Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke - From the National Cancer Institute. Exposure measurement and prevalence, developmental toxicity (prenatal and postnatal), reproductive effects, respiratory health effects, carcinogenic effects, cardiovascular effects.
The Truth About Secondhand Smoke - Excerpted from Consumer Reports, January 1995. What the science says about the effects of secondhand smoke; how the tobacco industry campaigned to get the public to believe otherwise.
Health and Safety: Secondhand Smoke and Children - Short factsheet from the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care, at the University of Colorado School of Nursing
Smokefree Dining Online: Your Guide to Smokefree Restaurants in the US - Tired of breathing tobacco smoke when you're eating? Smokefree Dining Online has a large listing of restaurants that are 100% smokefree.
Good Housekeeping -- The Better Way (November 1996) - How many cigarettes have you smoked today without knowing it?
Youth Partnership for Health - Offers a variety of information and news related to youth and tobacco use. Click on "Ref Documents" for information on firsthand and secondhand smoke.
Secondhand smoke myths - Myth: Outdoor air pollution is more harmful than indoor. Truth: Your risk of developing cancer from secondhand smoke is about 100 times greater than from outdoor cancer-causing pollutants. Myths of secondhand smoke explored.
Secondhand Smoke - What You Can Do - EPA Pamphlet.
Protecting Nonsmokers From Secondhand Smoke - A fact sheet about protecting nonsmokers from secondhand smoke, produced by Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights. All facts presented with citations to research literature.
Widower Awarded Compensation in First Secondhand Smoke Fatality Case - On December 8, 1995, the U.S. Department of Labor ruled that a hospital nurse's cancer death was due to her on-the-job exposure to secondhand smoke.
Drugbase: Environmental Tobacco Smoke - Summary of the scientific reviews.
Medical Online - Information resource on health and fitness issues; brief discussion of secondhand smoke.
drkoop.com: Tackling Tobacco - Educational information, advice, and news on Smoking Cessation. Emphasis is on learning to make informed health care decisions.
Environmental Tobacco Smoke - Chapter in Environmental Toxicants, 2nd ed, 1999. Characteristics and concentration of secondhand smoke; measurement and assessment of exposure; health effects on infants, the unborn, children, and adults; SIDS; physiological effects; epidemiological studies.
Test your Secondhand Smoke IQ - Think you know about secondhand smoke? A fun quiz.
Passive Smoking: Summary of New Findings - Compilation by ASH-UK includes latest research.
Second-hand Smoke - About.com - Links and resources on the effects of secondhand smoke or passive smoking.
Breathe Free" African Americans and Secondhand Smoke - Booklet created by the Onyx Group for the National Association of African Americans for Positive Imagery; facts about secondhand smoke, community response.
Protection from Secondhand Smoke in Ontario - 67 page report concludes: secondhand smoke causes diseases in children and adults; secondhand smoke causes thousands of deaths in Canada every year; ventilation is no solution to secondhand smoke.
Just Eliminate Lies - Ad campaign developed by Iowa teens on secondhand smoke .
The Truth About Secondhand Smoke - Report on the science, the industry's attack on the science, and the practical significance of secondhand smoke, from GASP of Colorado.
Ask NOAH About: Environmental Health; Secondhand Smoke - Full-text consumer health information on environmental health. Information on secondhand smoke.
Kickbutt's fact sheets on Secondhand Smoke - Fully documented fact sheets from Washington DOC (Doctors Ought to Care).
OMA position paper on second hand smoke - Ontario Medical Association outlines the medical facts and their policy position based on those facts.
Make Public Places Smokefree - UK opinion piece. "One thing that really gets up my nose is inhaling other peoples' stale cigarette smoke against my will."
Passive Smoking & Health - Slide presentation from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
Passive Smoking - Report on the research; links to published studies.
Smoke Free Housing - Listings of smokefree housing.
How dangerous is second-hand smoke? - The immediate and long-term health effects of exposure to second-hand smoke; links to other sites for information on passive smoking, indoor air quality, and related health problems.
AARC: Secondhand Smoke - Facts that the American Association for Respiratory Care has learned in its search for information about secondhand smoke.
Passive Smoking, Ash-uk factsheet #8 - Concise summary of the effects of secondhand smoke.
Environmental Tobacco Smoke Poster Session - Health conference presents short summaries of recent research and experience in secondhand smoke policy and programs.
Passive Smoke - National Jewish Medical and Research Center provides facts about passive smoke.
The Shameful History of Secondhand Smoke in Oklahoma - The American Lung Association provides the history leading up to the fact that Oklahoma law prohibits smokefree public places.
Passive smoking -- Overview - Commentary provides overview of the public policy, science, and health aspects.
Passive Smoking - Links to sites on victims of secondhand smoke; factsheets; industry strategy on smoking at workplaces and in public places; and more.
Asthma and Secondhand Smoke - Links and resources from the About.com.
Page Wise Inc - An article about the effects of second hand smoke.
Guides on Environmental Tobacco Smoke - NCTH publications on secondhand smoke; ETS in the workplace; advocacy tools for protecting yourself and others from secondhand smoke; science and health effects; case studies and new developments; best practices and lessons learned. resources for further research.