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Slideshow
Secondhand
smoke: Australia's protected workplace killer (2009)
How secondhand smoke is exempted from Occupational Health and Safety in most
Australian jurisdictions. Why we need all working areas 100% smokefree -
including pubs and clubs. Latest health, economic and public opinion
research from Australia and overseas. Great for presenting to
governments and opinion leaders. 19 slides.
Factsheets and
briefings
June 2010 factsheet for NSW MPs,
100%
smokefree dining: healthy and popular from
ASH Australia, Cancer Council NSW and the Heart Foundation
... and for more detail, SmokeFree Australia's 2010 briefing for local councils and businesses on Why al fresco dining areas should be 100% smokefree
See also SmokeFree
Australia (2009) briefing paper on why Gambling
should be smokefree
... and our summary
of the main arguments for 100% smokefree workplaces, with links to the research
National smokefree hospitality campaign
Bar workers took to
Australia's TV screens in a campaign for smokefree pubs and clubs,
coordinated by The Cancer Council.
"It's about health", they say "- and it's about time."
See the bar
worker ads and more info
Vic: Smokefree
Victoria
Not affiliated with SmokeFree Australia but an informative site with more
good links.
Barworker tells: secondhand smoke killed me
Canadian barworker Heather Crowe's chilling first-hand account of death by
unsafe workplace... See videos
and transcripts
Factsheet on secondhand smoke
Excellent summary from US experts Jim Repace and Associates. See
factsheet
What
am I inhaling?
Useful page from Physicians for a Smokefree Canada - allows you to enter
details of your own exposure to secondhand smoke at work and find out what
you're inhaling and what its health impacts are.
ASH
UK factsheet on secondhand smoke
Useful 2005 factsheet - go to ASH
UK site then click at top "factsheets", scroll down to Detailed
Facts No. 8 "Secondhand Smoke" - pdf.
Working
in a bar shouldn't be a death sentence
See Canadian
bar workers' print ads
How to create a smokefree workplace
Australia:
How
to go smoke free: a guide for workplaces
Great 2009 guide from the NSW Health Department - NSW-based but very
comprehensive.
Going
smokefree: workplace recommendations
From the Cancer Council NSW - how to implement a smokefree workplace
policy.
NCOSS
smokefree workplace guide
Good brief outline (2005) of why and how to make workplaces smokefree.
US:
Making
your workplace smokefree: a decision-maker's guide
From the US National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and health Promotion. Lots of very good background and tips,
some of it a bit US-specific.
The
Network Newsletter
from the Organized Labor & Tobacco Control Network. Useful
union-oriented resource, includes US case histories detailing the introduction
of smoke-free workplaces. US-only focus but still has useful pointers.
For
details of other union smoking initiatives in the
See also their email
and phone contacts
ACOSH
Australian Council on Smoking and Health
ACTU Australian Council of Trade Unions
AMA Australian Medical Association
ASH Action on Smoking and Health Australia
CCA Cancer Council Australia
HF Heart Foundation
LHMU Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers' Union
LIWA Lung Institute of Western Australia (formerly AARI)
MEAA Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance
MUA Musician's Union of Australia
NSMA Non-Smokers' Movement of Australia