~Bell")
At Holiday Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee, a task force of
employees developed a Clean Air Policy covering its headquarters
offices. The task force was originally set up as a Wellness
Ccmmlttee a full year before wmrkhegan on the zmoking policy. The
employee group researched various aspects of the smoking problem
by gathering data, talking to other companies that had already done
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it, and working with the local cancer society and lung association.
A su~sey was conducted of all employees to identify their habits
and attitudes related to smoking. The bask force, itself, created
the phased-in process that resulted in Holiday Corporation
headquarters and several of its subsidiary groups going smoke free
on January i, 1987.
But the a~ of involving amployUm el not always as easy as it
might seem, according to Charles Niellonof Texas Instruments.
Zt is important to involve employees in theprocess of developing
a policy as early as possible, and a survey of their habits and
attitudes provides invaluable data to management, says Nielson.
Becauls TZ has so many Iocatlons,~ however, timing of an employee
survey was sometimes very difficultr in some locations, the policy
had already been set hy corporste~eadquarters before the attitude
survey could be conducted. As a result, some employees felt they
were being manipulated. "Data is vital to planning, hut timing is
also Important so that the company maintains its credibility,.
cautions Nielson.
U~io~ I~volveme~t
~h any unionlzed organization, consideration must:be given at ~e
outset to h~ and when unions will be involved. Popular thinking
Just a few years ego was that unlons would block most company-
sponsored wellness efforts, partlcalarlythosethat interfered with
individual lifestyle choices, su0h as smoking. But through the
work of several ploneerlngunlonl ~uch as the Amalg~ted Clothing
and Tax, ill Workers Union, the United Steelworkers Union, and the
Unltsd Auto Worker$~ as well as the effor~l of national groupl
including the Workplace Health Fund, more and more labor groups are
willing to cooperate with management in reducing ~moking if they
are approached properly--and early in the process.
Unions also recognize ~hat their membership reflects closely the
national averages, therefore the vast majority of their members do
not smoke. AS a result, many unions are reoslvlng increased
pressure from their membership to help control smoking in the
workplace. After having been involved in all aspects of policy
development, the Communications Workers of America sent a memo to
its 8,000 members at Pacific Northwelt Bull acknowledging that the
company was implementing a smoki n~ban, b~t stating that CWA would
not oppose it because of the possibility that nonsmoking members
would sue the union--and probably win. (See "Case Studiel:
Pacific Northwest Bell.")
In late 198S, the Workplace Health Fund, in cooperation with the
Office of Disease Prevention and ~ealth Promotion, (US DHHS), held
a conference of union people to discuss the ~rits and value of
health promotion. One of the outcomes of the meeting was a set of
criteria for union involvement in worksite wellness efforts.
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Among ~he ~eoo~endations were ~wo that placed heavy emphasis on
the need to have a good working relationship between ~he union and
management before attempting to implement any kind of wellness
program. "Worksttes in which labo~ and management are not
cooperating ~o bring health and safety hazards under control should
not be sites for bealth promotion a¢~ivitie|." In addi~ion, "where
the worksite is not undercontrol~or the employer ls uncoopRrative,
and wherlthe union has ee~ablished the need for health promotion,
~he proqrams should he oonductedoutside the worksl~e.""
But for any unionized company considering a smoking policy, the
first step must be to look carefully at its union contracts,
particularly for any ¥ordlngthat~mlghtguarantea members ~he right
to smoke. If such agreements exist, ~he likelihood of the union
supporting a no smoking policy is sllm.
Sue Pisha, area director of the northwest region of the
Communication Workers of Amerioei believes that with motivational
infor~atlon and education, therl is the potential for unions to
eventually become a proectlve force for nonsmoklng policies.
"Policies seem to eliminate in-flghting," she says. "without a
~olicy, the issua, is messy and polarizing."~
A companion element of virtually every successful workplace no
smoking policy is an educational program designed to inform
employees about the new r~les and ~o provide opportunities for
smokers to kick the habit. While behavior modification programs
are the most commonly presented, some companies have offered
innovative approaches such as acupuncture, hypnosis, self-help
materials, hot lines, incentives for nonsmoklng employees ~o
encourage and assist their co-workers to quit, and multi-day
intensive programs for hard-core smokers.
Now that the nicotine in tobacco is widely recognized as an
addictive substance, in much the same way that alcohol and drugs
are considered addictive, other education techniques also have come
into use. They include aversion techniques such as satiation and
rapid smoking, relaxation training, uoping skills training,
stimulus control, and nicotine fading.9
In addition to on-slte opportunities, businesses have gotten good
results by encouraging participation in commun~y-sponsored stop
smoking classes merely by providing lists of sessions available
through reputable groups such am cancer and lung associations,
hospitals, ~'s, and for-proflt organizations.
Because quitting can be very difficult and often is greatly
enhanced by peer and family support, many companies make cessation
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opportunities available to spouses and other lm~ediate family
members, as well. (See "~noentives.")
UNU~ Life Insurance Company offers classes for e usually over-
looked group, nonsmokers. The classes are designed to help those
who do not smoke understand the problems faced by smokers tz~zing
to quit and to urge them to encourage fellow workers to quit or to
refrain from smoking. At~inierBank, Seattlel Washin~on, stress
managuent olasses were offered to help swokers adJult to the
polioy as well as to assist those who were trying to quit.
While no national data are available on work~ite quit rates, strong
worksite programs claim anywhere from 20 to 50 percent quit rates
after one year. However, most published s~udies repol-~ six-month •
abstinenoe rates of 30 pe~oent or lese.~ As a result of an
intensive smoking cessation campaign, Johnmon ~ Johnson, New
B~nswicks New Jersey, reports a two-year SUCCess rate Of 23
percent of all smokers in the company, not~ypt 23 percent of those
who went through a program or completed
it.-"
Hany companies go a step beyond offering cessation classes by
providing incentives for smokers to quit. Some also have devised
rewards for non-smokers. The most widely used incentives for
smokers are monetary, often tied to completing a cessation program
and/or stopping smoking. Many uompanies offer cessation classes
free to employees and their families, often during company time,
or reimburse them for the cost of taking a communlty-bas~d class.
Others, llke ~he Utah State Department of Health, reward smokers
who actuallyquit. The "Mealthy~ah" programs pays $25 to smokers
who quit at the end of three smoke-free Jonths, aDother ~25 after
six months, and $50 at the end of a year of not smoking.
Honmonetary incentives, too, can be appealing. Employees who
participated in a 24-hour "Cold Turkey" stop smoking day at MSI
insuranoe, Arden Hills, Minnesota, beoame eligible for a drawing
f~r a frozen turkey. Those who quit for six monthm were eligible
for a drawing for a free YMCAmsmbershlp, and anyone who stayed o~I
cigarettes for a full year was ellgible for a weekend vacation.
Some companies also have gotten creative in finding ways to reward
employees who are nonsmokers or who quit before a policy goes into
effect. Employees who take a health risk appralsal at Westlake
Co~unlty Hospital, Melrose Park, Illlnols, reoelve a $50 "bounty"
for par~Iclpating plus several "good health bonuses" including $25
for not smoking. Weekly paychecks at Speedcall Corporation,
HayWard, California, include an extra $7.00 for those who do not
• smoke at work. Backsliders who light up one week and lose their
reward are encouraged to get back quickly to Dot smok~pg; so the
next week without smoking earns the $7.00 bonus again."
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Businesses also offer nonsmokers discounts on llfe and health
insurance, a very visible and tangible incentive he stop smoking
and improve health.
Smokim~ Poli~ znf~asment
Without a doubt, one of ~he moat difficult questions asked by
companies considering a smoking policy is -How can a no smoking
policy be enforced?" The response from most businesses that have
moved to a ban is that the company must first demonstrate to
employees that it is serious about eliminating smoking in all or
parts of the building. Second, it must handle violations in the
same way that infractions of all other personnel policies are dealt
with.
cardinal Industries had a highly visible and dramatic way of
demonstrating its oonitment. Its president, Austin Gurlingar, a
cigar smoker, stated to all employees that ha would refrain from
smoking at the workplace.
~aklng certain that each employee receives a copy of the policy in
advance of its implementation and posting signs clearly delineating
where workers may and may not smoke are small steps that can help
show a company's commitment to smoking controls and increase
compliance, as well.
Some companies are enforclngthelr no smoking policies by referring
employees who are unable to quit be¢ause they are addicted to
nicotine to an Employee Assistance program. These companies may
apply the same enforcement guidelines to addicted smokers as they
do to users of alcohol or dr~gs, requiring that they overcome the
habit in order to remain with the company.
Most companies say that no employees have quit their Jobs because
of the new rules. However, most also point out that a few have
"tested" the policy, with some pushing it all the way to probation.
According to Dick Backer, employee services representative for
American Family Insurance Group, "Some employees tested the waters,
sneaking cigarettes in the rest rooms. SupervisoEslmt it be known
that smoking would be treated lime ~ny other vlolatlon of policy,
for example, inappropriate dress," Holiday c6rporatlon follows
its usual procedurm for violation of any company rule--first a
verbal warning, then a written warnlng, followed by a "final"
warning, and if necessary, termination.
But all agree, termination is not the objective. Everythlng
possible should be done to encourage employees to comply, and mos~
feel that peer pressure is the beat policing mechanism. However,
when an employee continues to break the r~les, h8 or she must be
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disciplined appropriately, or the entire policy will crumble. (see
• Case Studies.")
The following case studies illustrate how four widely different
companies approached the development and implementation of a policy
to reduce or eliminate smoking within their organizations.
CARDINAL ZNDUSTRIZBt ZN~*
Overall Policy: A total ban on smoking on any company property
exists; all new employees must attest to belng nonsmokers.
Beginning January i, 1987, the 8,650 employees Of cardinal
Industries were assured of a totally smoke free work environment.
One year prior to ~he ban, Cardinal, the nation's largest
manufacturer of modular homes, had taken an even more dramatic step
by ins~itutlng a multi-faceted policy that included hiring only
nonsmokers as new employees.
Bsnoflts ~tloi~ated
Although insurance carriers are saying it will take 12 to 18 months
tO e@e any deorease in insurance ratie~ Cardinal's management
expects to significantly lower operating costs, increase
productivity, reduce absenteeism, and eventually pay lower
insurance premiums as a result of the new policy. Even more
importantly, It expects to improve ~he health of its key asset*-
it~ human resources.
But employees at Cardinal~e Sanford, Florida, locatlon--one of four
regional sites throughout the country--are convinced they would
have gone smoke free even without the corporate edict. Why?
Because employees wanted it, and because management recognized the
negative impact of smoking on employees' health and prc~uotivity.
The passage of Florida's Clean ~door Air A~ in October, 1985,
focused attention on the plant's effo~s end established it as one
• of the most progressive workslt8 no-smoking policies in the state,
stimulating a letter of commendation from the go~ernor.
Because of the nature of materials used at Cardlnal, the second
largest residential builder in the country, the company had a long-
standing policy prohibiting smoking in its five manufacturing
plants. But at the Sanford location, the real push for a ~ough
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policy~hat extended beyond the manufacturing faeillty came~hrough
its Employee Advisory Counell ~n late 1985. Made up of employees
elected by the workers within eath department, the Council meets
reqularly with top management.
Based on employees' suggestions, a three-phase policy wee developed
and implemented Jan. l, 1986, that gradmelly eliBinated smOking in
meeting rooms, the cafeteria, and other common areas over the nex~
12 months. AS par~ of the policy, which was designed to ~ake
cardinal smoke-free by the end of the year, the company began
hiring only non-smoklng personnel, current employeesj smoking
privileges (in designated areas) were g~andfathered for the
remainder of the year.
But before the policy was implemented, it required approval by top
management, including the company,s 33 year-old founder and
president who was a cigar emoker--a situation that has stopped many
other companies with good intentions. "We had been looking for
ways to reduce our health cape costs and at the same time improve
efficiency and productivity," said a company spokesperson, ,and the
evidence about the health consequences of smoking were too powerful
to ignore. When you add the fact that cardinal pays for i00~ of
~mployeest health insurance, thedeclsion seemed inevitable.,,
In many ways, the fact that the chief executive at sanford was a
smoker aided in convincing employees that ~e plant was serious.
The announcement that only nonsmokers would beh~red and that there
would be no exceptions to the rule--even the president--helped
overcome one of company's blgqest obstacles to successful
implementation...convinclng employees that the company is serious
about the ban.
A second advantage Cardinal has in tlrmsof enforcement is a highly
desirable work environment. It pays top benefits and offers
excellent working conditions. An employee must balance sacrlfiolng
hls/her smoking habit for eight hours each day wi~h sa=rlficlng a
job at Cardinal. So far, cardinal has won every time. Not only
has no one quit, but the ban has not even been tested. "They know
we are serious, end if they test us, they must be willing'to llve
with the consequences." Management also believes %hat the iong-
standing positive environment among employees and management has
contributed to the easy transltien.
During the 12 months between the announcement and
the
implementation, various company-pald educational programs
and
cessation classes were offered. Zn addition to requler
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smoking seminars provided after business hours, employees and their
families also were offered a hypnosis program, and for those who
felt they were addicted to smoking, an intensive two-day, off-site
treatment program was provided. FDA approved pharmaceuticals also
were offered as quitting aides. During the period preceding the
ban, smoking areas within the locatlons were gradually restricted
until, on January I, 1987, ~he entlre company became smoke free.
Although no survey has been taken to determine how many employees
have quit smoking, a survey taken before the ban was implemented
revealed that more white collar employees ~han blue collar workers
were smokers. At the Florida location, for example, some 40 to 45
percent of employees could be classified as "blue collar." But
partly because the manufacturing plants were always nonsmoking,
there has been no partiCUlar problem in implementation.
In a Position Paper discussing its policy, Cardinal Industries
states, "The program only concerns itself with smoking in the
workplace add not what employees do on their own personal time.
Cardinal Industries never has, and never will try to regulate the
activities of its employees on their OWn personal time." Thus,
while Cardinal's application fqrm asks prospective employees
whether or not they smoke, and while its policy prohibits the
hiring of smokers, no attempt is m~de to test ,employees or to check
on their off-work habits.
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
Overall Policy: Smoking is prohlbitsd in all owned and leased
faoillties except in specific locations in each facility that
are designated as smoking areas and, to ~he extent possible, are
separately ventilated.
In late 1985 and early 1986, several of ~he 37 ma~or sites of Texas
• Instruments began implementing their own smoking policies as a
result of employee complaints and local" Clean Air legislation.
Rather than be faced with 37 dlffar~t policies to implement, TI
made a declslon to Implement a siogle corporate-wide policy.
Emolovee Habits and ~ttltudes
Before embarking on policy developmenh, TX surveyed its employees
to learn how many smoked and how they viewed worksi~e smoking
restrictions. About half of the more than 50,000 workers surveyed
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took the time to respond, revealing that ?7 percent of TI employees
were nonsmokers or exsmokers, and that Just 23 percent were ¢~rrent
smokers. Of those who smoked, o~er 40 percent said they wanted to
quit.
moE~o~ata o~4e=tlvee and Poli~
Before designing the Clean Air Policy, top corporate management
agreed on three objectives tha~ would form its underlying
philosophy. There were to:
o provide a healthf~l and safe working envlronlent;
o ensure high quality in all ~TI productst and
o initiate the companyms clean air approach rather than be
forced to react to Isgislatlon (including ~he possibility of
legislation from many dlffbrent states and municipalities).
From these objectives grew Tits Clean Air Policy.
I" .'It is the ~al of Texas Instruments to provide for its
employees a healthful and safe working environment. In accord
with this goal, Texas Instruments w~ll prohlblt smoking in all
TI owned and leased facilltiss~;except for specific locatlonm
in each facility which are designated as smoking areas."
TO underscore the importance of :the new policy, the eight-month,
phased-ln implementation process took a top-down track, with the
President and CEC Jerry Junkins working directly with a key
operating manager and the personnel director from each location
th~ughout the organization. During the session, Mr. Junkins
emphasized the organlzation*s complete commitment to the new
personnel policy and each individual manager's responsibility for
its successful implementation. These teams then headed up similar
training programs in their own lOCations. Training sessions were
conducted for selected managers hslng a centrally prepared manual
to ensure consistency among the3Y locations. Specially developed
brief video tapes offered all ,~mplOyees an innrodu=tion to the
policy (3 minutes), briefed managers ~and supervlsors on issues
related to smoking (i0 minutes), and assisted managers and
supervisors in learning techniques for resolving smoking-related
problems at the worksite (16 minutes).
Making every effort to assist smQklng employees to prepare for the
new policy, TI provided company-pald smoking cessation programs on
company time durlnq the initial phase-ln of the clean air program.
Classes were scheduled to accommodate workers on all three shifts,
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and "maintenance sessions,, were affered to provide additional
suppo~.
More than 4,700 employees signed up for cessation classes,
representing 40 percent of the company's smokers--almost exactly
the percent that said they wanted to ~it in the employee survey.
Of the group, 3,235 completed all the required classes (including
maintenance classes), with 1887, or 58 percent, reporting they had
~it by the end of the program.
As a further aid, a Tip Sheet, "How to Make Life Easier Until the
Next Cigarette Break" provided "some practical suggestions to help
you when you need to change your regular smoking routine." A "Wrap
Sheet: Daily Cigarette Count," designed to be wrapped around a pack
of clgarettms, offered an easy place to keep track of how much was
smoked, when and why, in the hope that the information would assist
the smoker in altering hls/her habits.
However, all communication was not downward! Employees were given
opportunities to ask questions and voice concerns during
educational programs. Special attention was p~id to employees
¢oncerns and complaints in In-house communication vehicles, as
well.
Facilities Modification
Because TI chose to designate a limited number of areas in each
building as smoking areas rather than to completely ban tobacco,
it faced the problems of recirculating contaminated air. Thus,
where necessary and possible, facilities were modified to provide
separate ventilation. In addition, all =igarette machines were
removed from TI facilities and a decision was made that no new ones
would be installed.
TI made it clear from the beginning that a new personnel policy had
been established that would be monitored and enforced in the same
way as all other policies, such as attendance. Thus, anyone found
smoking in non-designated areas would be given an oral warning.
If there w~re no further problemst no further action would be
taken. However, with subsequent smoking incidents, the employee
would be given written guidance, followed by probation for
additional infractions, with termination as a final step. But TI
stressed to all supervisors that they should make every effort to
educate smokers about the importance of the policy, rather than to
be heavy-handed. After nine months, "two or three oases" have gone
to probation, but no one has been terminated because of smoking.
Considering that 50,000 to 60,000 employees are covered by the
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policy, this is an excellent record, says Charles Nielson, Vice
President and Manager of U.S. Employee Relations.
Advice: Keep Poliav,s Purpose in ~ersDective
Hielson cautions other co=parties considering establishing a no
smoking policy that one of the most difficult problems they face
will be keeping the desire to ~iAmAnate the heal~h hazards o~
smoking at the workslts in proper perspe¢~ive.
TZ made a corporate decision to eliminate smoking at ~he worksite
except in designated areas. The decision wasa ~usiness decision,
not a moral or a value Judgement. TI, which has 50 percent of its
business in semiconductors, ~s facing intense competition,
according to Nielson. Therefore, it must have productive
employees. And that means it must have good relationships with all
its employees. But s~oking is anemotlonal issue for many people,
both smokers and nonsmokers. "I'm not sure ~hose of us in the
personnel field have yet learne~ how to deal with ~his kind cf
highly charged issue and still maintain sue productivity,- states
Hiel$on. "It takes a lot of hard work to achieve the desired
~tmosphere of teamwork, rather than an advarsarlal relationship."
RAINIER B~/RAXNZER BANCORI~RATXON
overall Policy: Following a one year phase in period, smoking
is banned in qll 200 domestic facilitles and in car pool
vehicles.
In September, 1985, the 5,800 employees of Rainier Banoorporation~s
U.S. facilities received a communication from their Preslde~t, John
D. Mangels stating that "we are committed to insuring a healthful
and comfortable environment for all employees." As part of that
commitment, he announced, the corporation would become smoke-free
on october i, 1986. As part of a transition plan, beginning
october 15, 1985, smoking would be restrlcted to designated areas,
and +.he company would sponsor and,~ay foe smoking cessation classes
to assist employees who choose to quit.
Rainier Bancorporation is head~artered in Seattle, Washington,
with 200 offices in Washlngton, ~plus Alaska, Oregon, California,
Hawaii, Arizona, New York, and the Far East°
Heaitb Threats. Emoiovee COROiaim~s~ LmOai conaerns PEOmDt POii=V
According to Peter Broffman, personnel officer for Rainier Hank,
the major subsidiary of Rainier Bancorporation, the policy resulted
from three converging issues, the major one being a concern for
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enployee heal~h and wellness. Additional factors ware an
increasing number of employee complaints about smoke in the
workplace, and the changing legal and rsgulatory cllmate. In July,
1985, the sta~s of Washington had adopted a Clean Indoo~ Air Ac~
that prohibited smoking in public places, including public areas
of banks, and there was reason to bali@~s that unless employees
actwd on their own initiative, there might elmo be legislation
regarding private workspace° T~st, Ooupied with an Incrsaslng
number of court cases upholding the right of e~ploysas to have a
smoke free workplace, added impetus to,he development of a policy.
communloatlons vital to Ymmlementatlon
Once the decision was made to go forward wi~h a phased-ln ban,
communications wi~h employees bscale a key link to successful
i~plementation. Emphasis was placed on the fact that Rainier was
prohibiting smoking at the workplace, not smokers.
Pbase-ln Period
During the transition period, managers were given discretion to
determine the most appropriate way to make the transition. The
company policy s~ated that "The needs and 'comfort lavel' of both
smokers and non-smokers should be considered during this period."
Guidelines for Phase I stated, in part:
o All cOUCh areas, including lobbies, elevators, conference
rooms, hallways, lih~aries, ~eBt r~u and computer rooms
will he smoke free.
o In open-office work environments, managers should use
discretion in deciding whether those areas should be smoke
free. Individual employees may, of course, designate their
assigned immediate work space as a nc-smoklmg area.
o Employees with enclosed offices may designate their area as
a smoking or no-smoking area. However, the rights of non-
smokers who must come into an enclosed office to conduct
business should be respected.
o Lunchroom and lounge areas will be divided into areas for
smokers and non-smokers. Managers are given discretion to
divide the rooms as appropriate for their locale.
According to Broffman, there were relatively few difficulties in
the initial phase of implementation. The few problem that did
exist were due largely to differer~es in ~he ways various managers
chose to implement and police their smoking restrictions.
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nonsmoking, especially in the smaller branch offices where there
were few options for allocating space. For the most payS, Broffman
says, the problems were minor and easily resolved when the total
prohibition was enforced.
However, in retrospect Rroffman believes that a shorter trsnsltlon
period right have been more desirable.¸ "A ~hrse to six month
phase-in period probably would¸ harm been adequate," he
"Many smokers go~hrough s edJue~ent period. A few Indlcatsdsays"
that
putting off the inevltable ban for too long really Isnlt doing them
a favor because it prolongs the period of anxiety and allows them
to procrastinate in making the adjustment. Also, a shorter
transition emphasizes the resolve of the company to become smoke
free." In addition, any employees who want to defeat the policy
will use the entire phase-ln period to rally support. A shorter
transition period would shorten the debate and lessen the
p~$sibility that the detractors will succeed.
Bnforoln= the Ban
Phase II, the total smoking ban, was introduced in a low-key,
~a~ter-of-fact manner: a slmple "remlnder" that smoking would be
prohibited in all work areas. With the exception of minor, final
protests by a few "die-hards", employees accepted the new policy.
Rainier has received no formal complaints, has had no problem with
recruiting, and no one has resigned. The only complaint Broffman
is aware of is that a few employees who still smoke do so
immediately outside company building during breaks, and some
employees are concerned about the impression this gives to
customers entering the bank.
Because of its stance that Rainier is eliminating smoke, no~
smokers, the organization makes no attempt to discriminate against
hiring smokers.
Slooest Obstacle to Pollovt Fea~
Broffman acknowledges that when the policy was first proposed,
there was concern on the par~ of a few senior manager of -What
might happen." Although the majority and the leadership of senior
management supported the policy, a few were initially concerned
that there could be mass deletions, that dlsagrelments about
smoking would cause major disruptions in work units, and that it
could turn into an "employee rights" issue. However, these things
did not happen at Rainier.
"We had more complaints from nonsmokers before the policy was
implemented than we got from smokers afteT it was enforced."
8roffman says. His advice to other companies considering s smoking
ban? "Do it| You can make it work~"
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P~CIFIC NORT£W~ST SELL
Overall Policy: Because of heal~h concerns relatld to smoke,
PNB does not allow smoking in any company faoillty.
On october 15, 1985, Pacific Nor~hwestBell became the first large
company (15,000 employees in 750 buildings) to go completely smoke
free. Its policy is simple:
"To protect the heal~h of PNB employees, there will be no smoking
in any company facility."
o~tlons for ~mokina Restrletlo.e
Prior to the establishment of ~he policy, PNB had allowed each work
group to decide, itself, whether or not it would be a smoking area.
Problems arose, however, when ed~acent work groups had differing
approaches. Smoke would drift around barriers, waft across no-
smoking desks, and generally infiltrate all areas of the building.
Smokers assigned to no smoking areas would merily walk into work
groups that permitted smoke, making ~he atmosphere even worse for
nonsmokers in the area. Difficulties occurred even within¸
individual units that voted to ellmlnatelsmoking. ~f 80 percent
voted to be a clean air area and 40 percent voted for smoking, the
question arose as to whether the wishes of four-out-of-ten
employees COUld really be ignored.
While this kind of democratic approach had initially sounded llke
an easy way to avoid forcing a company-wldQ policy, it was seen as
unfair and inequitable by most workers. NO one was really
satisfied and all the underlying problems still existed.
Eventually both managers and employees began exerting pressure on
PNB to develop a company-wide pol~cy.
In ~anuary, 1983, a Smoking Issues Steering commlttee was
established consisting of smokers, nonsmdkers, and. a group often
forgotten, former smokers. Employees representing their unions and
from the legal, health services, safety, and many operating
departments were part of the task force. One of its first
undertakings, an employee survey, brought an astonlmhlng74 percent
response rate, attesting to the importance of the issue among
workers. In addition to comments fro~ those who were randomly
surveyed, 151 people who were not pa~ of the survey group made the
effort to get copies from their ~rlends so they, too, could have
their view heard. They included ~35 nonsmokers and 16 smokers.
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Results of the 1983 qllestlonnai~e showed ~hat 28 percent of PNB
employees smoked, but that the majority of employees were bothered
at least occasionally by smoke at the workplace, and almost 80
percent said the company should he concerned about smoking at the
worksite.
Two-and-one-half years after its Inceptlon--followlng a great dlal
of research and discussion by the task force, as well as
involvement in the issue hy numerous QUality Of work Life teems and
various ad hoc groups--~e employee committee recommended to the
officers that smoking be elimlnated at PNB.
O V
At PHB, unions were instrumental in all phases cf policy
development. Not only were they included In the employee committee
making recommendations about a future policy, but leadtrs of both
unions were part of the June 1985 presentation to the company
prmsldent of the committee's recommondatlon. "They were ~ot there
as advocates for a no smoking worksito," cautions Len Bell,
~irector of huma~ resources planning and employee involvement.
"They were pre~ent, rather, to state that they had been involved
in the process and what Shelf positions would bo on a strong
policy. While they did not endorse the complete elimination of
smoking in all buildings, they stated that their unions would not
formally fight its implomentatlon, either."
Bell adds that t~e union members on the co~ittee were "eXtremely
helpful" in all aspects of pollcTdevelopment, and that while they
never fought against the policy, they negotiated successfully for
several compromises that proved to be fair and beneficlal for all
employees. Initially, the company wanted to reimbursl employees
for smoking cessation classes after sucnessful completlon. The
union position was that PNB's goal was to assist and encourage
emp'~oyees to live with the policy and comply with It--not necessary
to get them to stop smoking. Therefore, they pressed, the company
should relmburse totally for cessation classese whether or not the
employee completed the series. On the issue of smoking in company
vehicles, union representatives stressed the difficulty cf
enforcement and potential probloms If algaretto butts were found
in a company car or truck ash tray. On both issues, PNB wont with
the unions' requests. All employees got full reimbursement for
taking a cessation clnss and smoking in company vehicles is a
matter of "common courtesy." The unions also urged that any policy
be oonslstent throughout all company iccatlons and for all
empl~yees.
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The day the policy was announced, which was 90 days before ~he
policy was to go in effect, PNB provided two telephone hot lines
to answer questions about the policy and provide Info~ation on
free cessation programs for employees and their dependents.TM A wide
range of quit opportunities were luade available, many on company
time, with PNB paying all fees following completion. But PNB also
garnered kudos from many employees by allowlng~hemto take classes
outside the company and still get reimbursement. The ability to
choose ~eir own quit method seemed to add to thelr coni~ent to
succeed and helped encourage a friendlier attitude toward the
pcllcy.
Within the first two years, 1,738 people had gone through cessatlon
programs--1,3$3 of them employees, 360 spouses, and 25 dependents-
-receiving full reimbursement from ~he company for a cost of about
$250,000. Is this investment woET~h it to PNB? "Yes," says Sell.
"Zt is money well spent. This equals the cost of Just two or three
~ancers cases. And we would much rather pay for 1,738 to try to
quit smoking than pay the results of their continued habit."
PNB reports that there have been "no real problems" with
enforcement. On the first day, there were reports that one or two
people were smoking behind closed doors in several locations. But
"word got around- and by the second day they were abiding hy the
rules. Although several people threatened to contact lawyers and
a few employees tried to organize a Smokers Rights day, nothing
significant came from any of the attempts to block implementation.
The bottom line: After two years, no one has quit because of the
no smoking policy, there have been no grievances, and smokers at
PNB have dropped from 28 percent to 20 percent in the two years
since implementation. All in all, the company views its no smoking
policy as an unqualified success.
SD~ARy
i. The movement of businesses tO develop ar~ implement smoking
control policies appears to be strong, and gaining momentum.
2.. Employees and unions should be involved in the developement and
implementation of workplace smoking policies.
3. Enforcement of smoke-free workplace policies has not proved to
be a real problem for business.
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~1~2R lit &PPB~ZX
IS THERE ECONOMZC JUSTZFIC~TZON MR
NO SMOKZ~G POLICZBS AT T~ WORKBZTZ?
By Ruth BehBens*
Washington Business Gzoup on Xmalth
The health hazards of smoking--in¢ludlng smoking at the vorkplace-
-have been well documented. Smoking greatly increases an
individual's chances of contracting serlous illnesses, such as
cancer, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and coronary hear~disease,
and of dying prematurely as a result cf these diseases. There is
little doubt that smoking also has a significant economic impact.
I~is estinated that businesses pay over SIOB billion per year in
health care costs. A significant portion of this bill is ~he
result of smoking, and is paid out through insurance premiu~s for
employees, dependents, and retlreeswho smoke or breathe second-
hand smoke, as well as for nonemployeea who smoke or breathe
Others' smoke through programs supported by state and local taxes.
~n other words, smoking Is costing businesses a lot of money.
HOW much does smoking cost U.S. businesseS? NO one knows exactly.
But a growing llst of researchers are tackling the difficult Job
of attempting to identify these coats.
Costs o£ Bmoklna ~o the Nahlon
At least three major studies have addressed the questlon of what
smoking is costing the nation.
~n 1978, Luce and Bchweitzer estimated the economic coats of
smoking in the United States to be $47.6 billion. They further
broke this down to $811 per adult smoker, or $1.5~ per pack of
cigarettes sold.I
Zn 1985, the Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress COTA),
estimated that smoking costa the nation about $65 hi11ion per year
in lost productivity and health care coatsal0ne, eTA estimates
- that smoklng-~aused illness results in $43 billion in lost
productivity annually (or $1.45 for each peck of cigarettes sold),
expenses borne largely by empl~qers. Businesses also pay a
significant portion of another $22 billion In smoking-related
health care costs, since nearly two-thirds of the coats are
incurred by those under 65. Acoordlng to the OTA, combined loa~
productivity and health costs related to smoking equal $2.17 per
pack of ciqarettes sold z
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Most recently in 1986, a group of researchers, which included the
former director of ~he government's National Center for Hea1~h
Statistics, concluded tha~ smoking ~os~s the United States a~ least
$59.7 billion each year in direct medical costs and salary losses
alone. These cost estimates were calculated by comparing the
health costs and income losses from smokers in excess of the same
amounts incurred by nonsmoker. The study concluded that. smokers
are sicker and re,Ire Bore medical care than nonsmokers."
The components of the $53.7 price tag were broken out as follows.
o Direct medical costs such as doomer hills, drugs, and
hospital and nursing home expenses were $23.3 billion more
for smokers than the average of nonsmokers.
o A total of nearly $9.3 billion was lost in salsbies due to
smokers being sick with smoking-related d~aeness in¢ludlng
lung cancer, hea~ attacks, stroke, emphysema, and other
respiratory illnesses.
o In 1984, lifetime earnlnq losses from smoking related deaths
were approximately $21.1 billion.
The authors characterize their findings as "conservative" since
they "did not take into account the adverse effects of passive
smoking, risks of abortions, stillhIz~hs, and neonatal deaths, or
deaths under age 20 that might he associated with smoking."
In their paper published in , Rice et al
translated all three of those studies to 1984 dollars. The result
is three analyses oZ the economio impact of smoking on the nation
that demonstrate enough similarity to underscore that smoking does,
indeed cost our country a staggering amount:'
o Lute & Schweitzer show a cost to the nation of $82.8 billion
per year in 1984 dollars;
o OTA, $82.2 billion in 1984 dollars; and
o Rice etal, $53.7 billion in 1984 dollars.3
Differin~ Methodoloates Make Pinooint~n~ Workstte Costs Hard
A number of researchers also have~a~smpt6d to assessthe specific
costs of smoking to businesses. But many pr~lams arise when
attemptin~ to identify one, or even a "best" methodology for
arriving at these costs.
A~ong the difficulties in conducing any study of the costs of
smoking is the fact that smokers dt£fer f~om nonsmokers in several
genetic, social, and economic characteristics that may contribute
to disease. ¥or example, the prevalence of smoking varies by race
(more blacks smoke that whites), education (fewer college graduates
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smoke than persons with only some high school), income (males with
lower income smoke more, while the opposite holds for women), and
occupation (blue collar workers smoke more than professional or
technical workers). If factors known to be related to health
status and smoking habits are not controlled, the impaq~ of smoking
on heal~h and the costs of smoking may be overstated/
When examining smoking in the worksi~e, specifically, other
methodoloqio issues must be resolved. Marvin M. Kristein and
William Weis both pUblished studies in the early 1980s identifying
the cost to business of each smoking employee. Kristsin estimated
the cost in 1980 dollars to be betwesn $336 and $601 ~er smoker
annually,4 while weis placed the figure nearer $4500.s These
findings are now outdatsd; in an article published in 1989,
Kristein has stated that "...the ¸typical Boking employee in 1988
cost the typical employer at leash $I000 in excess oosts# compared
to a similar nonsmoker.° However, a look s~ why their conclusions
differed i0 fold dramatically illushrates two points: i) hhe
difflculty of pinpointing the cos~ of smoking to businesses, and
2) the wide range of business costs that can be affected by
enviro~L~enhal tobacco smoke.
~ucb of the ra~h~ stag~erinq disarepancy behwesn ~he two studies
~s attributable to their seleoh~on of diffmrent categorieI of coshs
to inolude in the equetion~ the weight give~ eeoh oateg~ry~ a~ ~he
s~l~ry sssi~d ~ tha avsra~e s~oker.
~c~ording h~ ~eis, business oosts i~ at ~eas~ ten srees e~
affeoted by smoking cr s~oking ~nhro~s~ including no smokin~
poli~ies~ ~ea~h iNs~ran~a~ incrs~eNtal ~hsenteeis~ iifs a~d
~is~bili~y ins~ran~e~ fire, liability an~ industrial ~iden~
~n~an~e~ ~enti~atio~ and energy ~n~um~i~n f~r heating ~d si~
~o~iti~niNg~ le~l ~iabii~ty~ ~sr~y da~a~a, depreciation a~d
mai~teNa~e~ ~im~ lost to the smo~i~ ~it~sl~ empioyee morels, and
o~rporate image°~ ~rist~n fe~h~ i~ heel~h ~nd life insura~e~
~i~ losses~ wo~ker~~ oompensahion cna~s~ absent~eism~
pro~ti~i~y~ end ~co~pational hesl~h ¢~st~° ~n ~ ~99~ article~
Kristein looke~ ~ oniy sbor~cerm ~s~s a~ in~uded firs,
• ooide~hs~ venhil~io~ ~le~ni~g~ prod~chivity, and o~pahional
health risks°)~
• o hel~ illustrate the differs~ces heh~e~n Krishsin and ~eis~s
to~ai smoking~rel~te~ ~sts~ one,can io~ at ~ow ea~ ~alouiatss
the ccshs of absenb~eis~ ho sm~loyers ~e tn sm~ki~go
~si~ u~e~ go~ernme~ de~ tha~ ~h~ws • ~ok~r is ah~ent ~o~ ~eys
~er year more th~n a noNsmoker° ~sing $9~00 ~er em~ioyee aa the
• ~erag~ annual wa~e a~d salary~ including frin~s and payroli ta~es~
the company ~ay~ appro~imahely $~0 p~ working day ~or every
~mp~oyee o~ the payrollo ~ss~ing a ~ percent return on ~ayroll
~ol~ars~ the ~ir~t cost to the employer is $~ ~r ahsenoe~
e~o~in~ the oost o~ ~e~orary ~eplace~sn~so ~o~ordin~ ho thi~
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fonula, the total cost per smoker per year due to absenteeism is
$310. A similar system is used by Wels in dete~ining costs in
o~her categories.7
Kristein, on the other hand, used 1979 data showing smokers are
absent 33 to 45 percent more ~han nonsmokers, or 2.0 days more par
year, and assigns a daily salary of Just $40 per noker due to
smoking (versus $150 for Weis). Thus Kriatain in¢ludes from $40
to $80 per smoker per year attributable to absentselsm in his total
(versus $310 for Weis)."
While Kristein's estimates are based on what he called "real
numbers" drawn from Insurance companies, U.5. government
statistics, and detailed academiastudies, he =autlons, "we lack
meaningful 'case controlled, company comparisons of experience with
smoking employees versus nonsmok~g employees .... In
gtneral, the
emphasis is on ~ the costs to business."
E~onomi= I~Da~t of Smokers on ~he Workslte
~vldence also shows that, in addition to excess absences of two or
more days per year, s~oksrs exe~ other types of economic impacts
on businesses over their nonsmoking countexpal-~m. Studies have
shown that:
o smokers have twice as many Job related accidents as
nonsnaokers. 10
o Smokers are 50 percent moreilikely to be hospitalized than
those who do not smoke.
o Employers have been held legally responsible for at least
part of the disability cost for smoking employees who
contracted smoking related illnesses, In addition to claims
from nonsmcking ployees who were adversely affected by the
smoke of others.~
o Companies with certain occupational hazards can expect
greatly increased costs related to smoking. For example, an
asbestos worker who smokes ~s ten tlmas more likely to die
prematurely than his nonsmoking cowo~kerSo A smoking uranium
miner has six times the rls~ of contracting lung cancer as
a nonsmoker in the same johD
In addition, many health consequences of smoking translate directly
into increased health care costs, since elployers pay for a major
portion of these costs for ~helr employees, dependents, and
retirees.
o HeaVy smokers (two or more packs a day) are iS to 25 times
more likely to die of lung cancer than nonsmokers, and
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overall, smoke~s are ~ ~imss morm likely to die of l~ng
cancer than nonsmokers.~
Eighty to 90 percent of such long term severe lung disease
e
as emphysema end chronic b~onchltis are related to smoking.~
It is estimated that 30 percent OZ all cancers are caused by
smoking That means that 138,000 Americans died Of cancer in
1986 because of smoking.I]
HeaVy smokers are thrls to four times more likely ~o die of
cancer than nonsmokers and Overall, the risk to ~okers is
two times greater than for those who don!t smoke."
More than 550,000 Americans will die of coronary heart
disease this year, and up to 30 perce~ of those deaths will
be attributable to cigarette smoking~
HeaVy smokers have a 200 percent greater risk of dying from
coronary heart dlseasethao nonsmokers, and Overall, the risk
for all smokers Tegardlses of ?.he amount s~ked, is 70
percent greater than for those who dofl't smoke. 4
Evidence demonstrates that smoking during pregnancy has a
significant adverse effect upon the well being of the fetus
and the health of the newborn, including causing lower birth
weight infants and increasing the risk of spontaneous
abortion and neonatal deaths."
Children of smoking parents have increased prevalence of
respiratory symptoms and have an ino~ssd frequency of
bronchitis and pneumonia early in life.~
Two studies relate smoking directly wi~ costly health-related
events, stroke and automobile accidents.
A study has concluded that smokers who qultcan decrease their risk
of having a stroke by more than half when compared to those who
careC°ntinUecosts1~t° moke, thus cuttlng dramatically their potentlalhealth
A two-year study in Worcester Co~ty, Massachusetts, comparing the
motor vehicle driving records ofsnokere wlthnonsmoksrs found that
smokers had 50 percent more accidents than nonsmokers and 46
percent more traffic violations. The study Identlfled several
reasons for the smokers: increased risk of being ~nvolved in costly
accidents and violations, including
o smokers' more frequent use of alcohol and dr~gs,
o smokers' greeter rlsk-taklng behavior, and
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o smokers ' diminished attentlon to driving due to ~he
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distractions associated with smoking.
Indlvi~ual comnanles Document costs. Conseo~enaas of Smoklna
While s~udies conducted by individual companies have varying
degrees of validity, they do offer some further insights into the
price businesses pay for their smoking employees.
In a study of 40,000 employees at 27 locations of the control Data
Corporation, CDC found that smokers cost the companysu~stantially
more in health related costs than nonsmokers. The study, using
health data collected from 1981 to 1994, found:
o~ Smokers of one pack of cigarettes per day or more generate
health claims 18 percent higher than nonsmokers.
o Smokers of one cigarette to one pack per day accrue claims
costs 10 percent higher than nonsmokers.
o Heavy smokers have 2S percent more inpatient days than their
counterparts who do not smoke.
o Heavy smokers are 29 peroenE more likely to 1~ave health
claims OYeZ $S0OOO thao thOSe who dO not ricks.
one Los Angeles company estimates produotlon losses alone at $675
per smoker per year. Adding longeE te~oosts such as absenteeism,
premature death, and illness wqpld raise the cost to at least
$i,000 per year for each smoker~"
Provident Indemnity Life Insurance Company charges its smoking
employees the excess rate of their insurance coverage o~r that of
nonsmokers, an amount in the vluinity of $800 per year.
Smoking and the Bottom Line
When viewed in the aggregate, these studlee may appear to make a
compelllng case for the potential of smoking control programs and
• policies to significantly cut long-terl business costs. However,
a number of researchers, inc1~ding health promotion and smoking
control advocates, point out that this oon¢luslon may not be
Justified. In some cases, the s~udiee presented have significant
methodological problems or their underlylng assumptions may be
flawed. Equally important, the total costs of developing and
implementing smoking control programs and polloies, coupled with
the increased costs associated with longer life resulting from
quitting smoking (pensions, retiree and dependent health care
costs), may eliminate any financial gain for the company.
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Following are several examples and studies illustrating how ~hese
supposed cost savings may ~ot he what they Initlally appear to he.
As is pointed out in this appendix, many of the costs associated
with smoking can be attributed to characteristics of smokers (risk-
taking style, alcohol and drug use, low socioeconomic status).
However, it is unlikely ~hat these basic characteristics would
change, even if ~he individual e~p1myee was induced to stop
ssoking.
A portion of the supposed economic penalty associated wi~h hiring
smokers results from an increase in absenteeism seen in employees
who smoke. Statistics indicate ~hat people who smoke are eight
times more likely than nonsmokers to have alcoholism. Thus,
helping current employees stop smoking might not have the expected
effect on absenteeism, s~ce i~ some, alcoholism also is a root
cause of the absenteeism.~
Some argue that smokers already are "paying their own way. through
cigarette excise taxes. In examining the lifetime costs tha~
smokers impose on others through collectively financed health
insurance, pensions, disability insurance, group life insurance,
~ires, motor-vehicle accldents,~and the criminal Justice system,
"Willard G. Manning, et el, conclude that on balance, smokers
probably pay for their own torts to society under the current level
of excise tax on cigarettes.~
According to Kenneth E. Warner, Ph.D., a successful workplace
smoking cessation program will reduce oertaln health care costs,
llfe insurance co~ts, disability costs, and absentmeism, and it may
increase productivity as well. "H~ever," he adds, "one thing that
It is almost certain to do, by virtue of its success, is to extend
the lives of a subset of employees well into retirement, implyin~
both pension and health care (and other) cost implications ....
";~
Warner concludes that when all costs are taken into account--such
ass fo~ example, the increased costs of pensions, hesl~h caEe, and
disability for retired workers who llve longer because they stopped
smoklngf versus the decreased costs for workers who continued to
smoke, die prematurely, and are replaced by a younger, less
expensive employee--buslnesses might very well conclude that, from
a purely economic point of view it may be cheaper to allow
employees to continue smoking. Loulse Russell, Thomas
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Schelling, and others have moms to similar conclusions based on
cost savings alone.
Individuals such as these, who debunk the idea that smoking cmntrol
programs will result in most savings for businesses, do not,
however, conclude that it is in heat the interest of businesses and
society to advocate smoking or to shun smoking control pollcies.
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There are obvious sho~ tea benefits of a smoke free workplace,
over and above the health-related savings Warner lists above. They
include reduced building and equipment cleaning and maintenance
costs, reduced costs from fire damage and insurance, reduced energy
consumption cost because of reduced ventilation needs, and reduced
turnover. In addition, there erect he lass tangible benefits of a
working snvironmen~ ~hat is pe~eived as being better by the
overwhelming majority of e~ployees, as well as an Improved company
image o
But for many, the potential of he~ter heal~h for employees, and of
eliminating or delaying ~he onset of degenerative or fatal diseases
is the most compelling reason to implement a company-wlde smoking
control policy.
So the real bottom line for companies considering whether or not
to implement a smoking control policy or a smoking ban may not be
a simple dollars and cents formula. But rather, the ~ttom llne
may be as pragmatic as the need to comply with local legislation,
or the desire to improve productlvity, as pate1~nallstio as the
desire tc have happy, loyal employees, or as alt~ulstic the desire
"do the right thing" by providlng the most healthful environment
for its employees. If costs savings follow, these companies may,
themselves, have received a bonus.
SUMMARY
i. Smoking in the workplace increases business costs because the
diseases of smoking increase absenteeism-and hospltalizatlon, and
may increase insurance, disability and legal ~osts. However, these
costs may be offset by the longer lifespan of employees who quit
smoking as a result of workplace restrictions, increasing pension
costs to employers.
2. The most compelling reason to restrict smoking in the
workplace is the potential for better health Zor both nonsmoking
and smoking employees, by eliminating or delaying the onset of
degenerative or fatal diseases.
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