preventing nonsmokers from being exposed to secondhand smoke: global perspective
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Mortality among lifelong nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke at home: cohort data and sensitivity analyses.
Evidence is growing that secondhand smoke can cause death from several diseases. The association between household exposure to secondhand smoke and disease-specific mortality was examined in two New Zealand cohorts of lifelong nonsmokers ("never smokers") aged 45-77 years. Individual census records from 1981 and 1996 were anonymously and probabilistically linked with mortality records from the ...
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Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) from burning tobacco products causes sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), respiratory infections, ear infections, and asthma attacks in infants and children, and coronary heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer in adult nonsmokers. No risk-free level of SHS exposure exists. SHS exposure causes more than 41,000 deaths among nonsmoking adults and 400 deaths in in...
متن کاملTrends in the Exposure of Nonsmokers in the U.S. Population to Secondhand Smoke: 1988–2002
The objective of this study was to describe the exposure of nonsmokers in the U.S. population to secondhand smoke (SHS) using serum cotinine concentrations measured over a period of 14 years, from October 1988 through December 2002. This study consists of a series of National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) measuring serum cotinine as an index of SHS exposure of participants. ...
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In the October issue of Thorax, Leonardi-Bee et al reviewed the effects of parental smoking on the uptake of smoking by children. They conclude that exposure to smoking within the family is a significant determinant of subsequent smoking. One area that this study did not address was the effect of the site of the smoking on exposure. We have studied urinary cotinine levels in children attending ...
متن کاملSecondhand Smoke Exposure and Inflammatory Markers in Nonsmokers in the Trucking Industry
BACKGROUND Few studies have directly assessed the association of secondhand smoke (SHS) with cardiovascular disease-related inflammatory markers, and the findings are inconsistent. OBJECTIVES We assessed the association between SHS exposure and the inflammatory markers high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) i...
متن کاملSecondhand smoke in Pennsylvania casinos: a study of nonsmokers' exposure, dose, and risk.
OBJECTIVES I assessed air pollution, ventilation, and nonsmokers' risk from secondhand smoke (SHS) in Pennsylvania casinos exempted from a statewide smoke-free workplace law. METHODS I measured respirable suspended particles (RSPs), particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PPAHs), and carbon dioxide inside and outside casinos; measured changes in patrons' urine cotinine after casino visi...
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international journal of preventive medicineجلد ۲۰۱۶، شماره ۰۶، صفحات ۰-۰
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