Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking
1992 EPA report identifies diseases caused by secondhand smoke, estimates exposures.
http://www.epa.gov/nceawww1/ets/etsindex.htm
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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 denie
http://www.gasp.org/environmental.html
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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.
http://www.epa.gov/ncea/smoking.htm
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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."
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/etsfs.html
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Health Effects of Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
List of links on the subject.
http://www.cleanlungs.com/education/
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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.
http://www.tobacco.org/Documents/9406EPA.html
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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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/tobacco/stories/secondhand072098.htm
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OEHHA: Secondhand Smoke
Health effects of exposure to secondhand smoke; an environmental health hazard analysis.
http://www.oehha.org/air/environmental_tobacco/index.html
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Fertility Cut by Passive Smoking
Report on recent research; when a woman is a nonsmoker but her partner smokes at home, her fertility is reduced.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/smoking/Story/0,2763,375532,00.html
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KIISS - Kids Involuntarily Inhaling Secondhand Smoke
Dedicated to eliminating kids' involuntary inhalation of secondhand smoke; features a "Share A Story" section.
http://www.kiiss.org/
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