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Article: Your Life: Health: SMOKE ALARM; NEVER MIND A BAN ON SMOKING IN PUBS, SHOULD NICOTINE ADDICTS STUB OUT AT HOME FOR THE HEALTH OF THEIR LOVED ONES? HERE'S WHAT SOME SMOKERS TOLD US...(Features)
- Article from:
- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 9, 2005
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Byline: BY DEBORAH DOOLEY
THE stench of stale smoke clinging to your hair and clothes after a night in the pub could be the least of our worries. Recent research claims that passive smoking kills 30 people in the UK every day.
That is why the government's proposal to ban smoking in workplaces and most enclosed public spaces, stirred up such outrage among advocates of a total ban.
Passive - or second-hand - smoke comes from the tip of a burning cigarette, known as slipstream smoke, in addition to that breathed out by a smoker. Slipstream, which ...