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Table 4 Additional deaths for occupational and private ETS exposure over 40 years based on the formula by Repace and Lowrey as well as epidemiological studies [71]

From: Quantification of ETS exposure in hospitality workers who have never smoked

Study

Exposure

Weighted mean nicotine concentration in μg/m3

Lifetime lung cancer risk per 1000 workers (95% CI)

   

Men

Women

[71, 78, 109]

No exposure

Non applicable

5.6 (4.9 - 6.3)

4.5 (4.0 - 4.9)

 

Only exposure at home

4.3

8.4 (7.4 - 9.5)

6.7 (6.0 - 7.4)

[83]

 

Range:

#

#

 

Restaurants

0.7-

5.6 (4.9 - 6.3)-

4.5 (4.0 - 4.9)-

  

83.3

16.7 (16.0 - 17.4)

15.6 (15.1-16.0)

 

Bar/Pub

9.1-

6.8 (6.1-7.5)-

5.7 (5.2 - 6.1)-

  

180

29.6 (28.9 - 30.3)

28.5 (28.0-28.9)

 

Disco

71.0-

15.1 (14.4 - 15.8)

14.0 (13.5 - 14.4)-

  

450

65.6 (64.9-66.3)

64.5 (64.0 - 64.9)

  1. # Exposure only at workplace