![]() ![]() Because the airport has many international flights, she says passengers switching gates cannot simply step outside for a smoke without having to go through security again. Many passengers surveyed say they want smoking areas, says Kimberly Gibbs, spokeswoman for Dulles International Airport. air travel last year, allow smoking in designated public areas: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Denver International Airport and Salt Lake City International Airport. airports, accounting for about 15% of U.S. Most airports with designated smoking areas are located in states without smoke-free laws or are exempted from such laws.įive of the 29 largest U.S. domestic and international commercial airline flights, they do not require airports to be smoke-free. It says even brief exposure can trigger acute cardiac events such as heart attack.Īlthough federal laws ban smoking on all U.S. The CDC says it causes heart disease and lung cancer in non-smoking adults and is a known cause of sudden infant death syndrome or SIDS, respiratory problems, ear infections and asthma attacks in infants and children. McAfee says there’s “no safe level” of secondhand smoke exposure. He says the report shows smoking areas are not ventilated enough, adding that a ban on all indoor smoking is the “only effective protection” against secondhand smoke. ![]() …These are unnecessary dangers for airport employees and passengers,” says Tim McAfee, director of CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health. “Significant secondhand smoke exposure is going on. Levels inside smoking areas, including bars and restaurants, were 23 times higher than at smoke-free airports. The CDC, in its first study comparing air quality at airports with and without smoke-fee policies, finds that pollution levels adjacent (within a meter or 39 inches) to smoking areas are five times higher than levels at airports that entirely ban smoking. airports with designated smoking areas does not protect passengers from the health risks of secondhand smoke, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns Tuesday. ![]()
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