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no 8th WORLD CONFERENCE on TOBACCO OR HEALTH Building a Tobacco-Free World a March 30 - April 3, 1992 Buenos Aires - Argentina ~ ~ ~ ~ N ABSTRACTS,1'OSTE~~RS and VIDEOS ~

f SERUM LIPOPROTEINS IN NONSMOKERS CHRONICALLY EXPOSED, TO TOBACCO SMOKE IN'THE WORKPLACE James R. White, Ph.D., Michael Criqui, M.D!, MPH, James A. Kulik, Ph D., Herman F. Froeb;, M~D., Peter J. Sinsheimer, MPH. Department of Physical Education, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0117: We evaluated Carbon Dioxide (CO) levels as an index of cigarette smoke in the work place and, determined lipoprofein levels in 40 passive smokers (nonsmokers chronicalty exposed to tobacco smoke in the work place) and 40 control subjects (nonsmokers not exposed to tobacco smoke in the work place) matched for age and gender. Passive smokers experienced greater CO levels during the workday. Passive smokers, regardless of gender, had both significantly depressed high-density lipoprotein (HDL).levels and' a significantly elevated total cholesterol to HDL (TC/HDL) ratio compared to nonsmokers. Additionally;, female passive smokers had significantly elevated Ibw-density lipoproteini(LDL) levels than female nonsmokers. Adjusting for the potential covariates of exercise, alcohol consumption, dietary, fat intake, and percent body, fat did not effect the significance of the results. Nonsmoking workers are at increased risk of developing coronary heart disease resulting from exposure to second~hand tobacco smoke. 383 M,AGAZ INES AmBnda Amos,. CIGARETTE ADVERTISING AND IMAGERY IN BRITISH WOMEN'S results of the survey. Bobbie Jacobson, Patti White* *Heal h Education Authority, Hamilton House, Mabledon. Place, 7 don WC1H 9TX, UNITED KINGDOM Women's ma azines are read by about half of British women from ll age and social groups. After a 1985 survey of ci arette advertising policies in these magazines sho d that advertisements were being targeted at te ~s and young women, the British government made a oluntary agreement with the tobacco industry that limit the placement of advertisements in these publicatio s. In 1989, the survey was repeated among 86 mag ines. Data were obtained on cigarette advertising po'icies and revenues, general advertising policies, us of smoking imagery in editorial pages and editoria coverage of smoking and health. It was concluded hat the government's voluntary agreement with the obacco companies had failed to achieve the objective of protecting young women from exposure to cigaret e advertising in women's magazines. This paper wi report on the 1 1 -_J11'55