Effects of Secondhand Smoke on Flight Attendant Health

Completed

Conditions studied: Cardiopulmonary Disease

In brief

This is a study on a population of flight attendants who were exposed to occupational secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS). This research will examine associations between flight attendant SHS exposure and development of respiratory illnesses, reproductive problems, and cardiovascular diseases.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01639235

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

592

Starts

2005-01-31

Expected to finish

2020-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2021-01-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Never smoker flight attendants who began working for airlines before the smoking ban on aircrafts went into effect. Never smoker is defined as those with history of tobacco use of less than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime.
• SHS exposure for at least 1 year while working with the airlines.

You may not qualify if…

• Less than 1 year of occupational exposure to SHS
• Smoking more than 100 cigarettes over a lifetime

Where it is running

• University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States

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