Smoking at the workplaces in Italy after the smoking ban in the Lazio Region.

Background: In Italy, an anti-smoking law was issued in 2003, with the aim of reducing tobacco smoking inside public places.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the observance of the smoking ban in Italy, during the period 2010-2014, in several workplaces and to evaluate the perception of workers, both smokers and non-smokers, on this issue.

Methods: This cross-sectional study analyzed data resulting from a self-administered questionnaires in 59 companies, from several working sectors (transport, healthcare and building), in the Latium Region in Italy.

[{Perception of alcohol problem among workers of the transportation, healthcare and building sectors in the Lazio Region]].

Unlabelled: «Perception of alcohol problem among workers of the transportation, healthcare and building sectors in the Lazio Region».

Aim:: To perform an analysis of the perception of alcohol use among workers of the transportation, healthcare and building sectors.

Methods:: A survey was carried out on alcohol consumption and knowledge of deriving health effects.

[Delphi consensus on the monitoring tools of main individual risk factors for chronic diseases by the company doctor].

Background: Data on individual risk factors for chronic diseases (smoking, physical activity, body mass) are collected by company physicians in heterogeneous ways. This makes comparisons, researches and evaluations difficult.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to find a consensus on evaluation tools for chronic diseases risk factors and for health promotion programs in workplaces that could be performed by company physicians during their clinical activity.

Effect of the Italian smoking ban on population rates of acute coronary events.

Background: Several countries in the world have not yet prohibited smoking in public places. Few studies have been conducted on the effects of smoking bans on cardiac health. We evaluated changes in the frequency of acute coronary events in Rome, Italy, after the introduction of legislation that banned smoking in all indoor public places in January 2005.

Exposure to fine and ultrafine particles from secondhand smoke in public places before and after the smoking ban, Italy 2005.

Background: A smoking ban in all indoor public places was enforced in Italy on 10 January 2005.

Methods: We compared indoor air quality before and after the smoking ban by monitoring the indoor concentrations of fine (<2.5 microm diameter, PM2.