Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke in the Workplace in Macedonia: Where Are We Now?

Chan-Yeung M, Dimich-Ward H. Respiratory health effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. Respirology 2003;8:131-9.10.1046/j.1440-1843.2003.00453.xSearch in Google Scholar

Jaakkola MS, Jaakkola JJK. Assessment of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. Eur Respir J 1997;10:2384-97.10.1183/09031936.97.10102384Search in Google Scholar

US Department of Health Education and Welfare (US DHEW). The health consequences of smoking. A report of the Surgeon General (DHEW Publication No. HSM 73-8704). Washington (DC): US Government Printing Office; 1971.Search in Google Scholar

US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). Respiratory health effects of passive smoking: lung cancer and other disorders. Smoking and tobacco control monograph No. 4. NIH Publication no. 93-3605. Bethesda (MD): US Department of Health, Public Health Service, National Institute of Health; 1993.Search in Google Scholar

California Environmental Protection Agency (CEPA). Health effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. Sacramento (CA): Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment; 1997.Search in Google Scholar

Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health. Report of the scientific committee on tobacco and health. 011322124X. London: HMSO, The Stationery Office London; 1998.Search in Google Scholar

World Health Organization Division on Noncommunicable Disease Tobacco Free Initiative. International consultation on Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) and child health. Consultation Report. Geneva: WHO; 1999.Search in Google Scholar

Vlaski E, Hristova M, Nikolovski Lj, Seckova L, Kostovski A, Sazdovski A, Dimitrievska D. Effect of prenatal and postnatal passive smoking on total serum IgE level and allergic sensitization. Mac J Med 1998;44:49-56.Search in Google Scholar

Lannero E, Wickman M, van Hage M, Bergström A, Pershagen G, Nordvall L. Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and sensitisation in children. Thorax 2008;63:172-6.10.1136/thx.2007.079053Search in Google Scholar

Janson C, Chinn S, Jarvis D, Zock JP, Toren K, Burney P;. European Community Respiratory Health Survey. Effects of passive smoking on respiratory symptoms, bronchial responsiveness, lung function, and total serum IgE in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey: a cross-sectional study. Lancet 2001;358:2103-9.10.1016/S0140-6736(01)07214-2Search in Google Scholar

Simoni M, Baldacci S, Puntoni R, Pistelli F, Farschi S, Lo Presti E, Pistelli R, Corbo G, Agabiti N, Basso S, Matteelli G, Di Pede F, Carozzi L, Forastiere F, Viegi G. Respiratory symptoms/diseases and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) in never smoker Italian women. Respir Med 2007;101:531-8.10.1016/j.rmed.2006.06.02116893638Search in Google Scholar

Law for protection from smoking. Official Gazette of R. Macedonia No 37/05.Search in Google Scholar

Minov J, Karadžinska-Bislimovska J, Vasilevska K, Stoleski S. Smoking status in exposed and unexposed workers. Mak med pregled 2006;60:128.Search in Google Scholar

Gilmour MI, Jaakkola MS, London SJ, Nel AE, Rogers CA. How exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, ourdoor air pollutants, and increased pollen burdens influences the incidence of asthma. Environ Health Protect 2006;114:627-33.Search in Google Scholar

Bridevaux PO, Cornuz J, Gaspoz JM, Burnand B, Ackermann-Liebrich U, Schindler C, Leuenberger P, Rochat T, Gerbase MW;. SAPALDIA Team. Secondhand smoking and health-related quality of life in never smokers: results from the SAPALDIA cohort study 2. Arch Intern Med 2007;167:2516-23.10.1001/archinte.167.22.251618071176Search in Google Scholar

Wakefield M, Cameron M, Inglis G, Letcher T, Durkin S. Secondhand smoke exposure and respiratory symptoms among casino, club, and office workers in Victoria, Australia. J Occup Environ Med 2005;47:698-703.10.1097/01.jom.0000167285.33870.f916010196Search in Google Scholar

Lam TH, Ho LM, Hedley AJ, Adab P, Fielding R, McGhee SM, Leung GM, Aharonson-Daniel L. Secondhand smoke and respiratory ill health in current smokers. Tob Control 2005;14(5):307-14.10.1136/tc.2005.011775174811016183981Search in Google Scholar

Lam TH, Ho LM, Hedley AJ, Peymane A, Fielding R, McGhee S, Aharonson-Daniel L. Environmental tobacco smoke exposure among police officers in Hong Kong. JAMA 2000;284:756-63.10.1001/jama.284.6.75610927788Search in Google Scholar

Ho SY, Lam TH, Chung SF, Lam TP. Cross-sectional and prospective associations between passive smoking and respiratroy symptoms at the workplace. Ann Epidemiol 2007;17:126-31.10.1016/j.annepidem.2006.06.01017027296Search in Google Scholar

Minov J, Karadzinska-Bislimovska J, Vasilevska K, Risteska-Kuc S, Stoleski S. Bronchial hyperresponsiveness in workers exposed to organic dusts: effect of smoking. Allergy Hypersensitivity Asthma 2006;4:11-20.Search in Google Scholar

Mijakoski D, Karadzinska-Bislimovska J, Minov J, Trajceva L, Ezova N, Risteska-Kuc S, Stoleski S. Nasal symptoms in female cleaners: relation to respiratory symptoms, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and duration of exposure. Eur Respir J 2007;30:154.Search in Google Scholar

Alipour S, Deschamps F, Lesage F-X. Effects of environmental tobacco smoke on respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function. Inhal Toxicol 2006;18:569-73.10.1080/0895837060068626716717028Search in Google Scholar

Mulcahy M, Evans DS, Hammond SK, Repace JL, Byrne M. Secondhand smoke and risk following the Irish smoking ban: an assessment of salivary cotinine concentrations in hotel workers and air nicotine levels in bars. Tob Control 2005;14:384-8.10.1136/tc.2005.011635174813816319361Search in Google Scholar

Farelly MC, Nonnemaker JM, Chou R, Hyland A, Peterson KK, Bauer UE. Changes in hospitality workers' exposure to secondhand smoke following the implementation of New York's smoke-free law. Tob Control 2005;14:236-41.10.1136/tc.2004.008839174808016046685Search in Google Scholar

Janson C, Künzli N, de Marco R, Chinn S, Jarvis D, Svanes C, Heinrich J, Jögi R, Gislason T, Sunyer J, Ackermann-Liebrich U, Anto JM, Cerveri I, Kerhof M, Leynaert B, Luczynska C, Neukrich F, Vermiere P, Wjst M, Burney P. Changes in active and passive smoking in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey. Eur Respir J 2006;27:517-24.10.1183/09031936.06.0010660516507851Search in Google Scholar

Xu X, Li B. Exposure-response relationship between passive smoking and adult pulmonary function. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995;151:41-6.10.1164/ajrccm.151.1.78125707812570Search in Google Scholar

Pilkington PA, Gray S, Gilmore AB. Health impact of exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) amongst a highly exposed workforce: survey of London casino workers. BMC Public Health 2007;7:257.10.1186/1471-2458-7-257204015717888155Search in Google Scholar