[SheLion]

Another grand study that is kept under the rug!  The truth is IN here.  We just have to dig for it.  The anti's sure do not want us to see this one, either, I bet!

[VRWCmember]

Very Interesting. Here is some more interesting information from the Philip Morris Company's website:

Secondhand Smoke

From their website:

Public health officials have concluded that secondhand smoke from cigarettes causes disease, including lung cancer and heart disease, in non-smoking adults, as well as causes conditions in children such as asthma, respiratory infections, cough, wheeze, otitis media (middle ear infection) and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. In addition, public health officials have concluded that secondhand smoke can exacerbate adult asthma and cause eye, throat and nasal irritation.
...
Philip Morris U.S.A. believes that the conclusions of public health officials concerning environmental tobacco smoke are sufficient to warrant measures that regulate smoking in public places. We also believe that where smoking is permitted, the government should require the posting of warning notices that communicate public health officials' conclusions that secondhand smoke causes disease in non-smokers.

[Cosmo]

The fact is, in the 90s federal Judge Osteen forced the EPA to vacate their chapter on second hand smoke, citing a U of Chicago doctor who had enlightened the court as to the flaw of the metaanalysis used to demonstrate a causal link between second hand smoke and various diseases of the lungs. I've seen the individual studies, some with sample sets as small as n=16, and some that if taken separately, demonstrated a tangible benefit from being exposed to second-hand smoke. (See data on coal-mining towns in Poland for examples of this)

[RnMomof7]

As a former smoker that HAD to quit I LOVE passive smoke..yes once an addict always an addict...

[wingnuts'nbolts]

I never believed it did! Any more than charcoaling my steaks would do me in.

[Happygal]

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

You both have just made my stress filled (anal retentive work colleague) life SOOOO much more tolerable.

I thank you both :-)

Now, if you'll excuse me...I gotta go help a few non-smokers enjoy a longer existence..... ;-)

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

I posted this off rushes site 1 year ago basicly the same study just different players I dont have the link anymore i wish i did

[GeekDejure]

"Passive Cancer Causes Smoking!"

Oak Hay, SheLion . . . work on that one for a little while !!! ;-))

[editor-surveyor]

This needs to get legs!

(No, I am not a smoker, either.)

[sphinx]

There's only one way this will get widespread notice, and that's if the cigarette companies sue to get their money back.

[toddlintown]

Using an article from 2002, I see. Why?

[F16Fighter]

Passive Smoking Doesn't Cause Cancer - Official

No, but all it causes is lung and eye irritation, smelly clothes, and a partner with bad breath.