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Article: New Study on Secondhand Smoke Is Based on Flawed Science and Funded by the Tobacco Industry, Says Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
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- May 16, 2003
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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2003
he following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, on the new study on secondhand smoke:
A study being published today that claims to show there is no link between exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke and coronary heart disease and lung cancer is based on flawed science and, not surprisingly, is funded by the tobacco industry. This study's conclusions are contrary to the findings of the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer, the U.S. Surgeon General, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. National ...