Study links secondhand smoke to lung cancer risk
Knight-Ridder reports a five year LSU led study finds non smokers face 30 percent-plus higher lung cancer risk from secondhand smoke at work and socially with risk doubling for those exposed in childhood. The study spans five cities, nearly 2000 women, and notes data verification and broader implications for policy and regulation.
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Washington
Elizabeth Fentham
Louisiana State University
Journal of the the American Medical Association
Fentham
Steven Bayard
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Fontham
Henry A. Waxman
D-Calif
Randolph Smoak Jr
American Medical Association Board
Federal Trade Commission
Smoak
David Fisher
R.J. Reynolds
Tobacco Co
Thomas Lauria
The
Tobacco Institute
LSU
University of Southern California
University of Texas
Emory University
Jonathan Liff
Omakn
Jonanthan Samet
University of New Mexico
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