A ‘smoking gun’ report
A new federal report says airports that continue to have smoking areas are risking the health of both travelers and workers
Most of the nation’s small airports ban smoking, but most large hubs let people light up.
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, which has door-less smoking rooms, was cited as one of the worst contributors to secondhand smoke.
More than eight out of 10 non-hub airports ban smoking anywhere indoors. But of the 31 largest airports, which account for 70 percent of passengers, only 13 forbid lighting up.
“We’re not doing a good enough job of protecting travelers and, especially, employees at our airports,” said Eric Pevzner, a behavioral scientist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, whose study was released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Report by David Wilkening
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