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'''Passive [[smoking]]''', or second-hand smoking, is the inhaling of [[tobacco]] fumes exhaled by other smokers. It has been shown to cause lung cancer{{fact}} and is the reason for the smoking ban in many public areas.
 
'''Passive [[smoking]]''', or second-hand smoking, is the inhaling of [[tobacco]] fumes exhaled by other smokers. It has been shown to cause lung cancer{{fact}} and is the reason for the smoking ban in many public areas.
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The [[EPA]] calls environmental tobacco smoke  a [[Group A carcinogen]], asserting that it is "responsible for approximately 3,000 lung cancer deaths annually in U.S. nonsmokers." [http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/pubs/etsfs.html#Major%20Conclusions] But a federal judge "ruled that the agency's report ignored accepted scientific and statistical practices in making its risk assessment."<ref> [http://fumento.com/smoke.html Michael Fumento investigates: "EPA's Pseudoscience Goes Up in Smoke."]</ref>
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The [[EPA]] calls environmental tobacco smoke  a [[Group A carcinogen]], asserting that it is "responsible for approximately 3,000 lung cancer deaths annually in U.S. nonsmokers."<ref> [http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/pubs/etsfs.html#Major%20Conclusions "Fact Sheet: Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking"]</ref> But a federal judge "ruled that the agency's report ignored accepted scientific and statistical practices in making its risk assessment."<ref> [http://fumento.com/smoke.html Michael Fumento investigates: "EPA's Pseudoscience Goes Up in Smoke."]</ref>
    
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