The effect of the Irish smoke-free workplace legislation on smoking among bar workers.

Background: On 29 March 2004, the Republic of Ireland (ROI) became the first EU country to introduce a nationwide ban on workplace smoking. While the focus of this measure was to protect worker health by reducing exposure to second-hand smoke, other effects such as a greater reduction in smoking prevalence and consumption were likely among bar workers.

Methods: A random sample of bar workers from Cork city were surveyed before (n = 129) and after (n = 107; 82.

Before and after study of bar workers' perceptions of the impact of smoke-free workplace legislation in the Republic of Ireland.

Objectives: To compare support for, and perceptions of, the impacts of smoke-free workplace legislation among bar workers in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) pre- and post-implementation, and to identify predictors of support for the legislation.

Setting: Public houses (pubs) in three areas of the ROI.

Design: Comparisons pre- and post-implementation of smoke-free workplace legislation.

Legislation for smoke-free workplaces and health of bar workers in Ireland: before and after study.

Objectives: To compare exposure to secondhand smoke and respiratory health in bar staff in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland before and after the introduction of legislation for smoke-free workplaces in the Republic.

Design: Comparisons before and after the legislation in intervention and control regions.

Setting: Public houses in three areas in the Republic (intervention) and one area in Northern Ireland (control).