Thanksgiving travelers who pass by a 5 vital U.S. airports that still concede indoor smoking in designated open bedrooms face a dark health hazard, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pronounced on Tuesday.
A investigate by a sovereign health group found that secondhand fume levels directly outward open smoking areas were 5 times aloft than a levels in smoke-free airports.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, Washington Dulles International, McCarran International in Las Vegas, Denver International and Salt Lake City International are a usually 5 of a nation’s 29 largest airports that still have indoor smoking areas permitted to a ubiquitous public, a CDC said.
The 5 comment for 15 percent of all U.S. atmosphere travel, a group said.
“The commentary in today’s news serve endorse that ventilated smoking bedrooms and designated smoking areas are not effective,†pronounced Dr. Tim McAfee, executive of a CDC Office on Smoking and Health. “Prohibiting smoking in all indoor areas is a usually effective approach to entirely discharge bearing to secondhand smoke.â€
Secondhand fume causes heart illness and lung cancer in non-smoking adults, and even brief bearing to secondhand fume can means a heart attack, a CDC said.
The CDC tests, conducted between Oct 19 and Nov 1, totalled markers for secondhand smoke. Pollution levels found somewhat some-more than 3 feet (1 meter) outward a smoking bedrooms were 5 times aloft than in 4 vital smoke-free airports used for comparison, a CDC said.
“Airport smoking areas and a areas around them are not healthy – for workers or travelers, quite children,†Brian King, a CDC epidemiologist and co-author of a report, pronounced in a statement.
Second-hand Smoke At 5 Major Airports Puts Flyers At Risk, CDC Says
Second-hand Smoke At 5 Major Airports Puts Flyers At Risk, CDC Says
Second-hand Smoke At 5 Major Airports Puts Flyers At Risk, CDC Says
Second-hand Smoke At 5 Major Airports Puts Flyers At Risk, CDC Says
Second-hand Smoke At 5 Major Airports Puts Flyers At Risk, CDC Says