Illegal Passive Smoking at Work

Table 2

Medicals symptoms in relationship with socioeconomic status and ETS exposure levels (1).

		Medical symptoms (could be associated for a single worker)
		Discomfort irritation 𝑛=107	Cough; 𝑛=35	Dyspnoea chronical bronchitis rhinitis; 𝑛=12	Aggravation of pre-existing asthma 𝑛=9	Unpleasant smells headaches  psychological aggregations feelings 𝑛=29
Socio economic status	Non manual employees; 𝑛=99	80 (61)	23 (17.5)	9 (6.8)	7 (5.3)	25 (19)
	Manual workers; 𝑛=21	18 (13.7)	5 (3.8)	—	1 (0.8)	—
	Not specified; 𝑛=11	9 (6.9)	7 (5.3)	3(2.3)	1 (0.8)	4 (3)
ETS exposure level	Low	22 (16.7)	2 (1.5)		1 (0.7)	7 (5.3)
	Medium	55 (42)	19 (14.5)	5 (3.8)	2 (1.5)	12 (9.1)
	High	23 (17.5)	12 (9.1)	6 (4.6)	6 (4.6)	9 (6.9)
	Not specified	7 (5.3)	2 ( 1.5)	1 (0.7)		1 (0.7)

(1) percentages in boxes (in brackets) correspond to the subgroups of 131 exposed workers with medical symptoms.