Responses to questions about symptoms and asthma—proportion reporting symptom, by category of workplace smoking policy
| Hospitality workers | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government workers | Smokefree workplaces | Smoking only in designated areas | No smoking restrictions | All workers in smokefree workplaces | All workers in workplaces that allow smoking | Prevalence ratio† | ||
| A | B | C | D | E (= A+B) | F (=C+D) | F/E | ||
| Question* | n=50 | n=10 | n=20 | n=32 | n=60 | n=32 | 95%CI | |
| *With the exception of the questions about asthma, all questions asked about symptoms experienced in the preceding four weeks. Responses in columns A to F are recorded as the proportions of respondents who answered “yes” to each question. | ||||||||
| †Based on hospitality workers in premises permitting smoking (column F) relative to all unexposed workers (column E). | ||||||||
| CI, confidence interval. | ||||||||
| Wheezing in chest | 0.24 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.28 | 1.21 | 0.59 to 2.47 |
| Short of breath | 0.14 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 0.12 | 0.28 | 2.41 | 0.99 to 5.87 |
| Cough in morning | 0.2 | 0 | 0.15 | 0.33 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 1.31 | 0.55 to 3.12 |
| Frequently cough | 0.2 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.31 | 1.88 | 0.87 to 4.03 |
| Frequent phlegm | 0.18 | 0 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.15 | 0.38 | 2.53 | 1.18 to 5.29 |
| Eye irritation | 0.42 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.98 | 0.54 to 1.77 |
| Running nose | 0.44 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.45 | 0.56 | 1.25 | 0.83 to 1.89 |
| Sore throat | 0.32 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.33 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 1.04 | 0.55 to 1.98 |
| Asthma diagnosed | 0.34 | 0.2 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.32 | 0.25 | 0.79 | 0.39 to 1.60 |
| Asthma medicine taken | 0.16 | 0.1 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.80 | 0.28 to 2.50 |