July 21, 2006: ASHRAE Position on ETS Cited in New Government Report
ATLANTA - A newly released report from the U.S. Surgeon General echoes the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers' (ASHRAE's) position that adverse health effects related to tobacco smoke cannot be eliminated through filtration or ventilation.
In its position document published last year, ASHRAE determined that although complete separation and isolation of smoking rooms can control environmental tobacco smoke exposure in non-smoking spaces in the same building, adverse health effects for the occupants of smoking areas cannot be controlled by ventilation.