Also called: Also called: Environmental tobacco smoke, Passive smoking, Tobacco smoke pollution
You don't have to be a smoker for smoking to harm you. You can also have health problems from breathing in other people's smoke. Secondhand smoke is the combination of smoke that comes from the burning end of a cigarette, cigar or pipe and the smoke exhaled by the smoker. Secondhand smoke contains more than 50 substances that can cause cancer. Health effects of exposure to secondhand smoke include lung cancer, nasal sinus cancer, respiratory tract infections and heart disease.
There is no safe amount of secondhand smoke. Children, pregnant women, older people and people with heart or breathing problems should be especially careful.
National Cancer Institute
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I Mind Very Much If You Smoke
(National Cancer Institute) - http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/tcrb/I_mind_if_you_smoke/mindsmo.html
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Secondhand Smoke: Questions and Answers(National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/ETS
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Secondhand Smoke: What It Means to You(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dept. of Health and Human Services) - Links to PDF - http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/secondhandsmoke.pdf
Also available in Spanish http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/secondhandsmoke_sp.pdf
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Secondhand Smoke(American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2X_Secondhand_Smoke-Clean_Indoor_Air.asp
Also available in Spanish http://www.cancer.org/docroot/esp/content/esp_2_1x_el_humo_de_segundo_mano.asp
- Secondhand Smoke(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/secondhandsmoke.htm
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Secondhand Smoke and Your Family(American Lung Association) - http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=39858
Also available in Spanish http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=36782
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Secondhand Tobacco Smoke and the Health of Your Family
(Environmental Protection Agency) - Links to PDF - In English and Spanish - http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/pdfs/trifold_brochure.pdf
- Secondhand Smoke Quickly Affects Blood Vessels(04/17/2009, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_83051.html
- Poor Kids Exposed to More Secondhand Smoke(04/03/2009, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_82523.html
- Genes May Boost Harm to Kids from Secondhand Smoke(03/26/2009, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_82179.html
- More News on Secondhand Smoke http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alphanews_s.html#secondhandsmoke
- Exposure to Tobacco Smoke and Harmful Substances in Tobacco(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/dls/tobacco.htm
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Health Effects of Exposure to Secondhand Smoke(Environmental Protection Agency, Indoor Environments Division) - http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/healtheffects.html
Also available in Spanish http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/healtheffects_sp.html
- Health Harms from Secondhand Smoke(National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids) - Links to PDF - http://tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0103.pdf
- Indoor Environmental Asthma Triggers - Secondhand Smoke(Environmental Protection Agency, Indoor Environments Division) - http://www.epa.gov/asthma/shs.html
- Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking(Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/pubs/etsfs.html
- Secondhand Smoke Causes Heart Disease(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/health_effects/heartdisease.htm
- Secondhand Smoke Causes Lung Cancer(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/health_effects/lungcancer.htm
- Secondhand Smoke Causes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/health_effects/sids.htm
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Tobacco Smoke Pollution(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/term=%22secondhand+smoke%22
- Secondhand Smoke Linked to Peripheral Artery Disease in Women(American Heart Association) - http://americanheart.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=518
- Toddlers Affected Most by Secondhand Smoke Exposure at Home(American Heart Association) - http://americanheart.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=365
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Environmental tobacco smoke and its effect on the symptoms and... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19370461&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Is house-dust nicotine a good surrogate for household smoking? - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19299402&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Clinical inquiries. Does reducing smoking in the home protect children... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19284936&tool=MedlinePlus
- Secondhand Smoke -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=tobacco+smoke+pollution[majr]+AND+humans[mh]+AND+english[la]+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus
- American Cancer Society - http://www.cancer.org/
- American Lung Association - http://www.lungusa.org/
- Environmental Protection Agency, Indoor Environments Division - http://www.epa.gov/iaq/
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National Cancer Institute - http://www.cancer.gov/
- Smoke-Free Homes and Cars(Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/publications.html
- Smoke-Free Policies Improve Air Quality and Reduce Secondhand Smoke Exposure(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/protection/policies_improve.htm
- Smoke-Free Policies Improve Health(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/protection/improve_health.htm
- Smoking Policies in the Workplace(American Lung Association) - http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=44459
- State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues (SLATI)(American Lung Association) - http://slati.lungusa.org/
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Cancer Trends Progress Report - 2007 Update: Secondhand Smoke(National Cancer Institute) - http://progressreport.cancer.gov/doc_detail.asp?pid=1&did=2007&chid=71&coid=712&mid=
- Secondhand Smoke(American Lung Association) - http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35422
- Secondhand Smoke and Children(American Lung Association) - http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=39857
- Children and Secondhand Smoke Exposure(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/Features/ChildrenAndSmoke/
- Secondhand Smoke and Children(American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery) - http://www.entnet.org/HealthInformation/Second-Hand-Smoke-and-Children.cfm
- Secondhand Smoke(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/sports/secondhand_smoke.html
- Smokeless Tobacco - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smokelesstobacco.html
- Smoking - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smoking.html
- Poisoning, Toxicology, Environmental Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/poisoningtoxicologyenvironmentalhealth.html
The primary NIH organization for research on Secondhand Smoke is the National Cancer Institute - http://www.nci.nih.gov/