Open AccessStudy of secondhand smoke levels pre and post implementation of the comprehensive smoking ban in Mumbai
Author(s) -
Aditi Deshpande,
Priyanka Kudtarkar,
Dhanashri Dhaware,
Rohini Chowgule
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.69269
Subject(s) - smoking ban , hospitality , secondhand smoke , environmental health , smoke , advertising , passive smoking , indoor air , baseline (sea) , medicine , business , environmental science , engineering , environmental engineering , waste management , law , political science , tourism
This research was undertaken with the aim of assessing the indoor air quality in popular hospitality venues, as also to evaluate the effectiveness of the nationwide comprehensive public smoking ban. The analysis was split into two halves - baseline study taken up prior to implementation of the said ban on 2(nd) October 2008, and the follow-up study after it came into effect.