Separating Smokers Still Not Safest: ; Breathing Any Secondhand Smoke Dangerous, Surgeon General Says
Charleston Gazette › June 28, 2006
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WASHINGTON - Breathing any amount of someone else's tobacco smoke harms nonsmokers, the surgeon general declared Tuesday - a strong condemnation of secondhand smoke that is sure to fuel nationwide efforts to ban smoking in public.
"The debate is over. The science is clear: Secondhand smoke is not a mere annoyance, but a serious health hazard," U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona said.See the full content of this document
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Separating Smokers Still Not Safest: ; Breathing Any Secondhand Smoke Dangerous, Surgeon General Says
More than 126 million nonsmoking Americans are regularly exposed to smokers' fumes - what Carmona termed "involuntary smoking" - and tens of thousands die each year as a result, concludes the 670-page study. It cites "o...
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