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TOBACCO SMOKE AND THE NONSM
public policy aspects of passive smokj&,
A review of the scientific a-spects and commentary azl the
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TOBACCO SMOKE AND THE NONSMOKER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... .
.....2.
AMBIENT TOBACCO SMOKE AND HEALTH CLAIMS .................................3
An Overview
..................................................................................................3
Health Claims
...............................................................................................4
Lu ng Cancer .... ...... ... ........................ . . . ..... . .. . ...... ... ...... .
........ . . . . . ...... . . . . ...... ... . .4
Respiratory Diseases: Lung Function ............................................................5
Comprornised'Individuals: Respiratory Diseases ...........................................5
Cardiovascu lar Diseases
................................................................................6
Compromised'Individuals: Cardiovascular Diseases ......................................6
Childhood Diseases
.......................................................................................7
Allergy.............................................................................................
...............7
Building Illhess
...............................................................................................8
AMBIENT TOBACCO SMOKE AND THE PUBLIC .......................................9
Regulationiand Individual Right's ...............................
.....................................9.
REFERENCES ................................................................... ..........
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INTRODUCTION
The issue ofi"public smoking", which
arises from health claims about the
exposure of nonsmokers to ambient
or environmental tobacco smoke
(often referred to as "passive
smoking") appears frequently in ~the
mediaand has generated
considerable public concern.
The restriction or banning ofi
smoking in public places is claimed
by some as being necessary to
protect the "rights" and the health of
the nonsmoker. This is part of a
campaign to make smoking socially
u nacceptable,
Many claims have been made
about the aileged health effects of
"passive smoking", notably that
exposure to ambient tobacco smoke
causes lung cancer, other diseases
of the lung, and heart disease in
nonsmokers.
The studies which have been used
to justifythese claims have been
criticised by independent scientists
and at international conferences.
Moreover, other studies on "passive
smoking"' do not justify the claims of
adverse health effects at aIV.
For anti-smokers the scientific
validity of such health claims is rarely
an issue in public discussions on this
subject; rather it is the emotionall
impact of the claims which is given
prominence. A participant at the Fifth
World Conference on Smoking and
Health (1983) stated: "Regardless of
the ultimate validity of the findings,
which ~remains to be established,,
studies such as these have brought~
the issue of passive smoking to the
public's attention."" Because it
appeals to emotion, the issue of the
nonsmoker's health has become the
basis for legislation regulating
smoking in public places and
banning smoking in workplaces.
2
The purpose of this paper is to
survey the current scientific literature
on "passive smoking" and'rto discuss
the implications of the scientific
opinion considered initerms of the
public smoking issue. The opinions
of various experts and authorities on
the possible health effects of tobacco
smoke on the nonsmoker are
examined. The weight of the opinions
examined suggests that~no clearr
scientific case has been established
on health grounds for the restriction
of smoking in public places and the
limitation of the personal lactivity of~
individuals.

AMBIENT TOBACCO SMOKE AND HEALTH CLAIMS
An overview
Several highly pubiicised studies
have been offered as "proof" that
tobacco smoke is harmful to
nonsmokers. Thestudies most
frequently cited are those by
HirayamaF and Trichopoulos and co-
workers3, who reported that
nonsmokers exposed to tobacco
smoke have a higher risk of
developing lung cancer than
nonsmokers not exposed to tobaceo
smoke, and by White and Froeb4,
who reported that nonsmokers with
long+term exposure to tobacco
smoke in the workplace have
significantly reduced small-airways
function.
Other reports suggest that children,
and individuals with lung and heart
disease are adversely affected by
exposure to ambient tobacco smoke,
Hbwever,critical examination of
these studies by independent
scientists and by medical experts at
international conferences, together
with other studies which have found
no significanfassociation between
ambient tobacco smoke and'adtrerse
health effects;,suggest that such
health claims are not based on
unequivocal scientific evidence.
Obviously, the claim ~that exposure
to ambient tobacco smoke is a
known cause ofidisease in,
nonsmokers carries a great deal of
emotional weight. However, scientists
have warned of the danger of
permitting emotion and!fear to
obscure the scientific facts about
public smoking. For instance, Dr. Gio
Gori, a former U.S. National Cancer
Institute director recently stated:
"What needs to be Stat~ (~
despite numerous'arja
~
trials, available evidenc
e
.,,,
,
been found'that a'massi
health problem attribu~b
passive smoki'
nge~i;
An international symposium held
in 1983 at1he University of Geneva,
to discuss scientific developments in
this area concluded:
In May, 1983, scientists and
epidemiologists at a workshop on
"Respiratory Effects of Involuntary
Smoke Exposure: Epidemiolog ic
Studies" sponsored by the U.S.
National Institutes of Health
concluded:
Scientists atThe "International
Symposium on Medical Perspectives
on PassiveSmoking"; held inVienna
in April, 1984and co-sponsored'by
the German and Austrian Societies
for Occupational Medicine, and in
co-operation with the World Health
Organization (WHO) and the
International Green Cross, stated in a
press release that legislative
measures intended'to "protect"'
people from ambient4obacco smoke
exposure could not be justified by the
available health data.8
Dr. Lehnert, at this symposium,
came to the conclusion that:
In his opinion, "all the
epidemiological studies carried out
so far lack the appropriate methods
to determine the extent of exposure
to passive smoking."
Other organizations not known ~for
theirsupporfof smoking have also
questioned whether there is sufficient
scientific evidence to substantiate
these claims against passive
smoking.
For example, in the United
Kingdom, the Royal College of
Physicians' fourth repoft (1983) on
smoking and health noted that "the
extent'to which ~passive smoke
exposure can damage the health of~
otherwise healthy individUals is by no
means clear"10 Another review in the
U.K., the Third Report of ithe
Independent Scientific Committee on
Smoking and Health1 (1983), stated:
A 1983 World Health Organization
stUdy stated thaV"although i
epidemiological studies have been
undertaken to investigate the
possible carcinogenicity of passive
smoking and its relationship to
respiratory diseases, further work is
clearly required."12
And while the 1984 U.S. Surgeon
General's Report in~relation to chronic
obstructive lung disease discussed
the issue of ambient tobacco smoke
at length, it conceded that "limited
existing data yield conflicting results
concerning the relationship between
passive smoke exposure and
symptoms in patients with known,
pulmonary disease."13
3

AMBIEHT TOBACCO SMOKE AND HEALTH CLAIMS
I Health claims
Many claims have been made aboutt
the alleged health effects of ambientt
tobacco smoke, Among the most
frequent are that smoking in the
home and in public places, especially
the workplace, causes lung cancer
i and heart'disease in nonsmokers
and that~ it is particularly harmful to
those who alteady have respiratory
and heart disease. It is appropriate to
consider the various opinions
I presented in support of these serious
accusations.
, Lung cancer
Two research papers are frequentlyy
cited to support the claim that public
smoking increases the nonsmoker's
risk of lung cancer. A study of
Japanese women by Hirayama
reported that nonsmoking wives of
heavy smokers have a greater risk of
developing lung cancer than
nonsmoking wives of~nonsmokers.2
In a study of Greek women,
Trichopou los and~co-workers,
concluded that a nonsmoking woman
whose husband smokes has twice
the risk of developing lung cancer as
a nonsmoking woman imarried to a
nonsmoker.3'
Both studies have been criticised
in the scientific literature.
Inconsistencies in the Hirayama
study have been pointed out;
questions have also been raised
about the design of the studyand the
validity of its conclusions.1112 'The
1983 University of Geneva
symposium on environmental
tobacco smoke noted that the study
has been criticised'forlack of
questionnaire reliability, absence of
histological diagnosisquestionable
statistical!treatment and grouping of
smoking habits among husbands,,
and failure to examine such factors
as air pollution from heating or
cooking or, both.23'
Criticisms of the Trichopoulos
study were acknowledged by the
authors in the 1983 update of their
study.241They noted that the study
had been "criticised by ourselves
and others because of the small
number of subjects, because several
tumours lacked'histological
confi'rmation~ and because controls
in ~cases were from different
hospitals."'
However, Garfinkel, of the
American Cancer Society (ACS)?5'
reported'on data from an ACS 1960=
1972 follow-up study, involving nearly
180,000 nonsmoking women. By
comparing the lung cancer, mortality
rates of women reportedly exposed
to different levels of~tobacco smoke,
Garfinkel determined that none of the
observed differences were
statistically significant and that
"compared to nonsmoking,
husbands, nonsmokers married to
smoking husbands showed very
little, if any, increased risk of lung
cancer; °'
The 1982 U.S. Surgeon General's
Report on cancer analysed these
early studies and indicated that there
was insufficient evidence to conclude
that other people's smoke causes
disease in nonsmokers.26 One of the
co-authors of that discussion
subsequently wrote that "the
qwestion of the effect~of involuntary
smoking on lung cancer has suffered'
from confusion and'inappropriate, as
well as conflicting, findings."27
Since then, several other studies
have investigated the issue of lungg
cancer in nonsmokers, with
contradictory results. A study, by
Kabat and Wynder published in 1984,
exarnined 25 male and'53 female
nonsmoking ilung cancer patients.
The researchers found no difference
between female cases and controls
with regard to their home or work
exposure to environmental Itobacco
smoke nor in the proortion of
smoking husbands. 8'More recently,
Garfinkel lin a hospital Icase-controV
study in the USA of~exposure of
women to environmental'smoke
between 1971 and 1981 suggested a
trend towards a higher incidence of
lung cancer but only a marginal I
increase after exposure to the smoke
from 40 cigarettes per, day2`'
However, the study was unable to
distinguish between rthe effects of
moderate or prolonged exposure over
5 to 25 years.
A study from Hong Kong found
fewer "passive smokers"'among lung,
cancer patients than among controls.
The authors noted that "this finding is
at variance with that of, Dr.
Hirayama's."3o.
Another study done in Hong Kong
concluded that "passive smoking, as
an isolated factor, did not have an
influence on female lung cancer
incidence in Hong Kong."31
Other recent studies have claimed
to support Hirayama's conclusions,
but close examination by others of
the methods and conclusions of
these studies suggests that their
claims may be unfounded.
For instance a 1983 report from
Germany, which identified 39
nonsmoker lung cancer cases,
asserted that exposure to tobacco,
smoke was the "most plausible
explanation" for the reported'Iting
cancers.32 One reviewer disputed
these findings and characterised the
study as containing "only tentativee
conclusions based on poor data
analyzed~ b unacceptable
methods." 3
Another 1983'studyfrom the U.S.,
reported an increased risk of lung
cancer for nonsmokers married !to
smokers.34 The authors concededJ
however, that the numbers studied
were smalll
I n 1984, a U. S. researcher
reported that nonsmoking women
married to smokers had a higher
percentage of cancer deaths than
those married to nonsmokers.35
However,the data indicate that the
percentages of cancer, deaths were
higher for women workers married to
nonsmokers than those married to
smokers.
As noted'above, the scientists at
the 1983 University of~Geneva:
symposium concluded that an
increased risk of lung cancer to
nonsmokers from tobacco smoke
exposure "has not been
established;"e More recently after a
thorough review and analysis of the
published papers on the topic of lung
cancer and the nonsmoker, scientists
and physicians afthe 1984 Vienna
meeting concluded that'no link has
so far been scientifically established
between "passive" smoking and
4

lung,cancer9
~ Respiratory diseases:Lung
Function
The question of respiratory disease
in nonsmokers was raised in a 1980
study by White and Froeb.4 The
authors measured the small-airways
function of smokers and nonsmokers.
They concluded that nonsmokers
who were exposed to tobacco smoke
at work for 20 or more years had
reduced'function of the small-airways
compared to nonsmokers who were
not exposed. In 1983, French
researchers reported that
nonsmoking spouses over 40 years
of age who were married to smokers
exhibited small but statistically
significant decreases in pulmonary
function compared to nonsmoking
spouses of nonsmokers.36
The White and Froeb study has
been criticised for various
reasons:3'-ao A physician at a UIS.
medical school iquestioned'the
authors' use of carbon monoxide as
an index of smoke exposure,,
contending that they'`do not have
reliable estimates of the smoke
exposure in the environment of their,
nonsmokers" because carbon
monoxide is not unique to tobacco
smoke:40'
Based upon his own analysis of
the White and Froeb study, a British
reviewer concluded that the authors'
findings "relate to an index which is
contentious and certainly not an
accepted reliable indicator of an
increased health risk."15 White and'
Froeb themselves noted that the
average values of itheir pulmonary
tests of nonsmokers exposed to
tobacco smoke "were not notably
different"'from the values suggested
as normal by a specialist in this
area;`"
A critical assessment of the White
and Froeb study was made by
Lebowiti at the 1982 annual joint
meeting of the American Lung
Association and American Thoracic
Society. He reported that the study
was "improperly designed" from an
epidemiological point of view. He
cited many problems including the
selection of the group to be studied,
the proper measurement of smoke in
the workplace and'other confounding
factors. Lebowitz thus urged that the
study notbe used to support4he
claim ~that'environmental tobacco
smoke in the workplace affects the
lung function of adults.42
The authors of~the 1983 French
study reportedly found significant
differences in lung function in only
one group of~theirstudy population;
they reported no significant
differences between exposed and
nonexposed nonsmokers in the
population as a whole. One
commentator noted thatthe
"healthiest" population in the study
lived'in the most polluted areas,
suggesting that the study may have
been flawed due to biasedpopulation
selection or, other confounding
I variables.a3
Furthermore, the White and Froeb
and the French study conflict with,
other research on lung disease and
lung functioniin nonsmokers. For
example,,in 1981, several
epidemiologists at a U.S. medical I
school Ireported that in a group of
1,724 adults the frequency of
respiratory symptoms in nonsmokers
was not associated'with the number
of smokers in the household. Nor was
the frequency of impaired ventilatory
function significantly higher if there
were smokers in ~the house.44 The
analysis did however show that
'°among men who never smoked
cigarettes,,gas cooking was
defrnitetyassociatedwith impaired
ventilatory function, even when,
corrected for multiple comparisons."
These results were confirmed by the
same research group in a follow-up
study of 708 nonsmokers later that
year.45
In 1983, U.S: researchers reported
that in a study of several hundfed
nonsmoking women from a U!S.
study population, there was no
significant association between lung
function decrement and exposure to
tobacco smoke in the home.4s
Coordinators of an epidemiological
study ofiobstructive lung disease in a
southwestern U!S. state have:
consistently reported finding no
effects from ambient tobacco smoke
exposures in their adult study
population.47ln a study of 376
families in U!S. homes, university
scientists found no evidence that
environmental tobacco smoke
affected either lung function or
symptoms in adults."8
A U.S. pulmonary physician and
clinical professor of medicine
summariied'the situation at the 1983
I University of Geneva symposium:
"Studies, to date, of long-term
effects of (environmental tobacco
smoke) on lung function have
revealed minimal, if any,
abnormalities. The statistical
significance of these findings is
questionable and the clinical
significance is even less
certain."49
The participants at the U.S.
National I hstitutes of Health
workshop on respiratory effects of
exposure to tobacco smoke
concluded;,after a review of the data:
from relevant studies, that a possible
effect from environmental Itobacco .
smoke "varies from negligible to quite
small."'
Compromised Individuals:
Respiratory Diseases
Asthmatics are believed to be
particularly vulnerable to various
environmentaliinfluences, including
tobaccosmoke; A 1981 study, for,
example, reported "significant"
decreases in the pulmonary function
ofiseveral asthmatics exposed to
tobacco smoke.50 The subjects in,
this study were exposed to tobacco
smoke in an environmental smog
chamber, an environment not
typically encountered by
nonsmokers. Moreover, because half
of the subjects reported that they
were bothered by tobacco smoke
prior to the start of the experiment,,
the authors said that they were "not
able3o exclude the possibility that
these changes in pulmonary functionn
were emotionally related to cigarette
smoke."
A group o` U. S. university
researchers noted in a 1983 study
that asthmatics exposed!to tobacco
5

AMBIENT TOBACCO SMOKE AND HEALTH CLAIMS
smoke did not exhibit airway
reactions or decreases in airflow
rates.51
A Canadian group who examined'
the reactions of asthmatics to levels
of tobacco smoke typicalllyfiound in
public places observed no systematic
lung changes after such exposure.52
A later report by the co-authors off this study supports this conclusion.
They reported that respiratory data
collected from a group of asthmatic
volunteers exposed to tobacco
smoke "do not suggest that
asthmatic subjects have an unusual
sensitivity" to such exposure.53
Although several volunteers claimed
that they experienced wheezing and
tightness of the chestdue to the
exposure, the researchers state that
the "physiological data give little
support totheirconcept of a
subgroup with particular sensitivity."'
They noted that these reactions
probably were due to the
"suggestibility" of the subjects.
Recent research from Australia
supports the theory that
psychological reactions may partially
explain asthmatic symptoms during
exposure to ambient tobacco smoke.
This study reported that while
asthmatics exposed to tobacco
smoke complained of subjective
symptoms, no significant objective
evidence of airways obstruction was
observed.54
In 1984, a: report on resuits from a
large-scale epidemiological study in
the U.S: suggested that ambient
tobacco smoke in homes did'not
affect symptoms of pulmonary
function in ~either children or adult
asthmatics.55 The researchers
reported!,however, that everyday
exposures to dust and'pollen in the
home did.
In addition, the 1984 U!S. Surgeon,
General's Reporti stated:
-F`i^s v'Cl,'!
6
Cardiovascular Diseases
It has been claimed that carbon
monoxide from ambienCtobacco
smoke causes or contributes to the
development of atherosclerosis or
thickening of the arterial blood vessel',
walls in nonsmokers. Eariy studies by
a Danish researcher,Astrup; are
frequently cited in support of this
claim. In these studies, he reported
finding arterial changes not
apparently different from early
atherosclerosis in animals exposed
for, long periods of time to carbon
monoxide and fed a:high cholesterol
diet.56 When Astrup attempted to
reproduce those changes in later
experiments however he was unable
to do so.57-5k Following additional
experiments applying similar criteria
to those used in their earlier studies,
he and his colleagues reportedly
found "no hiptotoxic effect" of carbon,
monoxide on the inner layers of
coronary arteries or the aorta;59'and
concluded that "thereis no longer
evidence for considering carbon
monoxide to be a component of
major importance for enhanced
atherosclerosis in tobacco
smokers:i60'
The authors of a study in which
monkeys were exposed tot+lgh levels
of carbon monoxide stated that'data
"do not suggest any association
between periodic carbon monoxide
exposure and the developmentof
atherosclerosis" in these monkeys.61
One of the researchers involved in
that study stated~ in 1984 that while he
was aware of the claims aboutt
carbon monoxide and'heart disease
in nonsmokers, "animal work in our
laboratory and others leads me to
conclude that periodic exposure to
carbon monoxide from atmospheric
tobacco smoke will not predispose
nonsmokers to atherosclerosis.'"6Z
Rylander, aYthe summing up of the
1983 Geneva symposium, concluded
that "carbon monoxide from
environmental tobacco smoke is not
important from a health point of
view."g
The 1983 U.S. Surgeon General's
Reportwhich dealt with
cardiovascular disease, did nott
address this issue in any systematic
fashion.r~3 A spokesman for the
Office of Smoking and Health for the
U.S. Department of Health and~
Human Services explained that there
was insufficient evidence to support
any conclusion on the matter.6
Compromised Individuals:
Cardiovascular Diseases
A 1978 study by Aronow reported'
that ambient tobacco smoke can
harm persons with preexisting heart
conditions.Jn this study of 10 heart
patients, Aronow concluded that
exposure to tobacco smoke caused
heart pain to develop sooner during
exercise than without such
exposure.65
This experiment has been severely
criticized by a number of:
authorities,66 including the U.S.
Surgeon General.6' A professor of,
pathobgy stated'thatthe study must
be "evaluated in light of the fact that
the end-point of the study was highly
subjective, that the stress factor was
not controlled, and that a sham
smoke or other environmental
impingement was not used; In~other
words;, not only was the sample
small, but the scientific design was
exceedingly poor"se
After reviewing the Aronow study,
a Canadian professor of medicine
commented that "it is difficult to
imagine that enclosure in a very
smoky room did not have some
emotional impact upon patients who
were liable to angina, and'the
psychological disturbance may have
done more to hasten the onset of
symptoms than the increase of blood
carboxyhaemog iobi n.'"69
In 1983, British researchers
reported on measurable responses
of i a group of heart patients to
amb!ent tobacco smoke exposures.
They reported no physical response
in the patients to any level of
exposure.'o
In 1983, after a U.S. governmental
agency reported problems with
certain studies Aronow had
performed on its behalf; another, U.S.
governmental agency conducted an
independent review of several of
Aronow's studies. The latter agency
concluded that, because ofiproblems

with the studies' design and data; it
could no longer rely on his research
to formulate environmental
standards.".7z
Childhood Diseases
Perhaps nothing in this area is as
capable of,provoking ! public comment
as the various claims that parents .
who smoke harm the health of their
children.
A discussion of the issue is further,
complicated by the many differences
inrthe studies in this area. In the
United States, according to one
report, studies of ambient4obacco
smoke and the respiratory system
are being °carriedout by at least
three different groups, are employing
different'populations and
methodologies and have led to
varying conclusions.'"'
While certain~studies have
reported adverse findings,'s-a7
others have found'no significant
relationship between parental
smokin~ and children+.s respiratory
illhess: '95 For example, a group of
U.S. researchers found "no
significant relation" between parental
smoking andlrespiratory symptoms
in a study ofinearly 400 families with~
a total of 816 children in rthree
cities.aa
The authors of some studies
reporting adverse findings state that
their conclusions must be viewed
with caution because of numerous
so-called "confounding factors". For
example, one group of British,
researchers acknowledged the
possible influence of factors such as
cross-infection in the home and
genetic susceptibility to childhood
respi'ratory ilVness and
. symptoms.'s, 77;.98
Others have conceded that the
reliance on qNestionnaires for
information about respiratory
symptoms casts doubt on the
findings.80'Another study observed
that there was a significant~ difference
in the respiratory symptoms reportedl
depending on which parentt
completed the questionnai're,ss
The importance of suchi
confounding factors was given
~'special Iconsideration in the report
from ithe 1983 workshop sponsored!
by the U.S. Natlonal'Institutes of
Health.' Among the many
confounding factors which were
listed in the report weretype of i
heating used, socioeconomic status
and'other variables affecting
household conditions,,including the
number of residents,,demographic
and medical characteristics of the
study population such as age,
parental symptoms and annoyance
responses. It cautioned "that any
study which ignores them will be
seriously flawed."
The relevance of such factors in
affecting the outcome of research
findings is supported for example by
British reports which have shown that
the use of~gas cooking stoves in the
home is strongly associated with
childhood respiratory disease.99- 98
A number of studies examining the
relationship between parental
smoking and pulinonary or, lung
function also have contradictory
findings. Although severallhave
claimed that parental smoking results
in decreased pulmonary or lungg
function in~children,76-6,9s-1o2 others
have not.47, 4e, ss, ~a3, 104 In 1982, for
example, a U.S. group of researchers
reported that its analysis of 344
families "did not show any significanti
correlations of passive smoking with
pulmonary funetion"'after the
influence of body size on lung
function was taken iinto account.' 05
Two years later, a re-analysis of
families from this study group again
showed that "parental smoking did'
not have a significant effect on
children's pulinonary function;
smoking habits of others in the
household (predominantly si,biin7qs)
did not have anyeffecteither."4
Questions have also been raised
regarding the long-term significance
of the reported decreases in
pulmonary function. The most recent
report of the U.S: Surgeon General
(1984) on this subject noted that the
absolute differences in lung!function,
observed in such studies are "small"
and "unlikely" to be of functional
significance.10
Allergy
Although some individuals are
annoyed by the sightland smell of
tobacco smoke and a:few report
experiencing irritation, statements by
various authorities suggest'that the
existence of human allergens in
tobacco smoke has not been
established. Theiast U.S, Surgeon
General's Report to deal with this
subject (1979) pointed'out thati°the
existence of a tobacco smoke allergy
in humans is unproven."106 In~1980,
a group of researchers noted.that
"direct evidence that tobacco smoke
is immunogenic (capable of~evoking
a specific response), in man is yet to
be documented."'10
Although an English immunologistl
noted that there may be substances
in tobacco smoke which could
"theoretically" act as such agents, he
concluded that "there is no proof that
the specific sensitization to tobacco
smoke exists.'"oe
A research group headed by
Becker reportedly has isolated a
substance from tobaecosmoke
which it claims is an allergen109-"''
and which it speculates might be
responsible for pultnonary andl
cardiovascular diseases in
smokers."' However a former
director, of research with the U.S.
DepartmenUof Agriculture concluded,
"I am not convinced that Dr. Becker
and his colleagues have extracted'a
human allergen from either tobacco
smoke or tobacco smoke
condensate. Further, it appears the
separation procedure that they used
int'roduced'a substantial artefact.""2
He reaffirmed his conclusion ~in a
later research report on this
subject.13
It has also been hypothesized that
tobacco smoke is capable of i
provokin~ asthma as an allergic
reaction,.14. "5 A Swedish specialist
concluded that such results are nott
proof of a tobacco allergy because
the studies, which used tobacco
extracts,,did not~differentiate between
nontspecifie and allergic reactions in
evaluating the results of skin tests
and bronchial!provocation.16
Consequently, he stated! "for the
present, the question as to whether

AMBIENT TOBACCO SMOKE AND HEALTH CLAIMS
allergy to cigarette smoke exists or
not should bekeptiopen."
While there appear to be people
who may be sensitive to tobacco
smoke, there is evidence suggesting
that personal annoyance and
emotionallreactions are being
confused with genuine allergic
reactions: The director of an allergic
disease centre in the U.S. has
suggested'that reported reactions to
tobacco smoke may be irritative
rather than allergic. After reviewingg
the studies on the aiiergy question, he
concluded that "there is no proof that~
tobacco smoke is allergenic in
man.'" 117
Researchers at a U.S. clinic failed
to find any evidence of tobacco
smoke allergies in their tests of
subjects who considered themselves
aliergic to tobacco and tobacco,
smoke.18
Conseqpentiy, it~ maybe that when
' peopie say they are "allergic" to
tobacco smoke, they may simply not~
like the sight and'smeli of tobacco
smoke and interpreY4histo mean that
they are "allergic" to it.
Building Illness
Conditions in modern office buildings
have given rise to numerous worker
complaints. These range from
headaches, nausea and eye irritation
to fatigue and'breathing difficulties.
This complex pattern of symptoms
has been conveniently labelled
"building illness."
It is claimed that~ambient tobacco
smoke is the cause of such
symptoms and complaints among
workers. This claim is not consistent~
with much experfopinion reported in
the scientific literature about "building
illness" syndrome. Studies have
shown that the contribution ofi
tobacco smoke to the workplace
atmosphere is proportionately much
lower than that~of vehicle exhausti
dusti building materialsand other
gases and'aerosois.''' 9'' 21 Papers
presented at an international
symposium oniindoor air pollution
suggested that~some building illness
complaints may be linked to such ~
diverse materials as carpet
shampooparticle board and
8
ultravioiet lighting.122_'2° On the other
hand, these studies have not found
that tobacco smoke was the cause of
these complaints.
Researchers attending the 1983
University of Geneva symposium
reported on their review of over 150
health hazard and indoor air quality
evaluations for office buildings
compiled by U.S. government
agencies, universities and others.
The authors concluded:
"The review of avaiiable studies
does not provide any objective
evidence that~either pollution levels
or patterns of health-reiated'
complaints differ in some
remarkable way between locations
with or without smoking
restrictions."12,5
They did observe that "inadequate"
ventilation may create conditions
"where discomfort and illness result
irrespective of whether or not
smoking is permitted."
Several questionnaire surveys of
building sickness in the U.K. have
shown the prevalence oficompiaints
to be independent of smoking.126'z''
A recent cross-sectional study on
office workers performing similar
clerical and manageriai'jpbs in
adjacent buiidings concluded that
most of the respiratory, eye and nasal
symptoms in air-conditioned
buildings are related to the ventilation
system.' 28
Canadian researchers have
suggested that the mere visibility or,
presence of tobacco smoke in such
cases may trigger claims that it is the
cause of reported symptoms and
complaints. When they exposed
"healthy" nonsmokers to tobacco
smoke under conditions some
described as "the worst they have
ever experienced,!':oniy "minimal"
physiological or actual physical
responses were observed:' 29 The
researchers conciudedithat~ "the main
argument for smoke free air seems
symptomatic rather thann
physiological."
One Swiss researcher noted'that
in fiel6studies, "individual
psychological factors (relationship
with smoking co-workers, generalljpb
satisfaction, attitude toward~smoking)
may considerably influence the
individual evaiuation of irritation and'
annoyance."' 3°
Comments such as these suggest
that1he use of, health arguments in
support of smoking bans in the
workplace is notJustified by the
evidence on the subject.
#.
t

AMBIENT TOBACCO SMOKE AND THE PUBLIC
REQrULATION AND
INDIVIDUAL
RIGHTS
As this review has demonstrated,
there is a need for placing the health
claims on environmental tobacco
smoke into a proper perspective.
This is aptly summarised by a press
release from the Vienna Symposium:
"Should lawmakers wish to take
I legislative measures with regard to
environmental!tobacco smoke,
they willfor the present, not be
able to base their efforts on a
demonstrated health hazard from
environmental tobacco smoke."8
In essence, the issue is of a
political and'social nature. Whilst
acknowledging that it is capable of
raising,strong reactions from those
who intensely dislike smoking -
although the extent of annoyance
under normal conditions has not
been established scientifically6 - it
has been suggested'that tobacco
smoke is at most a minor annoyance
which can be eliminated'by adequate
ventilation,' 31 - ' °2 The annoyance
factor, has itself to be seen in a proper
context and!those who advocate
regulation should consider whether
the same reasoning applies to other
annoyances in everyday life. It seems
clear thatlhe regulation of smoking in
public places, simply because it may
annoy or irritate some nonsmokers,
constitutes an unwarranted
restriction on the freedom of~those
who choose to smoke.
There is undoubtedly a need for
the promotion oficourtesy and this is
a solution which relies on
commonsense and freedom of
choice for individuals concerning
smoking.
As a recent article on the
principles of, public policy relating to
smoking has pointed!out "the
appropriate#orm of public policy is
the promotion of courtesy and'co-
operation between smokers and non-
smokers, rather, than outright
prohibition."'33 Such a solution
avoids unnecessary administrative
interference and the subsequent
curtailment ofiindividual freedom
which would be occasioned if
Government action were
contemplated.
9
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