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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 μm 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 μg/m(3) and 5.9 μg/m(3) respectively, p < 0.001) and in smoking than non-smoking cells (226.2 μg/m(3) and 17.0 μg/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 μg/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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BMC Public Healthjournal_title
BMC public healthauthors
Jayes LR,Ratschen E,Murray RL,Dymond-White S,Britton Jdoi
10.1186/s12889-016-2757-ysubject
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2016-02-04 00:00:00pages
119issn
1471-2458pii
10.1186/s12889-016-2757-yjournal_volume
16pub_type
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