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General Secondhand Smoke Information

American Lung Association Fact Sheet—Secondhand Smoke,* American Lung Association, September 2000.

Healthy People A set of national health objectives developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Protecting Nonsmokers From Secondhand Smoke,* Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, 2002.

Secondhand Smoke Fact Sheet,* Minnesota Smoke-Free Coalition, 2002.

Even a Little Secondhand Smoke Is Dangerous,* (PDF Logo PDF), Stanton A. Glantz, PhD, William W. Parmley, MD. Journal of the American Medical Association 2001 July 25;286:462.

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Key Reports Documenting Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke

Tenth Report on Carcinogens, (PDF Logo PDF File) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2002.

IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans,* Volume 83: Tobacco Smoke and Involuntary Smoking, June 2002, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke, (PDF Logo PDF File) California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), 1997.

Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke, (PDF Logo PDF File) National Cancer Institute, 1999. A republication of the California EPA study cited above.

Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking: Lung Cancer and Other Disorders, (PDF Logo PDF - 3.9 MB) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1992.

The Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1986.

Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Measuring Exposures and Assessing Health Effects* National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. Washington:  National Academy Press, 1986.

International Consultation on Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) and Child Health: Consultation Report,* World Health Organization, 1999.

Report of the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health,*
The Stationery Office, United Kingdom, 1998.

The Health Effects of Passive Smoking, National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia, 1997

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Data and Statistics

Estimated Prevalence of Lung Disease by Lung Association Territory,*
(PDF Logo PDF)
American Lung Association, updated periodically.
Provides figures on numbers of residents with certain lung conditions (e.g., asthma, chronic bronchitis, etc.) for every county in the United States. Can be used to illustrate the number of local residents who cannot make use of public venues that allow smoking without risking immediate health problems.

State-by-State Lung Disease Trend Report,* American Lung Association, April 2001.

Number of Communities with Clean Indoor Air Ordinances,* (PDF Logo PDF) Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, 2002.
U.S. Communities with Local Tobacco Control Ordinances,* (PDF Logo PDF) Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, 2002.
100% Smokefree Ordinances by City,* (PDF Logo PDF) Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, 2003.
The Economic Impact of Clean Air Ordinances,* Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, 2002.

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