General Discussion

test chambers

marinaseelig — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:18:06 -0700

Do you have some information about test chambers for ETS? I'm looking for information on chambers for smoke dispersion testing, not for exposure testing.
Got some information at the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library. There is this study from RJ Reynolds, "A TEST CHAMBER AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE (ETS)".

A suggestion

marinaseelig — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:11:51 -0700

Suggestion: display the real name of the user and not the user login at the user list.

Bar and restaurant simulations

Margo Goodin — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:30:03 -0800

Neil -
I echo Martin's comments: thank you for putting this info on-line, and for your earlier work on outdoor smoking. With legislative moves towards non-smoking in bars and similar premises in Australia, there is now a lively debate (which, with the exception of Queensland, health interests are not generally winning) about how enclosed or unenclosed a place should be before before smoking is permitted/prohibited.

We actually have laws which say that as long as a place is more than 25% open (perimeter walls + ceiling, or sometimes just a % of wall area), it's OK to smoke.

Policy officers have been unable to find relevant information which associates degree of enclosedness with level of passive smoking exposure/risk for customers and staff.

How much more ETS in cars than houses?

bicevskis — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 19:30:49 -0800

Neil,
My congratulations to you for setting up SIMSMOKE. It must have been a huge effort. I look forward to having a wander around.

I have previously downloaded your pilot study of real time monitoring of outdoor ETS and found it very absorbing and useful. Your committment to open source knowledge and putting this work on line was appreciated.

At the moment I am interested in comparisons of ETS in typical homes and cars. Some very useful data about this is in the California Air Resources Board assessment of ETS. And I am sure there will be more in Simsmoke when I start using it.