Smokefree Norway a Huge Success
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OSLO (Reuters) - A smokefree workplace law in Norwegian bars, restaurants, and nightclubs has been a huge success, the government said on Tuesday.
Norway implemented the nationwide law in June 2004, becoming the second country in the world at that time (after Ireland) to do so. The law entitles bartenders, waiters, cooks, and other staff in the sector the same protection as workers in offices or factories, which have long been smokefree.
"It's been even more successful than we had hoped for and means a cleaner environment and better health for all workers," Dagfinn Hoeybraaten, the labor and social affairs minister, said at the launch of a government study.
The study showed that staff breathing has improved, nicotine in their urine has been virtually eliminated and air quality cleaned up by the law.
"Now you can compare bars and restaurants to the office," said Marit Skogstad, part of the research team which tested 74 waiters and waitresses before and after the clean air law went into effect. It was terrible before the law, maybe worse than working in heavy industry.
Dust levels in bars and restaurants fell from over 250 milligrams to 75 milligrams per cubic meter and the amount of nicotine in the urine of non-smokers on the staff dropped by almost 90 percent, the study showed.
"Hundreds of localities around the world have adopted smokefree workplace laws," says Joe Cherner, founder of BREATHE (Bar and Restaurant Employees Advocating Together for a Healthy Environment). "Virtually every study shows that these laws are good for health and good for business."
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Results in line with other studies
OSLO (Reuters) - A smokefree workplace law in Norwegian bars, restaurants, and nightclubs has been a huge success, the government said on Tuesday.
Norway implemented the nationwide law in June 2004, becoming the second country in the world at that time (after Ireland) to do so. The law entitles bartenders, waiters, cooks, and other staff in the sector the same protection as workers in offices or factories, which have long been smokefree.
"It's been even more successful than we had hoped for and means a cleaner environment and better health for all workers," Dagfinn Hoeybraaten, the labor and social affairs minister, said at the launch of a government study.
The study showed that staff breathing has improved, nicotine in their urine has been virtually eliminated and air quality cleaned up by the law.
"Now you can compare bars and restaurants to the office," said Marit Skogstad, part of the research team which tested 74 waiters and waitresses before and after the clean air law went into effect. It was terrible before the law, maybe worse than working in heavy industry.
Dust levels in bars and restaurants fell from over 250 milligrams to 75 milligrams per cubic meter and the amount of nicotine in the urine of non-smokers on the staff dropped by almost 90 percent, the study showed.
"Hundreds of localities around the world have adopted smokefree workplace laws," says Joe Cherner, founder of BREATHE (Bar and Restaurant Employees Advocating Together for a Healthy Environment). "Virtually every study shows that these laws are good for health and good for business."
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