Health Care
Assignment 4
Instructions:
Answer the following questions after you have completed lectures up to Risk Management.
Hazard Identification
- What are the hazards of ETS to non-smokers?
- How were they identified?
Exposure Assessment
- What exposure levels are non-smokers subjected to?
- Where did this information come from?
Risk Estimation
- What are the health consequences of ETS?
- For spouses?
- For children?
- What is the range of relative risk for lung cancer for non-smokers married to smokers?
- What evidence was used to rate ETS as a human carcinogen?
- Has a threshold level been established?
- Any other risks besides health effects? What are they, if any?
Risk Control Reduction
- What has been done to try and reduce the public’s exposure to ETS?
Monitoring/Evaluating Risk Control Measures
- What have been the effect of the workplace smoking bans?
- What are savings associated with workplace bans?
- What are the costs associated with workplace bans?
- What is the conclusion of this review?
