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Article: Secondhand smoke proven to be unsafe
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- July 7, 2006
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Tony Sapochetti
University Wire
07-07-2006
(The Daily Vidette) (U-WIRE) NORMAL, Ill. -- A new Surgeon General's report claims that there is no safe level of secondhand smoke. This may possibly end the debate of whether or not inhaling smoke involuntarily is harmful to non-smokers.
In the report, which was made public on June 27, U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona said nonsmokers, who are exposed to any form of secondhand smoke, especially at home or work, are at an increased risk of developing heart disease by 25 to 30 percent and lung cancer by 20 to 30 percent.
The report also states even brief exposure to secondhand smoke can cause immediate harm, and the only way to prevent the side ...