Section B

1. Section B Assessing Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Public Places

2. Assessment of Secondhand Tobacco Smoke • Surveys and questionnaires • Biomarkers in saliva, urine, hair, serum (cotinine) • Indoor air concentration of tobacco constituents (nicotine) and air particulate matter (PM 2.5) • Useful for tracking the impact of clean indoor air policies and smoke-free initiatives • Accurate and reliable estimate • Media and policy impact

3. Secondhand Tobacco Smoke in Public Places Source: Navas-Acien, et al. (2004).

4. Smoke Free Americas Initiative • Launched by PAHO in 2001 to mobilize action to create smoke-free communities, workplaces, and homes • Planned activities • Information dissemination • Training and training tools • Support for smoke-free communities • Policy relevant research Images source: Smoke Free Americas. (2007).

5. Collaborative Effort • Tobacco Control Program, Pan American Health Organization • Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

6. Design and Population • Cross-sectional exposure survey to measure airborne nicotine concentrations in public places of major Latin American cities(~ 100 samples/city): • Secondary schools (low-middle socioeconomic status) • Tertiary hospitals • City government buildings • Airports • Restaurants (traditional and fast-food) • Bars (taverns/nightclubs) • Common/standardized protocol • Training workshop Source: Navas-Acien, et al. (2004).

7. Nicotine sampler Gas-chromatograph Nicotine (µg) Sampling rate (Lpm) minutes Nicotine (µg) Air volume (m3) = Air Nicotine Assessment • Vapor-phase nicotine collected with a filter badge treated with sodium bisulfate (1 or 2 weeks) • Collected nicotine extracted from the filter and analyzed by gas chromatography with nitrogen-selective detection • Time-weighted nicotine concentration* * Method developed by Hammond SK and Leaderer BP. (1987) Image sources: Institute for Global Tobacco Control. (2007).

8. Fieldwork Source: Navas, et al. (2004).

9. Air Nicotine Concentrations (µg/m3) in Public Places Source: adapted by CTLT from Navas-Acien, et al. (2004).

10. Air Nicotine Concentrations (µg/m3) in Restaurants Source: Navas-Acien, et al. (2004); Image source: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

11. Air Nicotine Concentrations (µg/m3) in Hospitals Source: adapted by CTLT from Tobacco Atlas 2nd Edition. (2006).

12. Air Nicotine in Public Places: Media Impact

13. Air Nicotine in Public Places: Policy Impact Uruguay Uruguay - Decreto 16/03/04 - SE CONSIDERAN LAS DEPENDENCIAS SANITARIAS DEL PAÍS AMBIENTES 100% LIBRES DE HUMO DE TABACO […] CONSIDERANDO: • que según datos de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud, del 10% al 15% de las muertes producidas por enfermedades tabaco dependientes en las Américas se producen en no fumadores como consecuencia de la exposición pasiva al humo de tabaco • que los resultados del Estudio de Vigilancia de la Exposición al Humo de Tabaco realizado en Uruguay en centros asistenciales, liceos, oficinas públicas y otros, a instancias de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud y del Instituto para el Control Mundial del Tabaco de la Universidad Johns Hopkins de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica (julio 2003), demostraron que en todas las áreas estudiadas existían niveles importantes de contaminación por humo de tabaco […] ATENTO: a lo dispuesto por el artículo 2°. de la Ley N°9.202 de 12 de enero de 1934- Orgánica de Salud Pública EL PRESIDENTE DE LA REPÚBLICA DECRETA: • Artículo 1°.- Dispónese que todas las dependencias sanitarias del país, tanto públicas como privadas, son consideradas "Ambientes 100% Libres de Humo de Tabaco”

14. Limitations and Strengths • Limitations • Sampling locations selected on a convenience basis • Limited number of samples in each city • Comparability across countries cannot be completely assured • Measurements done on a continuous basis (underestimation of exposure during time of occupancy) • Only public places were surveyed • Strengths • Multi-country approach • Standardized protocol • Use of a validated method to quantify exposure • Data useful at different levels: institution, city, country, and regional/global level

15. Conclusions for Latin America • As of 2002–2003 • Nicotine detected in most places that were surveyed (including hospitals and schools) • Nicotine was high in restaurants/bars in all countries • Nonsmoking sections in restaurants ineffective • Indication that smoke-free policies and enforcement reduce exposure to secondhand smoke • Since the time of the study • Uruguay became the first country in the Americas to be smoke-free • Buenos Aires passed a citywide ordinance that covers most—but not all—bars and restaurants

16. Air Nicotine Concentrations (µg/m3) in Public Places Source: adapted by CTLT from Navas-Acien, et al. (2004).

17. Smoke-Free Countries Source: adapted by CTLT from Koh, H.K., et al. (2007).

18. FCTC: Smoke-Free Environments • Parties to the FCTC have committed themselves to protect their population from the harmful effects of tobacco smoke • The most effective initiative is to completely eliminate exposure to tobacco smoke in indoor environments • Protect all people in all public places

19. Summary • Assess secondhand tobacco smoke in public places to: • Evaluate exposure • Contribute to promote and enforce smoke-free legislations • “There is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke” • “Eliminating smoking from indoor spaces fully protects nonsmokers from exposure to secondhand smoke” Source: U.S. Surgeon General’s Report. (2006).