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Secondhand Smoke :: Tobacco

Environmental Tobacco Smoke - California 2005 report on secondhand smoke. Extremely detailed and documented.
Meta Description: [ Information about the California Air Resources Board Programs ]

About Guide: Secondhand Smoke - Collection of resources on secondhand smoke as an environmental health problem.
Meta Description: [ Secondhand smoke, also known as environmental tobacco smoke, can be hazardous to your health. ]

Alfred Munzer Statement - Dr. Munzer is past president of the American Lung Association. This is a statement he gave to Congress on the health effects of secondhand smoke.

Bartenders' Respiratory Health After Establishment of Smoke-Free Bars and Taverns - Research measures lung function, respiratory symptoms, before and after bars went smokefree.

British Medical Association on Secondhand Smoke - Medical report concludes that secondhand smoke causes lung cancer and heart disease, kills thousands of people in the UK, and there is no safe level of exposure.

Could Passive Smoking Damage Your Health? - Analysis of recent research finds that a single study with a number of problems which failed to find an effect of secondhand smoke is best understood in the context of many studies that have found an effect, but notes that most news reporting failed to note that context.

Critical Appraisal of the Enstrom/Kabat paper - Research funded by the tobacco industry finds little danger in secondhand smoke; analysis of this research.

Deaths in New Zealand from Secondhand Smoke - There are about 388 deaths caused by secondhand smoke in New Zealand each year. Report explains.
Meta Description: [ Deaths in New Zealand attributable to second hand cigarette smoke ]

Environmental Tobacco Smoke - Chapter in Environmental Toxicants, 2nd ed, 1999. Characteristics and concentration of secondhand smoke; measurement and assessment of exposure; health effects on infants, the unborn, children, and adults; SIDS; physiological effects; epidemiological studies.

Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Tobacco Related Mortality - Study of secondhand smoke finds little relation between environmental tobacco smoke and tobacco-related mortality. (James E. Enstrom and Geoffrey C. Kabat, 17 May 2003)

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: An Overview - Brief presentation of effects of secondhand smoke, review of the science.

Environmental TobaccoSmoke and Related Issues - Collection of documents from Australia and elsewhere covers health effects of secondhand smoke, indoor air quality, tobacco related exposures for carcinogens.

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.

Evidence points to health risks of secondhand smoke - Newspaper article reports on the research evidence of secondhand smoke's health effects.
Meta Description: [ Everything for People Concerned About Smoking and Protecting the Rights of Nonsmokers. ]

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.

Health Effects of Environmental Tobacco Smoke - Report, resources, and extensive set of annotated links from the Smoke-Free Environments Law Project.
Meta Description: [ The Center for Social Gerontology ]

Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke - California EPA report; HTML and gzipped Word formats provided.

Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke - Characterizes the risk, provides a research bibliography, breaks down the exposure by toxins and carcinogens, and enumerates the scientific bodies that have concluded that secondhand smoke causes disease.

Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke - NCI 1999 monograph covers impact, exposure, effects on infants and children, reproductive effects, lung disease, cancer, and heart disease.

Health Effects of Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke - List of links on the subject.
Meta Description: [ Cleanlungs.com - helping young people of the world understand the dangers of smoking. ]

How Dangerous is Passive Smoking? - British health group concludes that the weight of the evidence is that secondhand smoke kills.
Meta Description: [ A new debate regarding the dangers of passive smoking has erupted following the publication of a study claiming it might not be as harmful as believed. But after all the documentation already available detailing the dangers, should the evidence be taken seriously? ]

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.

Just The Facts on Secondhand Smoke - Very short factsheet on constituents and effects.

KIISS - Kids Involuntarily Inhaling Secondhand Smoke - KIISS is dedicated to eliminating kids' involuntary inhalation of secondhand smoke by educating parents and the public on what secondhand smoke does to children. Information on secondhand smoke, California smokefree workplaces, smokefree cars, smokefree homes, and smokefree restaurants.
Meta Description: [ Keeping Homes and Cars Smoke-Free for Kids ]

Medical Online - Information resource on health and fitness issues; brief discussion of secondhand smoke.
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MEDLINEplus: Secondhand Smoke - Resources from the U.S. National Library of Health.
Meta Description: [ Secondhand Smoke ]

Minnesota Medical Association: Secondhand Smoke Kills - Letter to public officials from the Minnesota Medical Association outlines the health hazards of secondhand smoke.
Meta Description: [ Minnesota Medical Association ]

National Center for Environmental Assessment - Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking - Based on the weight of the available scientific evidence, concludes that secondhand smoke in the United States presents a serious and substantial public health impact.

NERC reports on secondhand smoke - National Environmental Respiratory Center has reports on effects of secondhand smoke on: allergies, asthma, emphysema, and lung and heart function. 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.
Meta Description: [ OEHHA protects public health and the environment by scientific evaluation of risks posed by hazardous substances. ]

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.

500 Passive Smoke - National Jewish Medical and Research Center provides facts about passive smoke.
Meta Description: [ When you are exposed to smoke in the environment it is called secondhand smoke. Learn about secondhand smoke, who is at risk, respiratory conditions, and how to avoid it. ]

404 Passive Smoking - Cancer Council of South Australia factsheet on secondhand smoke covers health effects, biomarkers and measureming exposure, tobacco industry activities, ventilation, legal actions by individuals, and economic effects of smokefree workplaces.

Passive Smoking - Report on the research; links to published studies.

Passive Smoking, Ash-uk factsheet #8 - Concise summary of the effects of secondhand smoke.

Passive Smoking: Summary of New Findings - Compilation by ASH-UK includes latest research.

500 Reporting Results of Studies: Passive Smoking - How to understand statistics, using passive smoking as an example.

Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking - 1992 EPA report identifies diseases caused by secondhand smoke, estimates exposures.

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.

500 Science and Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke - NCTH collection of web resources on the subject.

Secondhand Smoke - A Little Is Dangerous - Presents the medical and scientific evidence that a little secondhand smoke creates measurable health hazards.

Secondhand Smoke and Family and Pets? - Short article on health effects of secondhand smoke.
Meta Description: [ Is secondhand smoke harmful to the health of my family and pets? ]

Secondhand Smoke Causes Menstrual Pain - Secondhand smoke increases the occurrence of dysmenorrhea (menstrual pain) in nonsmoking women; moreover, the more secondhand smoke a woman is exposed to daily, the higher her risk for dysmenorrhea.
Meta Description: [ Science Selections, Smoke-Filled Rooms, smoking, airborne, lead, EHP 108-11, 2000: Science Selections, Carol Potera, Bob Weinhold, Julia R. Barrett, Location: Main Section of EHP Online ]

Secondhand Smoke Facts - Short factsheet from the University of Minnesota Division of Periodontology.

Secondhand Smoke Increases Risk of Infections - People who smoke cigarettes or breathe secondhand smoke are at a higher risk of pneumonia or meningitis.
Meta Description: [ Latest news for healthcare professionals ]

Secondhand smoke myths - Myth: Outdoor air pollution is more harmful than indoor. Truth: Your risk of developing cancer from secondhand smoke is about 100 times greater than from outdoor cancer-causing pollutants. Myths of secondhand smoke explored.

Secondhand Smoke Study - A study funded by the tobacco industry concludes that secondhand smoke is harmless, but scientists and health experts disagree.
Meta Description: [ A secondhand smoke study shows little association between this type of smoke and health risks, but many officials disagree. ]

Secondhand Smoke: Effects on Health - Presents the medical evidence, reviews the record of acculating evidence, summarizes other reviews, and itemizes the disease caused by secondhand smoke.
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Secondhand Smoke: Protect Yourself from the Dangers - Information provided by the Mayo Clinic.
Meta Description: [ Secondhand smoke — find out how it harms you and how you can avoid it. ]

Seconhand Smoke Price Tag: $10 Billion a Year - Second-hand tobacco smoke is costing the U.S. economy more than $10 billion a year, according to recent research.
Meta Description: [ Second-hand tobacco smoke is costing the U.S. economy more than $10 billion a year, according to a study released Wednesday, although those costs are significantly lower than they were before programs initiated to limit smoking in workplaces and other public facilities. ]

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.
Meta Description: [ Setting the Record Straight:Secondhand Smoke is A Preventable Health Risk ]

The Danger of Second Hand Smoke - About.com - Links and resources on the effects of secondhand smoke or passive smoking.
Meta Description: [ Second hand smoke is a toxic by-product of cigarette smoking which affects anyone who is exposed to it. Find out why it is harmful, who is most at risk from exposure, and what you can do to protect yourself and loved ones from it. ]

404 The Health Effects of Passive Smoking - A scientific information paper on the health effects of passive smoking. November 1997.

404 The Health Effects of Passive Smoking - A scientific information paper on the health effects of passive smoking by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. November 1997.

404 USNews: Secondhand Smokescreen: Searching Big Tobacco's Papers - USNews report; tobacco firms worried for years about risks of passive smoke.

Why Air Filtration Devices Are Ineffective - GASP Colorado information; 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.
Meta Description: [ GASP of Colorado (Group to alleviate Smoking Pollution) is a statewide nonprofit organization that works to promote smoke-free policies and educate the public about the dangers of secondhand smoke. ]