Impact of secondhand smoke on air quality in partially enclosed outdoor hospitality venues: a review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoking is a leading cause of premature mortality and morbidity globally. The pollutants generated from smoke are not only harmful to smokers, but also to those exposed to secondhand smoke. As a result of increasingly restrictive indoor smoke-free policies in many countries, there is a tendency for tobacco smoking to move outdoors into partially enclosed settings in hospitality venues. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the impact of secondhand smoke on air quality in outdoor hospitality venues.

Methods

Two electronic databases PubMed and Scopus were searched from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2022 for studies of air quality impacts from tobacco smoking in outdoor hospitality venues. A total of 625 studies were screened and 13 studies were included in t

SUBMITTER: Tong M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11247721 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature