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Unit 3: Harmful Substances.(Brief Article)
Background Bonus
Second-hand smoke is a serious threat to a child's health. An estimated 9 million children regularly breathe second-hand smoke, usually at home. Breathing second-hand smoke increases the risk of developing asthma and other respiratory illnesses.
Second-hand smoke also increases both the number of ear infections a child will have and the length of illnesses resulting from those ear infections. Second-hand smoke can cause a buildup of fluid in the middle ear, leading to the most common cause of surgery for children.
The Congressional House subcommittee on health and environment has held several hearings on a bill that would ban smoking in all public places. If passed, the "Smokefree Environment Act" would prohibit smoking in any nonresidential building that is entered by 10 or more people during the course of a typical week
Unit Objectives
Students learn to
* understand the dangers of tobacco smoke;
- -INDUSTRY CANADA: Exposure to second-hand smoke
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire June 11, 1998 700+ words
...INDUSTRY CANADA: Exposure to second-hand smoke (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:110698 Second-hand smoke has been linked to heart disease and...age group to be exposed to second-hand smoke and that this exposure was most likely...
- Almost 50% of Americans Exposed to Second-Hand Smoke According to New Report...
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 16, 2008 700+ words
...a Quick and Easy Way to Detect Second Hand Smoke Exposure HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J...an easy-to-use test for second-hand smoke exposure that requires no special equipment...despite public smoking bans, second-hand smoke exposure remains an important public...
- Second-Hand Smoke Exposure High on the Public Agenda Across the U.S.
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 14, 2003 700+ words
...Inexpensive Way of Determining Second-Hand Smoke Exposure According to Nymox Pharmaceutical...NASDAQ: NYMX), curtailing second-hand smoke exposure remains high on the political...concern over the health effects of second-hand smoke. Connecticut recently joined the ranks...
- British article claims Philip Morris allegedly knew risks of second-hand smoke.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) November 11, 2004 700+ words
...Morris in the 1980s showed that second-hand smoke was highly toxic, yet the company suppressed...documented health risks from second-hand smoke well before the public health community...reported in the mid-1990s that second-hand smoke could cause cancer, Philip Morris and...
- Consumer Reports: Second-Hand Smoke is Harmful
- Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered December 24, 1994 700+ words
...table. Also, the truth about second-hand smoke. Stay tuned. [music] [news headlines...the studies that suggest that second-hand smoke, the smoke that wafts out of other people...greatly exaggerates the risks of second-hand smoke, and is based on shoddy science. So...
- Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation: Second-Hand Smoke Exposure High on the Public...
- News wire article from: Canadian Corporate News October 14, 2003 700+ words
...Inexpensive Way of Determining Second-Hand Smoke Exposure According to Nymox Pharmaceutical...NASDAQ: NYMX), curtailing second-hand smoke exposure remains high on the political...concern over the health effects of second-hand smoke. Connecticut recently joined the ranks...
- Brief Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke Bad for Health According to New Study.
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 6, 2008 700+ words
...a Quick and Easy Way to Detect Second Hand Smoke Exposure HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J...an easy-to-use test for second-hand smoke exposure that requires no special equipment...that even a brief exposure to second-hand smoke may hurt human blood vessels. Researchers...
- RESTRICTED The key findings from the Scientific Committee On Tobacco and Health...
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) October 18, 2004 700+ words
...together lead us to conclude that second-hand smoke causes lung cancer." SCOTH concludes...in non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke." A study published in the British...found a causal link between second-hand smoke and cancer of the lung. Heart disease...
