Second-hand smoke in four English prisons: an air quality monitoring study

BACKGROUND: To measure levels of indoor pollution in relation to smoking in four English prisons. METHODS: TSI SidePak AM510 Personal Aerosol Monitors were used to measure concentrations of particulate matter less than 2.5 mum in diameter (PM2.5) for periods of up to 9 h in selected smoking and no...

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Main Authors: Jayes, Leah, Ratschen, Elena, Murray, Rachael L., Dymond-White, Suzy, Britton, John
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author Jayes, Leah
Ratschen, Elena
Murray, Rachael L.
Dymond-White, Suzy
Britton, John
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Ratschen, Elena
Murray, Rachael L.
Dymond-White, Suzy
Britton, John
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description BACKGROUND: To measure levels of indoor pollution in relation to smoking in four English prisons. METHODS: TSI SidePak AM510 Personal Aerosol Monitors were used to measure concentrations of particulate matter less than 2.5 mum in diameter (PM2.5) for periods of up to 9 h in selected smoking and non-smoking areas, and personal exposure monitoring of prison staff during a work shift, in four prisons. RESULTS: PM2.5 data were collected for average periods of 6.5 h from 48 locations on 25 wing landings where smoking was permitted in cells, on 5 non-smoking wings, 13 prisoner cells, and personal monitoring of 22 staff members. Arithmetic mean PM2.5 concentrations were significantly higher on smoking than non-smoking wing landings (43.9 mug/m(3) and 5.9 mug/m(3) respectively, p < 0.001) and in smoking than non-smoking cells (226.2 mug/m(3) and 17.0 mug/m(3) respectively, p < 0.001). Staff members wore monitors for an average of 4.18 h, during which they were exposed to arithmetic mean PM2.5 concentration of 23.5 mug/m(3). CONCLUSIONS: The concentration of PM2.5 pollution in smoking areas of prisons are extremely high. Smoking in prisons therefore represents a significant health hazard to prisoners and staff members.
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spelling nottingham-427912020-05-04T17:38:01Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42791/ Second-hand smoke in four English prisons: an air quality monitoring study Jayes, Leah Ratschen, Elena Murray, Rachael L. Dymond-White, Suzy Britton, John BACKGROUND: To measure levels of indoor pollution in relation to smoking in four English prisons. METHODS: TSI SidePak AM510 Personal Aerosol Monitors were used to measure concentrations of particulate matter less than 2.5 mum in diameter (PM2.5) for periods of up to 9 h in selected smoking and non-smoking areas, and personal exposure monitoring of prison staff during a work shift, in four prisons. RESULTS: PM2.5 data were collected for average periods of 6.5 h from 48 locations on 25 wing landings where smoking was permitted in cells, on 5 non-smoking wings, 13 prisoner cells, and personal monitoring of 22 staff members. Arithmetic mean PM2.5 concentrations were significantly higher on smoking than non-smoking wing landings (43.9 mug/m(3) and 5.9 mug/m(3) respectively, p < 0.001) and in smoking than non-smoking cells (226.2 mug/m(3) and 17.0 mug/m(3) respectively, p < 0.001). Staff members wore monitors for an average of 4.18 h, during which they were exposed to arithmetic mean PM2.5 concentration of 23.5 mug/m(3). CONCLUSIONS: The concentration of PM2.5 pollution in smoking areas of prisons are extremely high. Smoking in prisons therefore represents a significant health hazard to prisoners and staff members. BioMed Central 2016-02-04 Article PeerReviewed Jayes, Leah, Ratschen, Elena, Murray, Rachael L., Dymond-White, Suzy and Britton, John (2016) Second-hand smoke in four English prisons: an air quality monitoring study. BMC Public Health, 16 . p. 119. ISSN 1471-2458 England/epidemiology; Environmental Monitoring; Humans; Particulate Matter/*analysis; Prisons/*statistics & numerical data; Smoking/*epidemiology; Tobacco Smoke Pollution/*analysis; https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-016-2757-y doi:10.1186/s12889-016-2757-y doi:10.1186/s12889-016-2757-y
spellingShingle England/epidemiology; Environmental Monitoring; Humans; Particulate Matter/*analysis; Prisons/*statistics & numerical data; Smoking/*epidemiology; Tobacco Smoke Pollution/*analysis;
Jayes, Leah
Ratschen, Elena
Murray, Rachael L.
Dymond-White, Suzy
Britton, John
Second-hand smoke in four English prisons: an air quality monitoring study
title Second-hand smoke in four English prisons: an air quality monitoring study
title_full Second-hand smoke in four English prisons: an air quality monitoring study
title_fullStr Second-hand smoke in four English prisons: an air quality monitoring study
title_full_unstemmed Second-hand smoke in four English prisons: an air quality monitoring study
title_short Second-hand smoke in four English prisons: an air quality monitoring study
title_sort second-hand smoke in four english prisons: an air quality monitoring study
topic England/epidemiology; Environmental Monitoring; Humans; Particulate Matter/*analysis; Prisons/*statistics & numerical data; Smoking/*epidemiology; Tobacco Smoke Pollution/*analysis;
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42791/
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42791/