Semmonds A, Bailey K, Bentley S, Chase V, Fernando S, Guruge A, King M, Tan O M, Walsh R
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan.
Aust J Public Health. 1995 Feb;19(1):98-100. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1995.tb00307.x.
Exposure to high levels of environmental tobacco smoke can occur in hotels. Controversy exists about smoking regulation on licensed premises. This survey of 138 people attending one of three Newcastle hotels during 1993 found that 57 per cent of respondents were nonsmokers. Fifty-eight per cent (95 per cent confidence interval (CI) 50 to 66 per cent) of respondents in these hotels believed their health was being adversely affected by other people's smoke in the hotel. Seventy per cent (CI 62 to 78 per cent), including half the smokers, were in favour of restriction of smoking in the hotels. Most preferred the establishment of smoke-free areas to the introduction of total smoking bans in hotels. The failure of hotels to regulate smoking suggests that a legislative approach is required. The case for legislation would be strengthened by a larger study elsewhere in Australia.
在酒店中可能会接触到高水平的环境烟草烟雾。关于持牌场所的吸烟规定存在争议。1993年对在纽卡斯尔三家酒店之一的138人进行的这项调查发现，57%的受访者不吸烟。这些酒店中58%（95%置信区间为50%至66%）的受访者认为他们的健康正因酒店内他人吸烟而受到不利影响。70%（置信区间为62%至78%）的人，包括一半的吸烟者，赞成在酒店内限制吸烟。大多数人更倾向于设立无烟区，而不是在酒店全面禁烟。酒店未能对吸烟进行管理表明需要采取立法措施。澳大利亚其他地方进行的规模更大的研究将加强立法的理由。
