A researcher from Australia has released a study attempting to estimate the number of deaths from passive smoking in the “general workforce and general population” of the United Kingdom.
He concludes that “passive smoking at work is likely to be responsible for…617 deaths per year, including 54 deaths in the hospitality industry” (i.e., pubs and restaurants).
The British Medical Association has cited this study in their quest to “promote a national ban on smoking in enclosed public places.”
Gee, do you think that someday I’ll be able to bite into my muffuletta without gagging on the smoke cloud wafting from an adjacent table?
