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» Bar and Restaurant Workers Inhale Smoke Equivalent to Active Smokers
   Harvard School of Public Health research study.
   http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/press/releases/press04042001.html

» Bartenders Breathe Easier After Establishment of Smoke-free Bars and Taverns
   General-interest report on recent research, explains in lay terms.
   http://www.cleanlungs.com/education/bartenders.html

» Clearing the Air - No Smoking Policies in the Workplace
   HR Magazine article report on why and how companies successfully and effectively implemented smokefree policies at the workplace.
   http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3495/is_n2_v38/ai_14152258

» Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke in the Workplace
   Summary of scientific report performed by the government of Ireland.
   http://www.otc.ie/article.asp?article=34

» NIOSH: Secondhand Smoke in the Workplace
   1991 report on occupational exposure to secondhand smoke and its effects.
   http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/91108_54.html

» OSH Answers on Secondhand Smoke
   General information and health effects, from Canada's national occupational health and safety resource.
   http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/psychosocial/ets_health.html

» Passive Smoke Nearly Doubles Risk of Heart Attack
   Based on a study of 32,000 nurses; nurses who were regularly exposed to secondhand smoke by their co-workers or home companions had a 91% higher risk of a heart attack or death; nurses with occasional exposure to secondhand smoke had a 58% greater risk.
   http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/29486.htm

» Passive Smoking At Work: the Short Term Cost
   Exposure to secondhand smoke at work costs employers money for increased health services and increased time off.
   http://jech.bmj.com/content/54/9/673.abstract

» Passive Smoking Hits Workplace Health
   Non-smokers' productivity suffers when their colleagues light up, say researchers.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/890425.stm

» Secondhand Smoke Exposure
   Emphasis is on measurements taken at workplaces: offices, bars, casinos, airlines, and so on.
   http://www.repace.com/fact_exp.html

» Secondhand smoke danger shown in study
   Research presented at the American Chemical Society convention. Marker for exposure to ETS was found in the urine of nonsmoking hospital workers caring for patients in a smoking area of a Canadian veterans hospital.
   http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1997/Sep-10-Wed-1997/news/6032751.html

» SmokeFree Educational Services, Inc.
   "Together we can win smokefree workplace legislation, including smokefree offices, restaurants, bowling alleys, bars, and clubs." Facilitates letter writing between smokefree advocates and key decision makers.
   http://www.smokefree.org/

» Smokefree Workplaces, Restaurants, and Airlines
   Fully footnoted factsheets on health and economic aspects.
   http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter37/Chapter37WORKPLACE.html

» The Implications of ASHRAE's Guidance on Ventilation for Smoking-Permitted Areas
   Policy paper analyzes implications of engineering standards group approaches to secondhand smoke.
   http://www.ashrae.org/content/ASHRAE/ASHRAE/PDF/20042258323_326.pdf