The Tobacco Reference Guide by David Moyer

by David Moyer, MD.

Chapter 5 Environmental tobacco smoke

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More than a quarter of the nation's children are exposed to cigarette smoke, rising to

43% of children in families below the poverty level. Another estimate is that two-thirds

of children from families below the poverty level have household smokers, compared

with one-third of children with family incomes over $40,000.

Tobacco Free Youth Reporter, Spring 1993, and Los Angeles Times, June 30, 1991

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Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is a cause of illness and death in nonsmokers.

The data that establish this are more extensive and more compelling than the data

that are the scientific basis for stringent environmental controls on other pollutants

such as asbestos, benzene, radon, and formaldehyde.

Adolescent Medicine, June 1993, p. 308

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In the early 1990's, 45% of children younger than age 6 in the United States, a total of

10 million, lived in households with one or more smokers.

Tobacco Control, Winter 1993, p. 514 and 1994 Cancer Facts and Figures (ACS)

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63 million nonsmoking adults and 9 to 12 million children younger than age 5 years in

the United States have exposure to secondhand or sidestream smoke, which contains

2.5 times more nicotine, carbon monoxide, and benzopyrene that mainstream

smoke.

Journal of Respiratory Disease, August 1994, p. 716

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