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KMID : 1041720150270010017
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Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2015 Volume.27 No. 1 p.17 ~ p.17
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Decline in non-smoking workers’ urine cotinine levels after increased smoking regulation in Korea
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Park Ju-Hyoung
Lee Chae-Kwan
Kim Se-Yeong
Suh Chun-Hui
Kim Kun-Hyung
Kim Jeong-Ho
Son Byung-Chul
Lee Jong-Tae
Yu Seung-Do
Choi Wook-Hee
Im Ho-Sub
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Abstract
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Objectives: To identify any association between implementing smoking regulation policies and workers’ urine cotinine concentration levels in Korea.
Methods: From the first stage of the Korean National Environmental Health Survey conducted by the National Institute of Environmental Research from 2009 to 2011, 2,475 non-smoking workers selected. We analyzed the trend in the changes of cotinine concentration in urine using the general linear model and linear regression, in various jobs as categorized by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and Korea Standard Classification of Occupations (KSCO).
Results: The urine cotinine concentration tended to decrease every year (2.91 ng/ml in 2009, 2.12 ng/ml in 2010, and 1.31 ng/ml in 2011), showing a decreasing trend (P?
Conclusions: The cotinine concentration in urine among non-smoking worker groups tended to decline from 2009 to 2011. Such a result may be an indirect indicator of the effectiveness of smoking regulation policies including the revision of the National Health Promotion Act.
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KEYWORD
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Urine cotinine, Occupation, Secondhand smoke, Non-smoker
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