Your Doctor’s Orders A blog by Terry Simpson, MD, FACS
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The Myth of Second Hand Smoke
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
The 1964 Surgeon General Report, which declared that the inhalation of cigarettes would likely cause lung cancer and heart disease, had a profound impact in the United States. This report started America thinking that the practice of inhaling cigarette smoke was unhealthy and began a long series of studies, lawsuits, and laws, that changed the face of America from a primary smoking society—where over 60 percent of adults in the U.S. smoked—to a number that is now about 30 percent. (more…)
Tags: Myths, second-hand smoke, Smoking
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