Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking

1992 EPA report identifies diseases caused by secondhand smoke, estimates exposures.

www.epa.gov

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.

www.gasp.org

Health Effects of Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke

List of links on the subject.

www.cleanlungs.com

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.

www.tobacco.org

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.

www.washingtonpost.com

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.

www.guardian.co.uk

KIISS - Kids Involuntarily Inhaling Secondhand Smoke

Dedicated to eliminating kids' involuntary inhalation of secondhand smoke by educating parents and the public on what secondhand smoke does to children.

www.kiiss.org

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.

cfpub.epa.gov

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.

www.nercenter.org

Environmental Tobacco Smoke: An Overview

Brief presentation of effects of secondhand smoke, review of the science.

psy.ed.asu.edu

Indoor Air Quality in Florida: Tobacco Smoke

Pamphlet from University of Florida's Cooperative Extension Service. Short and sweet.

edis.ifas.ufl.edu

IAQ Fact Sheet: Environmental Tobacco Smoke

National Safety Council's factsheet.

www.nsc.org

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.

www.bma.org.uk

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.

epw.senate.gov

Secondhand Smoke Increases Risk of Infections

People who smoke cigarettes or breathe secondhand smoke are at a higher risk of pneumonia or meningitis.

www.nurseweek.com