Journal of Environmental Health Sciences (한국환경보건학회지)

Korean Society of Environmental Health (한국환경보건학회)
권호 표지
DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

A Study on the Status of Indoor Smoking Rooms and Compliance with Indoor Smoke-free Policy in Some Public Facilities in the Seoul Metropolitan area and the Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do Province Area

수도권과 대구·경북지역의 일부 다중이용시설에서 흡연실 설치와 금연구역 정책 준수 수준 파악

  • Yu, Da eun (Department of Public Health, Keimyung University) ;
  • Park, Ji Young (Institute of Health and Environment, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Kiyoung (Department of Environmental Health, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Seung Won (Department of Public Health, Keimyung University)
  • Received : 2021.01.04
  • Accepted : 2021.02.08
  • Published : 2021.02.28
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

Objectives: The purposes of this study were to investigate the installation rates and status of indoor smoking rooms in public facilities and to determine the level of compliance level with smoke-free policies in accordance with the National Health Promotion Act. Methods: A visiting survey was conducted on 1,206 public facilities in the Seoul Metropolitan Area and the Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do Province area. Researchers selected public facilities such as bars, coffee houses, and internet cafes using convenient sampling. They visited without prior notice, checked the existence of indoor smoking rooms, and recorded their status. Results: Internet cafes (110/116) had the highest installation rate of indoor smoking rooms, followed by bowling clubs (17/19) and billiard rooms (87/100). Depending on the type of business, 50-88% of smoking rooms were not completely enclosed. Coin karaoke rooms showed the least inadequacy in this regard. In addition, out of 512 smoking rooms, in 33% (n = 169) smoking indoors was observed in non-smoking areas. Only 9% of public facilities were in full compliance with the indoor smoke-free regulation. Conclusions: It was found that most of the public facilities with indoor smoking rooms did not comply with the smoke-free policy, and smoking was still observed inside some facilities. Therefore, there is a need for a policy that prohibits indoor smoking rooms completely.

Keywords

References

  1. Kim JH, Kim TH, Hwang YH, Lee KY. Indoor PM2.5 concentrations in personal computer (PC) rooms before and after the implementation of smoke-free regulations in Seoul. J. Odor and Indoor Environ. 2015; 14(1): 1-6. https://doi.org/10.15250/joie.2015.14.1.1
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/health_effects/index.htm [accessed 2020 Mar 26].
  3. Brennan P, Buffler PA, Reynolds P, Wu AH, Wichmann HE, Agudo A et al. Secondhand smoke exposure in adulthood and risk of lung cancer among never smokers: a pooled analysis of two large studies. Int J Cancer. 2004; 109(1): 125-131. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.11682
  4. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking: Lung Cancer and Other Disorders. Available from: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-09/documents/passive_smoke.pdf [accessed 2020 Mar 26].
  5. World Health Organization (WHO). WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Geneva: WHO press; 2003.
  6. Nelson PR, Conrad FW, Kelly SP, Maiolo KC, Richardson JD, Ogden MW. Composition of environmental tabacco smoke(ETS) from international cigarettes and determination of ETS-RSP: particulate marker ratios. Environment International. 1997; 23(1): 47-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00076-1
  7. Kim YJ, Lee KY, Kim SW. Comparison of PM2.5 concentrations before and after smoke-free policy in some indoor sports facilities in Seoul. J Environ Health Sci. 2018; 44(3): 267-274.
  8. Lee KY, Hahn EJ, Robertson HE, Whitten L, Jones LK, Zahn B. Air quality in and around airport enclosed smoking rooms. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2010; 12(6): 665-668. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntq054
  9. Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). Korea Health Statistics 2017: Korea Health Statistics and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES VII-2), KCDC press; 2018.
  10. Kim HJ, Lee KY. Compliance of Indoor Smoke-free Regulation in Internet Cafes of Seoul, Korea. JKSRNT. 2016; 7(1): 12-18. https://doi.org/10.25055/JKSRNT.2016.7.1.12
  11. Huss A, Kooijman C, Breuer M, Bohler P, Zund T, Wenk S et al. Fine particulate matter measurements in Swiss restaurants, cafes and bars: what is the effect of spatial separation between smoking and non-smoking areas?. Indoor Air. 2010; 20(1): 52-60. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0668.2009.00625.x
  12. Pion M, Givel MS. Airport smoking rooms don't work. Tobacco Control. 2004; 13(1): 37-40.
  13. Guak SY, Lee BR, Xu S, Lee KY, Lee DH. Pilot study of difference of secondhand smoke exposure at smoking and non-smoking nightclubs. J Environ Health Sci. 2014; 40(1): 10-16. https://doi.org/10.5668/JEHS.2014.40.1.10
  14. Yeom JS, Hwang YH, Seo SY, Kim TH, Lee KY. Comparison of PM2.5 Concentrations in smoking and non-smoking areas by division system in coffee shops. J Environ Health Sci. 2011; 37(1): 44-49. https://doi.org/10.5668/JEHS.2011.37.1.044
  15. Guak SY, Lee KY, Kim SR, Kim SC, Yang WH, Ha KC. Impact of the smoke-free law on second-hand smoke in computer game rooms. J Environ Health Sci. 2015; 41(1): 11-16. https://doi.org/10.5668/JEHS.2015.41.1.11
  16. Hwang JH, Lee KY. Determination of outdoor tobacco smoke exposure by distance from a smoking source. Nicotine Tobacco Research. 2014; 16(4): 478-484. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntt178
  17. Lee SG. Smoke-free Regulation in England. Health and Welfare Policy Forum. 2010; 161: 104-111.
  18. European Commission. Overview of smoke-free legislation and its implementation in the EU. 2012.