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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Tobacco companies have vigorously attacked the science on the health effects of second-hand smoke exposure through elaborate public relations and disinformation campaigns.
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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer
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Second-hand smoke has been causally associated with a range of life-threatening health effects, including lung cancer and heart disease.
Second-hand smoke from other smokers may increase the symptoms of the worker with occupational asthma.
There is also a very strong link between second-hand smoke exposure and disease among the spouses of smokers.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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It is important to make sure that state laws limiting exposure to second hand smoke establish a minimum standard that still allows local governments to increase the protection.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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Exposure to second hand smoke increases both the number of ear infections a child will experience, and the duration of the illness.
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Tony Howell,
Skateboarder
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Second-hand smoke (also known as environmental smoke, or ETS), is chemically similar to the smoke inhaled by smokers and contains a number of carcinogenic compounds.
Second-hand smoke is the smoke from a smouldering cigarette, cigar, or pipe combined with the smoke exhaled by the smoker.
Second-hand smoke results from the sidestream smoke that comes from the burning tip of a cigarette and the mainstream smoke that is exhaled by the smoker.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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Smoke-Free Jacksonville is the community partnership of adults and youth working together to prevent youth tobacco use and youth exposure to second-hand smoke whereby youth conceive and carry out tobacco prevention.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Widespread knowledge of the health damage of second-hand smoke also helps convince the public of the need for effective tobacco control policies.
Restaurant employees are the occupational group most heavily exposed to second-hand smoke and most likely to suffer adverse health effects due to tobacco smoke exposure?
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