title: Environment and well-being before and following smoking ban in office buildings.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to compare the well-being, salivary cotinine levels and environmental characteristics of office building workers and their workplace before and after the introduction of a smoking ban. The results showed that one year following the ban, there was an ambiguous change in symptom reporting, a trend towards reduced salivary cotinine levels, and an improvement in measured but not in perceived environmental quality.
authors.affiliation: Gage Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Toronto, ON.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Broder
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pilger
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Corey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003367:Cotinine / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016272:Occupational Health; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution; D003367:Cotinine