Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) should be eliminated from all public spaces, including workplaces, because it is a significant cause of occupational death and illness, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine argues in a new position paper.
In work settings lacking a policy prohibiting smoking in all areas, nonsmokers are more than eight times more likely to be exposed to ETS than those who work in smoke-free worksites, according to ACOEM.