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| − | '''Passive [[smoking]]''', or second-hand smoking, is the inhaling of [[tobacco]] fumes exhaled by other smokers. | + | '''Passive [[smoking]]''', or second-hand smoking, is the inhaling of [[tobacco]] fumes exhaled by other smokers. Fear that it may cause lung cancer is the reason for the smoking ban in many public areas. |
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> | 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> | ||
Revision as of 03:46, August 17, 2009
Passive smoking, or second-hand smoking, is the inhaling of tobacco fumes exhaled by other smokers. Fear that it may cause lung cancer is the reason for the smoking ban in many public areas.
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."[1] But a federal judge "ruled that the agency's report ignored accepted scientific and statistical practices in making its risk assessment."[2]