Surf these sites: A comparison of risks -- "Premature death from involuntary smoking is about twice as likely as dying in a car wreck and six times as likely as being murdered. TV is full of mayhem caused by motor vehicles or handguns. When was the last time death from someone else''s tobacco smoke was portrayed or reported on TV?" EPA/ORD/NCEA - Passive Smoking - ETS -- Effects of secondhand smoke on children and adults: asthma attacks, lower respiratory tract infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia; buildup of fluid in the middle ear; upper respiratory tract irritation; lung cancer. Effect on Dogs -- Nasal cancer is a common form of cancer in dogs. John Reif, a veterinarian at Colorado State University, demonstrated an association between ETS and canine nasal cancer. Environmental Tobacco Smoke -- California EPA report on secondhand smoke. Extremely detailed and documented. Environmental Tobacco Smoke Harms and Kills -- Factsheet; all sources cited. "Environmental Tobacco Smoke [ETS], or secondhand smoke, is the third leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death in the U.S.; the first is active smoking." Summary of how the tobacco industry denies the facts about secondhand smoke with initimidation and disinformation campaigns. Environmental Tobacco Smoke: General Health Effects -- Summary from the National Clearinghouse on Tobacco and Health in Canada. IAQ Fact Sheet: Environmental Tobacco Smoke -- National Safety Council''s factsheet. Indoor Air Quality in Florida: Tobacco Smoke -- Pamphlet from University of Florida''s Cooperative Extension Service. Short and sweet. NERC reports on secondhand smoke -- National Environmental Respiratory Center has reports on effects of secondhand smoke on: allergies, asthma, emphysema, lung and heart function, and more. Many can be ordered from the website. Others are citations to the literature. OEHHA: Secondhand Smoke -- Health effects of exposure to secondhand smoke; an environmental health hazard analysis. Other Studies Support EPA on Secondhand Smoke -- Most scientific studies in recent years support the point: Breathing someone else''s tobacco smoke can hurt one''s health. Report from the Washington Post. Poster sessions on secondhand smoke -- From a conference on tobacco. Secondhand smoke as a cause of lung cancer in dogs living with smokers; analysis of infants'' breathing; effect on allergies; effect on development; measurements of exposure. RRT: report on secondhand smoke -- College paper, fully footnoted, on secondhand smoke, by a student at the Respiratory Therapy Program of Fanshawe College in Canada. Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking -- Short EPA report. "Based on the weight of the available scientific evidence, EPA has concluded that the widespread exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in the U.S. presents a serious and substantial public health risk." Secondhand smoke - Clearing the air of a cloudy debate -- (MAYO CLINIC) - Mounting evidence points to a serious health risk for anyone who spends much time in smoke-filled rooms. Summary of July 1997 issue of Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. Setting the Record Straight: Secondhand Smoke is A Preventable Health Risk -- Since the EPA identified secondhand smoke as a known human carcinogen, the tobacco industry has been trying to cast doubt on the science. In this item, the EPA summarizes the science and fact. TRDRP Annual Investigators Meeting 1998 Proceedings -- Poster session on effects of secondhand smoke on health. Measurement; quantification; effects on lungs; exposure to infants; chemical analysis; effects on epethelial cells; models. The Seattle Times: Passive smoke is more than a nuisance -- May 1998 literature review, published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, evaluated more than 100 major studies on the health effects of passive smoking. 63% found harm, ranging from respiratory problems to cancer. Of the studiess that were inconclusive or found no health effects, three quarters were written by scientists affiliated with the tobacco industry. Tobacco - IPRC Factline -- "Second-hand smoke is the nation''s No. 1 airborne carcinogen, killing more people than all other forms of air pollution combined." Tobacco Facts: Environmental Tobacco Smoke -- From the University of Waterloo in Canada. USNews: Secondhand smokescreen: searching Big Tobacco''s papers -- "As pivotal as the EPA report was, however, it was only one in a series of studies that found that sidestream smoke caused disease in nonsmokers." Verdict of Science: Secondhand Smoke Kills -- James Repace makes the case for regulating smoking. Why Air Filtration Devices Are Ineffective -- GASP Colorado info; some air cleaners clear some of the smoke, but none can effectively clear all the toxic gases, which include carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ammonia, volatile N-nitrosamines, hydrogen cyanide and cyanogen, sulfur compounds, nitriles, hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes, and ketones.
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