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Table 3 Calculation of additional deaths given an occupational exposure to ETS of 40 years based on the model by Repace und Lowrey in comparison to the baseline risk [71].

From: Quantification of ETS exposure in hospitality workers who have never smoked

Country

Place of ETS exposure

Estimated nicotine exposure (μg/m3)

Number of lung cancer deaths per 1000 persons

USA

No exposure

0

7

 

Only domestic exposure

4.3

10

 

Office

11.2

11.5* (8.5)#

 

Restaurant

15.7

12.0* (9.0) #

 

Smoker club

20.3

12.7* (9.7) #

  1. Data for USA. (* Occupational and domestic exposure, # only occupational exposure)