New Secondhand Smoke Campaign Takes off

Sacramento Observer;  January 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ......especially parents about the dangers of secondhand smoke and motivate them to take steps to...million American children are breathing secondhand smoke in their homes - resulting in serious...implications. The foundation report titled "Secondhand Smoke: Youth Exposure and Adult ...

SECONDHAND SMOKE FILLS AIR WITH HARMFUL CHEMICALS, HEALTH CONCERNS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Smokeout gets under way this week. Secondhand smoke puts millions of nonsmokers at risk...no longer any scientific doubt that secondhand smoke causes a great deal of disease and...serious health conditions caused by secondhand smoke. Despite progress in limiting exposure...

Secondhand smoke awareness campaign set for debut next week

St. Joseph News-Press;  January 14, 2005 ;     618 words ......to combat the serious health risks secondhand smoke poses to children. Titled "Don't Pass...educate Americans about the dangers of secondhand smoke. It's meant to motivate people into...effort to address the health hazards of secondhand smoke, according to one of the sponsors...

A warning on the hazards of secondhand smoke

The Arab American News;  July 1, 2006 ;     640 words ......evidence is now "indisputable" that secondhand smoke is an "alarming" public health hazard...protects nonsmokers from the dangers of secondhand smoke." He did not call for a federal ban...groups skeptical about the dangers of secondhand smoke. He said he saw his role as providing...

More Than 13 Million American Children Regularly Breathing Secondhand...

PR Newswire;  January 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ......especially parents about the dangers of secondhand smoke and motivate them to take steps to...million American children are breathing secondhand smoke in their homes -- resulting in serious...implications. The foundation report titled Secondhand Smoke: Youth Exposure and Adult ...

Study Indicates Secondhand Smoke Exposure Harms Children's Intellectual...

U.S. Newswire;  January 4, 2005 ;     531 words ......relationship between children's exposure to secondhand smoke and their performance on tests measuring...reasoning skills. The negative impact of secondhand smoke on children's cognitive ability was...long list of health harms caused by secondhand smoke to non-smokers of all ages. The ...

No harm in exposure to secondhand smoke

University Wire;  July 23, 1998 ;     614 words ......Agency adamantly supports a 1993 report that states secondhand smoke can cause cancer. The EPA says secondhand smoke is a real threat to children and adults. It says secondhand smoke should be classified as a Class A carcinogen that is...

Effects of secondhand smoke 'indisputable,' report says

Post-Tribune (IN);  June 28, 2006 ;     430 words ......DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Secondhand smoke increases the risk of heart disease...Richard Carmona. "The health effects of secondhand smoke exposure are more pervasive than we...scientific evidence is now indisputable: secondhand smoke is not a mere annoyance. It is a ...

Secondhand smoke proven to be unsafe

University Wire;  July 7, 2006 ;     671 words ......claims that there is no safe level of secondhand smoke. This may possibly end the debate...nonsmokers, who are exposed to any form of secondhand smoke, especially at home or work, are at...also states even brief exposure to secondhand smoke can cause immediate harm, and the...

Fear of Inhaling; Secondhand smoke debate continues to smolder.(LIFE -...

The Washington Times;  March 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ......TIMES The debate over the dangers of secondhand smoke didn't end with the 1993 EPA study...uncertainties of measuring the effects of secondhand smoke in people with wavering exposure levels...National Toxicology Program labels secondhand smoke as a known human carcinogen that ...

Impact of secondhand smoke on inflammation.(Tips)

American Family Physician;  November 15, 2004 ;     418 words ...Reports have shown that secondhand smoke can have a significant negative...smoking and alcohol abuse, secondhand smoke is the third leading cause...multiple mechanisms by which secondhand smoke has a negative effect on coronary...

Q: should Americans be alarmed about the danger of secondhand...

Insight on the News;  June 16, 1997 ;     700+ words ......can hurt you. The toxic effects of secondhand smoke have been so well-documented during...real and preventable health risk. Secondhand smoke, also known as environmental tobacco...Protection Agency, or EPA, estimates that secondhand smoke is responsible for about 3,000 lung-canc...

TV Ad Tells Powerful Personal Story About the Harm of Secondhand Smoke.

PR Newswire;  November 21, 2005 ;     520 words ......PRNewswire/ -- The harmful effects of secondhand smoke are increasingly known to Minnesotans...face on just how serious exposure to secondhand smoke can be: deadly. Starting today, the...cancer -- a result of her exposure to secondhand smoke. These commercials are part of MPAAT...

BYU students stay away from restaurant work to avoid secondhand smoke

University Wire;  April 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......working in restaurants to avoid exposure to secondhand smoke. I would never work in a restaurant in my...Kentucky because I do not want to be exposed to secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke circulating in restaurants effects my breathing...

Secondhand Smoke Ad Campaign to Kick-off During Super Bowl.

PR Newswire;  February 2, 2006 ;     584 words ......tout 'No one should have to breathe secondhand smoke' MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire...new campaign about the dangers of secondhand smoke. (Photos: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-b...the masks to protect themselves from secondhand smoke toxins that are filling the room...