Exposición pasiva al humo de tabaco en los Institutos Nacionales de Salud en México

Resumen

Introduction. Passive smoking is a major public health concern in addition to that provoked by regular tobacco smoking. Hospitals must be smokefree areas, however, we lack of this kind of data in Mexico. Methods. Data from a population previously surveyed was analyzed in order to determine passive exposure to tobacco smoke (PETS) and its potential impact over attitudes and health of workers of the National Institute of Health in Mexico. The included issues determined the exposure magnitude, damage to health and possible interference with working activities. Results. Our data showed that working in the National Institute of Health in Mexico is a risk factor for PETS (OR of 2.82 (IC95%=2.55-3.11).