Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) works to pass legislation at all levels of government to protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke and protect youth from tobacco addiction. The American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation (ANRF), ANR's educational arm, promotes smoking prevention and education about smoking, passive smoke, and the tobacco industry.

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Secondhand smoke affects everyone, but children are especially vulnerable because they are still growing and developing. EPA has created a new national Smoke-Free Home Pledge Initiative to motivate parents to protect their children.

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Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) works to pass legislation at all levels of government to protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke and protect youth from tobacco addiction. The American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation (ANRF), ANR's educational arm, promotes smoking prevention and education about smoking, passive smoke, and the tobacco industry.

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Welcome to the The Registry is being developed in response to the many requests we have received from the public for information about rental units which are free of drifting tobacco smoke. The Smokefree Apartment House Registry is a project of Smokefree Air For Everyone (S.A.F.E.) and Community Partners, Los Angeles. For many years, hotels and motels have offered smokefree accommodations. The ...

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Cigarette Smoke & Kids' Health Second hand smoke is a major cause of children's illness -- yet 85% of adults who smoke and who live with a child do not ensure that the child is not exposed to the smoke from their cigarettes. PSC analysis of Smoking in Canadian homes with Children Press Release Highlight Sheet #1. Smoking in Canadian Homes: Are children at risk (PDF) Highlight Sheet #2. Smoking ...

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Wisconsin Initiative on Smoking and Health An association promoting clean air in public places Web hosted by Chaney Systems, Inc., New Berlin, WI Webmaster Visit the WISH Online Dining Guide at www.SmokeFreeDining.net WISH started in the early 1990's when Wisconsin had just 67 smoke free restaurants. As we interviewed these restaurant operators, we learned that they had two things in common: (1) ...

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Policy Statement Pediatrics Volume 99, Number 4 April 1997, p 639-642 Environmental Tobacco Smoke: A Hazard to Children (RE9716) AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS Committee on Environmental Health ABSTRACT. Results of epidemiologic studies provide strong evidence that exposure of children to environmental tobacco smoke is associated with increased rates of lower respiratory illness and increased ...

CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 54 ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE IN THE WORKPLACE Lung Cancer and Other Health Effects June 1991 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword, J. Donald Millar Correspondence Abstract Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction Reports of the Surgeon General on the Health Effects of Tobacco Smoke Comparison of the Chemical Composition of ETS and MS Potential for Occupational Exposure ...

OMA position paper on second-hand smoke by OMA Committee on Population Health Introduction The physicians of Ontario have long been involved with health promotion and preventive medicine, as reflected in their battles for the pasteurization of milk, the chlorination of water, asbestos removal, the vaccination of all Ontario school children, and seat-belt legislation (which caused controversy ...

Home Fact Sheet on Secondhand Smoke (cont.) James. Repace, MSc., Physicist Ichiro Kawachi, PhD, Associate Professor Stanton Glantz, PhD., Professor 9/1/99 Technical Appendices A and B Appendix A. Why Secondhand Smoke Cannot Be Controlled By Ventilation This is illustrated by Figure A-1 below. The vertical axis refers to air pollution levels measured in restaurants, bars, and other establishments ...

ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE HARMS AND KILLS 2/2/98 Also see: ETS Environmental Tobacco Smoke , or secondhand smoke, is the third leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death in the U.S.; the first is active smoking, the second is alcohol use. 1 Most cancers result from environmental factors and thus can be prevented. Tobacco smoke is one of those environmental factors; age and ...

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Home Fact Sheet on Secondhand Smoke (cont.) James. Repace, MSc., Physicist Ichiro Kawachi, PhD, Associate Professor Stanton Glantz, PhD., Professor 9/1/99 Secondhand Smoke Exposure SHS is a complex mixture of gas and particle-phase chemicals generated during the burning and smoking of tobacco products (CalEPA, 1997). Chemicals present in SHS include irritants and systemic toxicants such as ...

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Sidestream smoke (smoke that drifts off the end of a burning cigarette) and passive smoke (smoke exhaled by someone who is smoking) both describe types of secondhand smoke. Nonsmokers are unwittingly being forced to engage in a smoking habit by inhaling, secondhand, the smoke of others. Smoking family members and friends of nonsmokers may be exposing their loved ones to an increased risk of ...

UICC GLOBALink Presents... The Tobacco Reference Guide by David Moyer, MD. Chapter 5 Environmental tobacco smoke tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour globalink (artefact pour saut de ligne) For the vanities committed in this filthy custome, is it not both great vanity and uncleanness, that at the table, a place of cleanliness, men should not be ashamed, to sit puffing of the smoke of ...

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Secondhand smoke can hurt unborn babies AJC... Health Watch April 23, 1996 By Amanda Husted, STAFF WRITER Cancer-causing chemicals in cigarette smoke pass from mother to unborn baby, whether the mother smokes or not, a study suggests. Pregnant women exposed to the secondhand smoke of co-workers or family members pass some of the blood-borne chemicals to their unborn babies, researchers say, ...

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The following statements test what you know about secondhand smoke. Fill out the test by choosing true or false, then press the submit button. True False 1. On average, Americans spend 90% of their workday indoors. 2. There is no scientific evidence that secondhand smoke is hazardous. 3. Secondhand smoke from my coworkers won't kill me. 4. In children with asthma, exposure to secondhand smoke ...

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Sign the Resolution for a Federal Commission on Drug Policy Contents | Feedback | Search | DRCNet Home Page | Join DRCNet DRCNet Library | Schaffer Library | Tobacco | Environmental Tobacco Smoke Chapter 2 Exposure Measurements and Prevalence 2.1 Introduction This chapter provides background information on the prevalence and measurement of exposure to ETS, and emphasizes investigation and ...

The National Conservation Guild Indoor Air Quality Issues Effects Of Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) on Children. Excerpts from chapter 1 of the Environmental Protection Agency's report entitled Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking: Lung Cancer and Other Disorders, EPA/600/6-90/006F. The report is dated December 1992 and was publicly released on January 7, 1993. Environmental tobacco ...

News Releases June 24, 1999 One in three kids health at risk from household smoke, doctors warn (Ottawa) Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada (PSC) today released an analysis showing that one in three Canadian children are regularly exposed to second-hand smoke in their home, and that almost 9 in 10 children who live with a smoker are given no protection from the smoke. My practice is full of ...

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Secondhand Smoke Facts Secondhand smoke, also known as passive or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), is a combination of: Mainstream smoke: exhaled by smokers Sidestream smoke: given off by the burning end of a cigarette, cigar, or pipe Between 70% and 90% of non-smokers in the American population, children and adults, are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke. It is estimated that only 15% of ...

Environmental Tobacco Smoke Based on a paper by Ross C. Brownson, Ph.D., Department of Community Health and Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University for the Advocacy Institutes Health Science Analysis Project, April 14, 1998. Making the Case: State Tobacco Control Briefing Papers Making the Case Index Executive Summary Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke ...

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Smoke free housing world This inaugurates the page on smokefree housing opportunities. This category is open to both longterm housing links or ads and travel housing (vacation rentals, etc.). New listings welcome. Smokefree Apartment House Registry A free information service for owners and managers of smokefree apartment buildings, condominiums, townhouses, and rental houses, and for prospective ...

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Toxic Chemicals & Health : Kids' Health : In Depth : Report Our Children At Risk The 5 Worst Environmental Threats To Their Health Top of Report Chapter 6 ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE INTRODUCTION Passive smoking has been the subject of intense scientific scrutiny for more than a decade. The aim of hundreds of medical studies has been to determine what, if any, adverse health effects can be ...

Embargoed for Release: Tuesday 21 March 2000 Contact: Frank Gilliland, MD, PhD (323) 442-1309 gillilan@hsc.usc.edu Poorer Lung Function Among Children Exposed to Their Mother's Cigarette Smoke While in the Womb Babies exposed to their mothers' cigarette smoke while in the womb grow into children with compromised lung power, reports research in Thorax. Various measures of lung capacity were ...

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4008.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM Environmental Tobacco Smoke Poster Session Board 1 Patterns and prevalence of spit tobacco use among college athletes- A longitudinal study Bonnie J. Chakravorty, PhD, MSW, CHES, Arif Ahmed, BDS, MPH, Robert J. Buchanan, PhD Board 2 Changes over time in the amount and location of Californians' smoking and drinking Theresa Montini, MSW, PhD, ...

Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) An Overview Jennifer M. Strang, M.S. Arizona State University Division of Psychology in Education Contents Introduction What is ETS ETS Exposure Assessment of ETS Exposure Health Effects of ETS Clean Indoor Air References Introduction The adverse health effects of smoking and smokeless tobacco use are well-known. Smoking is causally associated with lung cancer, ...

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Tobacco Top Story Overview Politics & Policy Lawsuits Health Issues Teen Smoking Industry News Opinion Other Studies Support EPA on Secondhand Smoke By Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, July 20, 1998; Page A05 Despite a cloud of questions raised by last week's court decision on secondhand smoking, a majority of scientific studies in recent years support the government's view on ...

14.20 The tobacco industry's response to the passive smoking issue Passive smoking is at the forefront of current debate over smoking. The tobacco industry was made aware of the importance of this issue several years before it came into public prominence: in 1978 the US Tobacco Institute commissioned a major survey on future directions for the industry, and chief among its findings was the ...

Note On a Special Meeting of the U.K. Industry on Environmental Tobacco Smoke London, February 17th, 1988 . Summary of Image PDF Document This file takes about five minutes to download. You can read many of the quotes from the document below BACKGROUND NOTE: The following document, discovered and revealed by ASH-UK (Action on Smoking and Health in the United Kingdom) describes how Philip Morris ...

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