Passive smoking at work can harm health

A new study suggests that non-smokers who have to work in smoky environments are suffering reductions in their lung power. The survey, published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine looked at almost 300 men and women workers, calls that smoking in the workplace should be far more tightly controlled.

While the number of offices which allow smoking is dropping year by year, there are still a number of professions - particularly in the hospitality trade - in which exposure to smoke is commonplace.
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