Pressure mounted on Britain on Monday to take action on ____1____ smoking with new research showing second-hand smoke ____2____ about one worker each week in the hospitality industry.
) l0 O* y: v F2 `. `; vProfessor Konrad Jamrozik, of Imperial College in London. Told a conference on environmental tobacco that second-hand ____3____ kills 49 employees in pubs. restaurants and hotels each year and contributes to 700 deaths from lung cancer, heart ____4____ and stroke across the total national work force.! F3 ]8 }8 x2 q( U! q; i; o
"Exposure in the hospitality ____5____ at work outweights the consequences of exposure of living ____6____ a smoker for those staff," Jamrozik said in an interview.
5 L6 S: X: i6 Y2 JOther ____7____ have measured the levels of exposure to passive smoking but Jamrozik calculated how it would translate into avoidable deaths.
5 x: e+ Z1 b" Y7 `! \2 oHis findings are ____8____ on the number of people working in the hospitality industry in Britain, their exposure to second-hand smoke and their ____9____ of dying form it.. @1 V. `) D) ?5 K; D8 y( o
Jamrozik said the findings would apply to ____10____ countries in Europe because, to a greater or ____11____ extent, levels of smoking in the community are similar.9 D# w' V( q5 f% O+ D5 A2 u9 D
Professor Carol Black, president of the Royal College of Physicians. Which sponsored the meeting, said the research is proof of the need for a ban on smoking in ____12____ places.7 U6 N5 W- b$ ] |3 i' y! ^' D
"Environmental tobacco smoke in pubs, bars, restaurants and other public places is ____13____ damaging to the health of employees as well as the general public." She said in a statement.6 H0 g% }9 b; F+ l$ `$ |
"Making these places smoke-free not only protects vulnerable staff and the public, it will ____14____ help over 300,000 people in Britain to stop smoking completely." She added. |
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