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Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Cancer Facts from the National Cancer Institute. Summary and bibliography on effects of secondhand smoke. Additional publications you can send for.
Involuntary smoking causes breast cancer
Summary of Swiss study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology that studied 1300 women.
Passive smoking tied to breast cancer risk
Secondhand smoke causes cell changes that lead to breast cancer, report US researchers. The risk of these cell changes is highest in those exposed to passive smoking during childhood, before breast tissue matures, according to the study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Meds.com: Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Focus is on lung cancer caused by secondhand smoke.
Pets and Secondhand Smoke
Secondhand smoke causes diseases in cats and dogs.
WHO: Passive Smoking Causes Lung Cancer
The World Health Organization (WHO) sets the record straight: secondhand smoke causes lung cancer in non-smokers.
OncoLink: Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Updated February 2000 to include latest research.
Involuntary Smoking
Summary of scientific evidence of exposure and cancer-causing effects of secondhand smoke.
Secondhand Smoke Causes Cancer in Cats
According to recent research, secondhand smoke causes feline malignant lymphoma.
NERC Bibliography on Tobacco smoke and Cancer
Over 700 references to the scientific literature. From the National Environmental Respiratory Center.
Secondhand Smoke Causes Cancer
The largest review to date examined 50 studies on secondhand smoke, and concludes that secondhand smoke causes cancer of the lung, uterus, cervix, liver, and kidneys.
Passive Smoking May Speed Cancer Growth
Secondhand smoke may speed the growth of cancer tumors.
The accumulated evidence on lung cancer and environmental tobacco smoke
Paper in the British Medical Journal.
Exposure to Spouse's Smoking Causes Lung Cancer
Long term smokers increase their spouses' risk of developing lung cancer by more than 20%, according to a new report.
Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke: Lung Cancer
Characterizes the risk and provides a bibliography of the research literature that establishes the risk.