Should Any Workplace Be Exempt from Smoke-Free Law: The Irish Experience

Table 1

Summary data table of exposure levels within 6 psychiatric hospitals.

	Ultrafine aerosol concentration (particles/cm^3)			Particulate mass (μg/m^3)			Carbon monoxide (ppm)	Nicotine
	Min	Mean	Max	Mean (PM2.5)	Mean (PM10)	Mean (TSP)
1(a)	35887	185977	378758	NA	NA	NA	NA	60.83 μg/m^3
1(b)	25021	215303	392541	NA	NA	NA	NA	133.28
2(a)	13474	80116	188233	31.11	38.83	47.34	2.8 ± 2.37	46.69
2(b)	4363	46094	112755	28.73	32.11	44.57	1.8 ± 0.69	131.91
3(a)	37530	89996	206483	30.9	39.54	46.2	3.4 ± 0.66	NA
3(b)	48340	92235	149599	28.35	33.95	40.00	4.5 ± 0.86	NA
3(c)	73504	211368	368491	51.67	64.16	85.14	NA	NA
4	35113	94614	184366	29.12	42.0	53.8	2.2 ± 0.73	NA
5(a)	132016	217488	298100	24.79	21.43	56.67	5.3 ± 0.97	NA
5(b)	41260	163680	335283	103.10	159.29	203.94	4.8 ± 1.33	NA
6	11845	34844	98763	27.33	11.29	40.83	3.1 ± 0.37	NA
Avg	41668.5	130156	246670	39.46	49.18	68.72	3.87	93.17