2005 New Jersey Air Monitoring Study

Restaurants, bars, casinos, and bowling alleys that allowed smoking had, on average, 15 times more indoor air pollution than smokefree restaurants and bars, as measured by the concentration of particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter. Casinos averaged eight times more pollution than smokefree workplaces and public places.

Employees in all of the smoking-permitted locations tested were exposed to pollution that exceeded levels recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); the average employee exposure was 3.4 times the EPA limit. Employees in all the smokefree locations were in workplaces with acceptable air quality.

The air monitoring was conducted in more than 50 sites, in 31 of New Jersey's 21 counties, by Roswell Park Cancer Institute, New Jersey GASP, and the American Cancer Society.

To see the news release about the study, click here.

To see the executive summary of the report, click here.

To see the charts of primary results, click here.

To see the full 21 page report report, click here.

This page updated November 9, 2006