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Sources To The  Bulleted Points On The Second Hand Smoke Page

Here are the sources to the bulleted points listed on our Second Hand Smoke page. Each bulleted point has a number at the end of the statement which corresponds to the numbers of the sources below.

Facts About Secondhand Smoke

  1. http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/news/speeches/06272006a.ht

  2. Institute of Medicine (IOM). Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cardiovascular Effects: Making Sense of the Evidence. Washington D.C: The National Academies Press. 2009

Secondhand Smoke Is Deadly

  1. Oregon Department of Human Services, Tobacco Prevention and Education Program. Oregon Tobacco Facts, September 2004
  2. http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/tobacco/docs/facts09.pdf
  3. Stanton Glantz web site: http://www.tobacco.org/resources/Health/021022glantz.html
  4. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Secondhand smoke fact sheet, 2004
  5. Diethelm PA, Rielle JC, McKee M. The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth? The Research Philip Morris Did Not Want You to See. Lancet. July 2005; 364(9446):86-92.

Secondhand Smoke Increases Risk Of Heart Disease And Lung Cancer.

  1. Acute Effects of Passive Smoking on the Coronary Circulation in Healthy Young Adults - Ryo Otsuka.
  2. Passive Smoking and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke: Prospective Study with Cotinine Measurement - Peter Whincup.
  3. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2006 [cited 2006, Oct 23].
  4. A Prospective Study of Passive Smoking and Coronary Heart Disease - Ichiro Kawachi
  5. 2002 International Agency for Research on Cancer

Secondhand Smoke Exposure Harms Children.

  1. http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0077.pdf
  2. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
  3. http://www.tobaccofreekids.org
  4. http://www.kiiss.org

Secondhand Smoke Relates To Many Illnesses In Children.

  1. Oregon Department of Human Services, Tobacco Prevention and Education Program
  2. Web MD Study
  3. Environmental Protection Agency
  4. http://www.lungusa.org/stop-smoking/about-smoking/health-effects/secondhand-smoke.html
  5. Schuster MA, Franke T, Pham CB. Smoking Patterns of Household Members and Visitors in Homes with Children in United States. Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine. November 2002; 156(11):1094-1100.
  6. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. America's Children and the Environment: Measures of Contaminants, Body Burdens, and Illnesses. Second Edition. February 2003.

Secondhand Smoke Affects the Workplace.

  1. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Report on Carcinogens. Tenth Edition 2002. National Toxicology Program.
  2. Halpern MT, Shikiar R, Rentz AM, Khan ZM. Impact of Smoking Status on Workplace Absenteeism and Productivity. Tobacco Control 2001; 10:233-8.
  3. National Cancer Institute. Population Based Smoking Cessation: Proceedings of a Conference on What Works to Influence Cessation in the General Population, Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph 12. NIH Pub. 00-4892, Nov 2000.
 
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