Passive smoking

doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7398.1094-a

BMJ 2003;326:1094 (17 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7398.1094-a

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Passive smoking

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While the connection between active smoking and disease hasbeen widely documented, the jury is still out on the dangersof passive smoking, which is the subject of a paper and aneditorial in this week's BMJ (p 1048 and p 1057).

The internet has much to say about the dangers of passive smoking.For a general review on the topic visit the website of Actionon Smoking and Health (www.ash.org.uk/html/passive/html/passive.html), which presents a summary of the evidence. The site discusseslinks between passive smoking and pulmonary and cardiovasculardiseases, and visitors can also find information about theimpact of passive smoking on children and about local policies.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) haslaunched a web page (www.cdc.gov/tobacco/ets.htm) full ofinformation and links about environmental tobacco smoke. Hereyou can find information about the prevention of exposure andlinks . . . [Full text of this article]

Adrian Gonzalez, Clegg scholar¹

¹ BMJ agonzales@bmj.com