Second-Hand Smoke

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"For years, many epidemiologists have thought that second-hand tobacco smoke causes lung cancer and other respiratory diseases in nonsmokers, but they have been hesitant to label environmental tobacco smoke a clear-cut carcinogen. The reason for this is that almost everyone is exposed to cigarette smoke from time to time, making it hard for epidemiologists to track any effects of secondary smoke from those of a host of other potential hazards. Recently, however, an outside panel of scientists convened by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved crucial elements of a draft review concluding that passive smoking does indeed cause lung cancer. Several months later, environmental smoke was labeled a carcinogen.


Indeed, the risks of second-hand smoke to nonsmokers has become a major issue today, both medically and legally."

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