Environmental Tobacco Smoke

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Environmental Tobacco Smoke: - Mixture of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette, pipe, or cigar and smoke exhaled by the smoker. (See: passive smoking/secondhand smoke.)
[Environmental Protection Agency]

News archive for Environmental Tobacco Smoke::

Tobacco: What Is It and Why Do People Continue to Use It?  -  Jul 27, 2008
RedOrbit,Second-hand smoke, which has also been called environmental tobacco smoke, comes from either sidestream smoke (from tobacco left burning) or exhaled

Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) Announces Agreement to ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
MarketWatch...to the use of tobacco products and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke; privately imposed smoking restrictions; and governmental investigations.

Health Matters: Secondhand Smoke: What is it?  -  Jul 21, 2008
Needham Times,By Needham Health Department Secondhand smoke, known technically as environmental tobacco smoke, is a mixture of more than 4000 chemicals generated during

Williams: U not effectively enforcing smoking codes  -  Jul 22, 2008
The Daily Utah Chronicle,Environmental Tobacco Smoke, a human carcinogen, was found to be the cause of premature death in people who do not smoke, and there is no risk-free level of

OPED: Our stolen evidence…against the Pesticide/Dioxin Cartel  -  Jul 9, 2008
Philadelphia Center City Weekly Press,Since there are no studies provided about how much dioxin or pesticide fumes are or can be delivered to anyone by "environmental tobacco smoke",

Smoker’s spouse at stroke risk  -  Aug 2, 2008
Calcutta Telegraph,While a number of previous studies have highlighted the impact of environmental tobacco smoke — also called passive smoking — on lung health and heart

Is Your Partner A Smoker?  -  Jul 29, 2008
TheMedGuru,Second hand smoke (SHS) is also known as passive smoke or 'environmental tobacco smoke' (ETS). The exposure to second hand smoke causes coronary diseases,

Observations from behind the bar: changing patrons' behaviours in ...  -  Jul 14, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),...study evaluating the impact of the legislation in Scotland [the Bar Workers Health and Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure project (BHETSE)].

Involuntary and Far from Innocuous: The Health Effects of ...  -  Jul 7, 2008
Cancer Consultants,Secondhand smoke, also known as environmental tobacco smoke or involuntary smoking, consists of both sidestream smoke (smoke from the burning end of the

CORRECTING and REPLACING Altria Group, Inc. (Altria) Reports 2008 ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
MarketWatch...health concerns relating to the use of tobacco products and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke; governmental regulation; privately imposed smoking

New Information about La Crosse Co. Air Quality Test  -  Jul 16, 2008
WKBT,They say this is important for the public to know because: There is no safe level of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. It is not possible for patrons

Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) Reports 2008 Second-Quarter ...  -  Jul 23, 2008
FOXBusiness...to the use of tobacco products and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke; privately imposed smoking restrictions; and governmental investigations.

Former railroader suffers prospect of cancer  -  Jul 7, 2008
Madison County Record,...diesel exhaust, environmental tobacco smoke, toxic dusts, gases and fumes, according to a Federal Employers' Liability Act suit filed July 2 in St.

Smoking snuffed out at Fannie Kate’s in McCormick  -  Jul 6, 2008
Greenwood Index Journal,...remove the smoky haze and odor, the systems do nothing to remove the 4000-plus toxic chemicals that have been identified in environmental tobacco smoke.

Anti-smoking issue is about public health — not freedom  -  Nov 30, 2007
La Crosse Tribune,Identification of Environmental Tobacco Smoke as a Toxic Air Contaminant. Executive Summary. June 2005. " " SOME ANSWERS FOR WISEUP's QUESTIONS: You can't

Environmental experts rate the toxic risks at home  -  Nov 29, 2007
Arizona Daily Star,1) Passive smoking, also known as environmental tobacco smoke. 2) Lead (banned in new homes since 1978 but still found in old paint).

Global Regulatory Strategies for Tobacco Control  -  Nov 6, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke is ubiquitous in many parts of the world. Approximately half the students surveyed in 132 countries reported

Secondhand Smoke a Serious Health Risk  -  Nov 19, 2007
Consumer AffairsSecondhand smoke — also called environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) — is made up of the “sidestream� smoke from the end of a cigarette, pipe, or cigar,

Guest editorial: Scary chemicals common in cigarettes  -  Nov 8, 2007
Newton Kansan,With environmental tobacco smoke, there always is an immediate physical effect and potentially, a long-term effect. There is no safe level of exposure to

Living Close to Freeways Decreases Lung Development  -  Nov 30, 2007
AAP Grand Rounds (subscription),A yearly questionnaire was used to update information on asthma status, personal smoking, and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.

Secondhand Smoke Exaggerations Challenged  -  Nov 13, 2007
Huffington Post,...lethality of [environmental tobacco smoke], such as a claim in the 2006 Surgeon General's Report," suggesting it kills about 50000 Americans per year.

Smoking Ban Reduces Heart Attacks in Non Smokers, New Study Confirms  -  Nov 21, 2007
Associated Content,Second-hand smoke or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) refers to the involuntary inhalation of smoke from tobacco products. Evidence exists that exposure to

Let's eliminate as many causes of cancer possible  -  Nov 13, 2007
The Exponent,The Environmental Protection Agency has stated that environmental tobacco smoke is a human carcinogen. The American Cancer Society estimates that as many as

Major MI benefit of smoking ban seen in nonsmokers  -  Nov 21, 2007
TheHeart.Org,Seo and his colleague, Dr Mohammad Torabi (Indiana University), explained that epidemiologic studies have shown that environmental tobacco smoke (which

SMOKING BAN, PAUL PETITTE, ARENA'S SIZE, GOLDEN CORRAL, MINISA ...  -  Nov 15, 2007
The Wichita Eagle,Most of the cases used in the various studies that made up the surgeon general's report involved chronic exposure to environmental tobacco smoke,

Symptoms of PTSD Linked to Increased Prevalence of Asthma  -  Nov 29, 2007
Medscape (subscription)...such as exposure to cockroach allergen and environmental tobacco smoke during childhood; lack of information on timing or severity of asthma;

Clinical And Familial Risk Factors For COPD Exacerbations  -  Nov 27, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),This study shows that environmental tobacco smoke exposure significantly increases episodes of cough and phlegm in subjects with severe, early-onset COPD.

IMSA Honorary Fellowship for Justice K. Narayana Kurup  -  Nov 3, 2007
Hindu,...“It is the first ever judicial initiative in the whole world addressing the menace of second hand smoke/environmental tobacco smoke coupled with a ban on

Smoke-free showdown on horizon at DIA  -  Nov 8, 2007
Rocky Mountain News,...reads: "Although complete separation and isolation of smoking rooms can control (environmental tobacco smoke)exposure in non-smoking spaces in the same

The State of Our Health  -  Nov 28, 2007
Rogersville Review,Risk factors include use of cigarettes, but also include environmental tobacco smoke; radon; industrial substances, such as arsenic, nickel, chromium,

Bruneian Youths At Cancer Risk  -  Nov 16, 2007
Bru Direct,Environmental tobacco smoke or passive smokers are at risk of lung cancer. One-fifth of cancer worldwide are due to chronic infections,

OBSSR Director Dr. David Abrams Receives Joseph W. Cullen Memorial ...  -  Nov 9, 2007
National Institutes of Health (press release)He has studied the underlying causes of nicotine dependence, evaluated behavioral and pharmacological treatments, and looked at environmental tobacco smoke

Smoking May Not Harm Hearing  -  Nov 21, 2007
Online - International News Network,...which did find "associations between prevalent hearing loss and current smoking and environmental tobacco smoke exposure in the home.

Major causes of occupational cancer 'could be eliminated'  -  Nov 14, 2007
Norwich Union Risk Services,Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) was also highlighted in the report, although recent legislative measures will undoubtedly have dramatically

Evaluating environmental tobacco smoke exposure in a group of ...  -  Aug 10, 2007
BMC Pediatrics,The goals of this study were to determine the self-reported environmental tobacco smoke exposure status of primary school students in grades 3 to 5,

Prostate cancer caused by diesel exhaust, tobacco smoke exposure ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
Madison County Record,Among other things, he claims Union Pacific failed to warn him of the hazardous nature of diesel exhaust and environmental tobacco smoke.

Dwight J. Liming, Fargo letter: In a free country, the solution is ...  -  Aug 21, 2007
In-Forum (subscription),In 1993 the Environmental Protection Agency declared that “passive smoke,� or “environmental tobacco smoke� has cancer-causing properties.

Children, Workers Most Vulnerable To Second-Hand Smoke  -  Jul 31, 2007
WGAL,Second-hand smoke, also known as environmental tobacco smoke, is the smoke that millions of nonsmokers are exposed to in public places, vehicles and

AAP Richmond Center awards first research grants the AAP Julius B ...  -  Aug 1, 2007
AAP News (subscription)Dr. Stephen Wilson's study is titled "The Role of Biomarker Feedback in Reducing Children's Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke.

Forum Editorial: Put smoke question on ballot  -  Jul 28, 2007
In-Forum (subscription),Given the incontrovertible evidence of the health risks of any exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, enlightened citizens will vote to protect the health

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes  -  Aug 9, 2007
American ScientistOne front addressed the health consequences of environmental tobacco smoke for nonsmokers. Again the industry waved the banner of "not proved.

September 2007 AJPH Highlights: Safety and Security  -  Jul 31, 2007
Newswise (press release)They found that 100 of the 599 documented cigarette additives had pharmacological actions that camouflage environmental tobacco smoke emitted from

Passport to Wellness: Lung screening could save your life  -  Jul 25, 2007
Maryland Gazette,Of the many causes of lung cancer, most are directly related to the use of tobacco, namely cigarette smoking and environmental tobacco smoke (or ETS),

Dublin Travel Guide  -  Aug 2, 2007
أرابياThe primary purpose of the prohibition is to afford protection to workers and the public who are exposed to harmful environmental tobacco smoke.




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