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Epidemiological studies show that non-smokers exposed to secondhand smoke are at risk for many of the health problems associated with direct smoking. [citation needed] In 1992, a review estimated that secondhand smoke exposure was responsible for 35,000 to 40,000 deaths per year in the United States in the early 1980s. [83]
CDC – Health Problems Caused by Secondhand Smoke Environmental tobacco smoke and tobacco related mortality in a prospective study of Californians, 1960-98 ( archived ) Final opinion in Civil ...
Second-hand smoke is a mixture of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette, pipe or cigar, and the smoke exhaled from the lungs of smokers. It is involuntarily inhaled, lingers in the air hours after cigarettes have been extinguished, and may cause a wide range of adverse health effects, including cancer, respiratory infections, and asthma. [253]
By: TC Newman, Buzz60. Cigarette smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke is widely known to be harmful, especially to children and babies. But a new study has set out to prove that second hand ...
Having put the cancer risk from secondhand smoke in the proper perspective relative to the risk from smoking, the CA study combines the two exposures to obtain the total number of cancer cases and ...
Smoking bans are usually enacted in an attempt to protect non-smokers from the effects of secondhand smoke, which include an increased risk of heart disease, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and other diseases. Laws implementing bans on indoor smoking have been introduced by many countries and other jurisdictions as public ...
She says some of these reasons include prolonged exposure to indoor cooking, second-hand smoke, a family history of lung cancer and having a pre-existing lung disease. Dr.
Initiatives to educate the public regarding the health effects of second-hand smoke, [54] including the significant dangers of secondhand smoke infiltration for residents of multi-unit housing. [55] Increasing the price of tobacco products, for example by taxation.