Secondhand Smoke
Secondhand Smoke
Secondhand Smoke Links
- The Truth About Secondhand Smoke Excerpted from Consumer Reports, January 1995. What the science says about the effects of secondhand smoke; how the tobacco industry campaigned to get the public to believe otherwise.
- Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke From the National Cancer Institute. Exposure measurement and prevalence, developmental toxicity (prenatal and postnatal), reproductive effects, respiratory health effects, carcinogenic effects, cardiovascular effects.
- Passive Smoking Links to sites on victims of secondhand smoke; factsheets; industry strategy on smoking at workplaces and in public places; and more.
- Second-hand Smoke - About.com Links and resources on the effects of secondhand smoke or passive smoking.
- Passive Smoking: Summary of New Findings Compilation by ASH-UK includes latest research.
- Guides on Environmental Tobacco Smoke NCTH publications on secondhand smoke; ETS in the workplace; advocacy tools for protecting yourself and others from secondhand smoke; science and health effects; case studies and new developments; best practices and lessons learned. resources for further research.
- Asthma and Secondhand Smoke Links and resources from the About.com.
- Passive Smoking Report on the research; links to published studies.
- Secondhand Smoke - What You Can Do EPA Pamphlet.
- Landmark 1993 study built on earlier research; later research supported it Detroit News on EPA research, its origins and conclusions.
- How dangerous is second-hand smoke? The immediate and long-term health effects of exposure to second-hand smoke; links to other sites for information on passive smoking, indoor air quality, and related health problems.
- Smokefree Dining Online: Your Guide to Smokefree Restaurants in the US Tired of breathing tobacco smoke when you're eating? Smokefree Dining Online has a large listing of restaurants that are 100% smokefree.
- Smoke Free Housing Listings of smokefree housing.
- Passive Smoking & Health Slide presentation from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
- Medical Online Information resource on health and fitness issues; brief discussion of secondhand smoke.
- The Air We Breathe Article from American Demographics, June 1995.
- Test your Secondhand Smoke IQ Think you know about secondhand smoke? A fun quiz.
- Protection from Secondhand Smoke in Ontario 67 page report concludes: secondhand smoke causes diseases in children and adults; secondhand smoke causes thousands of deaths in Canada every year; ventilation is no solution to secondhand smoke.
- Youth Partnership for Health This site offers a variety of information and news related to youth and tobacco use. Click on "Ref Documents" for info on firsthand and secondhand smoke.
- 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.
- Breathe Free" African Americans and Secondhand Smoke Booklet created by the Onyx Group for the National Association of African Americans for Positive Imagery; facts about secondhand smoke, community response.
- Protecting Nonsmokers From Secondhand Smoke A fact sheet about protecting nonsmokers from secondhand smoke, produced by Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights. All facts presented with citations to research literature.
- Page Wise Inc An article about the effects of second hand smoke.
- Widower Awarded Compensation in First Secondhand Smoke Fatality Case On December 8, 1995, the U.S. Department of Labor ruled that a hospital nurse's cancer death was due to her on-the-job exposure to secondhand smoke.
- Kickbutt's fact sheets on Secondhand Smoke Fully documented fact sheets from Washington DOC (Doctors Ought to Care).
- Passive smoking -- Overview Commentary provides overview of the public policy, science, and health aspects.
- Drugbase: Environmental Tobacco Smoke Summary of the scientific reviews.
- Good Housekeeping -- The Better Way (November 1996) How many cigarettes have you smoked today without knowing it?
- Passive Smoking, Ash-uk factsheet #8 Concise summary of the effects of secondhand smoke.
- OMA position paper on second hand smoke Ontario Medical Association outlines the medical facts and their policy position based on those facts.
- AARC: Secondhand Smoke Facts that the American Association for Respiratory Care has learned in its search for information about secondhand smoke.
- The Truth About Secondhand Smoke Report on the science, the industry's attack on the science, and the practical significance of secondhand smoke, from GASP of Colorado.
- Health and Safety: Secondhand Smoke and Children Short factsheet from the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care, at the University of Colorado School of Nursing
- Passive Smoke National Jewish Medical and Research Center provides facts about passive smoke.
- Ask NOAH About: Environmental Health; Secondhand Smoke Full-text consumer health information on environmental health. Info on secondhand 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 Poster Session Health conference presents short summaries of recent research and experience in secondhand smoke policy and programs.
- drkoop.com: Tackling Tobacco Educational information, advice, and news on Smoking Cessation. Emphasis is on learning to make informed health care decisions.
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