TOBACCO SMOKE IN THE WORKPLACE

The Surgeon General's December 9, 2010 report on tobacco smoke and health provides the latest findings about the adverse effects of even small amounts of tobacco smoke. NIOSH offers resources to help employers and workers prevent workplace exposures to tobacco smoke and to encourage workplace-based smoking cessation programs. Together with efforts to improve workplace health protection, these health promotion efforts are important parts of a comprehensive approach to improving workers’ health.

NIOSH Resources

Health Hazard Evaluations

Environmental and biological assessment of environmental tobacco smoke exposure among casino dealers, Bally’s, Paris, and Caesars Palace Casinos, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 2009 [PDF - 3.95 MB] HETA-2005-0076; 2005-0201-3080
Bally's Park Place Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, July 1996 [PDF - 283.25 KB] HETA-95-0375-2590

Total Worker Health (WorkLife)

Current Intelligence Bulletin: Environmental Tobacco Smoke in the Workplace, June 1991

Proceedings: Work, Smoking, and Health: A NIOSH Scientific Workshop, 2002

Other Resources

Surgeon General's Reports

On December 9, the U.S. Surgeon General released a report that contains important new information on how tobacco smoke causes disease and why it is crucial to stop smoking and avoid secondhand smoke. The report and supporting materials are described below.

Products

How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease: A Report of the Surgeon General
Full report: A 700+ page scientific report that reviews the evidence on the mechanisms by which smoking causes diseases.

How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease: A Report of the Surgeon General—Executive Summary
Executive summary: A 20-page scientific document that summarizes the major conclusions in the full report.

A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: What It Means to You
Consumer summary: An easy-to-read, 20-page booklet that summarizes the full report in plain language.

What to Tell Your Patients About Smoking
Clinician’s piece: A one-page fact sheet that provides simple talking points and key information to help medical providers talk to their patients about quitting tobacco use. This one-page fact sheet is packaged in lots of 25 sheets.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Ending the Tobacco Epidemic: A Tobacco Control Strategic Action Plan for the U.S. Department Of Health and Human Services, November 10, 2010 [PDF - 2.20 MB]

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Smoking & Tobacco Use

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Treating tobacco use and dependence: 2008 update

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Best practices for comprehensive tobacco control programs – 2007

US Department of Health and Human Services: 2020 topics and objectives: tobacco use