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The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published online on October 12, 2009
The European Journal of Public Health, doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp155
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

Short Report

Comparing salivary cotinine concentration in non-smokers from the general population and hospitality workers in Spain

Jose M. Martínez-Sánchez1,2, Marcela Fu1,2, Mónica Pérez-Ríos3,4, María J. López4,5, Albert Moncada6, Esteve Fernández1,2 and for the DCOT study investigators and the Spanish Smoking Law Evaluation Group*

1 Tobacco Research & Control Unit, Institut Català d’Oncologia-IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
2 Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, Campus of Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
3 Dirección General de Salud Pública, Xunta de Galicia, Spain
4 CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
5 Evaluation and Intervention Methods Unit, Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona (ASPB), Barcelona, Spain
6 Ajuntament de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain

Correspondence: Jose M Martínez-Sánchez, Institut Català d'Oncologia, Av Gran Via de L'H;ospitalet 199-203, E-08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), Spain, tel: +34 9326 07335, fax: +34 9326 07956, e-mail: jmmartinez{at}ico.scs.es

Received July 27, 2009 , accepted September 7, 2009

Background: The objective was to compare the pattern of exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) among non-smokers in the general population and in hospitality workers. Methods: We used the adult (16–64 years) non-smokers of two independent studies (general population and hospitality workers) in Spain. We assessed the exposure to SHS by means of questionnaire and salivary cotinine concentration. Results: The salivary cotinine concentration by sex, age, educational level, day of week of saliva collection, and exposure to SHS were always higher in hospitality workers than in the general population. Conclusion: Our results indicated that non-smoker hospitality workers have higher levels of exposure to SHS than general population.

Keywords: cotinine, environmental tobacco smoke, general population, hospitality worker, second-hand smoke.

* See Appendix 1 for the full list of members


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