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The Impacts of Second Hand Smoke to Employee Lung Function/Days Off Work: A Proposed Study

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A proposal for an experimental design to test the impacts of secondary smoke in the workplace utilizing a sample base of male non-smokers who do not live with a smoker.  Relies on the utilization of salivary testing for cotinine, a metabolite of nicotine, to quantify the degree of smoking which an individual is exposed to in the workplace.  Notes that much of what we know of the impacts of secondary smoke relates to specific pulmonary function but little has been done in regard to correlating this  knowledge with employee absenteeism. Because of the susceptibility of employees to this environmental contaminant, and its suspected impact of necessitating time off work due to related illnesses, it is  imperative that these risk be quantified. This quantification could prove particularly useful in deciding workplace smoking policy.  INTRODUCTION The issues surrounding secondary smoke are extremely controversial. Smokers are up in arms because of the  no smoking signs which are appearing in office buildings, restaurants and other public areas around the nation and indeed around the world (Ferrence and Ashley 310, Brownlee 66). The  evidence is mounting, however, that secondary smoke is more than just a nuisance to non-smokers (Brownlee 66). Indeed, with the possible exception of the tobacco industry, most agree at  least in theory that second hand smoke poses definitive health threats to adults and children alike (Brownlee 66). Employees who are exposed to secondary smoke in the workplace could  be expected to take more time off work due to the various illnesses which can be associated with secondary smoke. It is imperative from the perspective of workplace efficiency, therefore,