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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.

Secondhand Smoke Is Deadly

  1. Oregon Department of Human Services, Tobacco Prevention and Education Program. Oregon Tobacco Facts, September 2004

  2. Stanton Glantz web site: http://www.tobacco.org/resources/Health/021022glantz.html
  3. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Secondhand smoke fact sheet, 2004

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. A Prospective Study of Passive Smoking and Coronary Heart Disease - Ichiro Kawachi
  4. 2002 International Agency for Research on Cancer

Secondhand Smoke Exposure Harms Children.

  1. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
  2. http://www.tobaccofreekids.org
  3. 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

Secondhand Smoke In Bars Poses A Special Hazard

  1. Involuntary Smoking in the Restaurant Workplace: A Review of Employee Exposure and Health Effects - Michael Siegel
  2. Respirable Particles and Carcinogens in the Air of Delaware Hospitality Venues Before and After a Smoking Ban - James Repace
  3. Seven City Air Monitoring Study (7CAM), March-April 2004 - Roswell Park Cancer Institute
  4. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  5. DHS web site: http://www.dhs.state.or.us/publichealth/tobacco/status/environmental.cfm

Again remember, you have a right to protect your health. Ask smokers not to smoke around you and your family. Do not allow smoking in your home. And if you smoke, avoid smoking in closed areas and around other people.

 
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