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hehe! That article was from FOX NEWS. Mine was from RAND. Which one do you think the lurkers will believe.

Maybe this one from Rand?

News Release

Santa Monica, CA Washington, DC Pittsburgh, PA Leiden, NL Cambridge, UK Berlin Office of External Communications 703-413-1100, x5117 and 310-451-6913 FOR RELEASE 3:00 p.m. CT, Monday November 11, 2002 oec@rand.org www.rand.org

STUDY FINDS ONE IN THREE OF NATION'S CHILDREN REGULARLY EXPOSED TO TOBACCO SMOKE AT HOME

Second-hand tobacco smoke threatens the health of 21 million America children - 35 percent of everyone age 17 and younger - who live in homes where residents or visitors smoke once a week or more, according to a study published today by researchers from RAND and UCLA.

The study is the most thorough ever conducted of youths' exposure to environmental second-hand tobacco smoke at home. It found that 19 million American children - 28 percent of everyone in the United States 17 and younger - are exposed to tobacco smoke at home on a daily basis.

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Second-hand tobacco smoke threatens the health of 21 million America children - 35 percent of everyone age 17 and younger - who live in homes where residents or visitors smoke once a week or more, according to a study published today by researchers from RAND and UCLA.

This is a statement of exposure. So what. Their assertion that the children's health is threatened, without foundation, is what is problematic.