Legacy health effects among never smokers exposed to occupational secondhand smoke.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Secondhand tobacco smoke (SHTS) is a tremendous public health hazard, leading to morbidity and premature mortality worldwide, with racial and ethnic minorities and those of lower socioeconomic status disproportionately affected. Flight attendants were historically exposed to high levels of SHTS in the aircraft cabin. The health effects of active smoking are known to persist for up to a lifetime, but the legacy effects of SHTS exposure have not been well characterized.

Design

We aimed to evaluate the legacy health effects of occupational SHTS exposure among never smoking workers using the resources of the Harvard Flight Attendant Health Study, a large study of cabin crew health. We evaluated associations between SHTS exposure and a range of diagnoses using multivar

SUBMITTER: McNeely E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6472795 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature