RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Early Evidence on the Effectiveness of Clean Indoor Air Legislation in New York State

plemented the Clean Indoor Air Act (CIAA) to reduce exposure to envi-ronmental tobacco smoke (ETS). In this cross-sectional study, workers (n=168) completed an interview as-sessing ETS exposure and provided urine for cotinine analysis. Hospi-tality workers recruited after imple-mentation of the CIAA had signifi-cant reductions in ETS exposure and urine cotinine, compared with those recruited before implementation. The New York State CIAA yielded measurable reductions in ETS ex-posure for hospitality workers. (A