[GarySpFc]

Wrong! We do know for a fact second hand smoke is dangerous. The American Heart Association agrees with me on this point.

American Heart Association questions validity of new second-hand smoke study

WASHINGTON (May 15, 2003) – A new study about second-hand smoke and health is seriously flawed and contradicted by decades of credible scientific research that clearly and irrefutably shows a connection between passive smoking and serious health problems, according to the American Heart Association.

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"Respected, science-based organizations have agreed for over 20 years that second-hand smoke is linked to coronary heart disease, lung cancer and respiratory diseases,” said Robert O. Bonow, M.D., president of the American Heart Association. “Credible health organizations from around the world, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the California Environmental Protection Agency, the World Health Organization and several U.S. Surgeons General, have all concluded that second-hand smoke is responsible for thousands of deaths each year.”

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http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3011851

[mugs99]

"Respected, science-based organizations have agreed for over 20 years that second-hand smoke is linked to coronary heart disease, lung cancer and respiratory diseases,” said Robert O. Bonow, M.D., president of the American Heart Association.

Again, no scientific data...Just correlation equals causation "studies". I can use the same methodology to prove that love is an addictive and dangerous drug that should be prohibited.
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[MileHi]

A new study about second-hand smoke and health is seriously flawed and contradicted by decades of credible scientific research that clearly and irrefutably shows a connection between passive smoking and serious health problems, according to the American Heart Association.

So, AHA says so. And what is their financial stake in the new study being "flawed"?