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Environmental Tobacco Smoke - http://americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4521
American Heart Association factsheet that states, "secondhand smoke is a major cause of cardiovascular disease and death which is preventable."

Environmental Tobacco Smoke Poster Session - http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/session_3119.htm
Health conference presents short summaries of recent research and experience in secondhand smoke policy and programs.

Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke - http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/monographs/10/
From the National Cancer Institute. Exposure measurement and prevalence, developmental toxicity (prenatal and postnatal), reproductive effects, respiratory health effects, carcinogenic effects, cardiovascular effects.

How Dangerous is Second-Hand Smoke? - http://www.canadian-health-network.ca/servlet/ContentServer?cid=1001925&pagename=CHN-RCS/CHNResource/FAQCHNResourceTemplate&c=CHNResource&lang=En
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.

I Mind Very Much If You Smoke - http://www.imindifyousmoke.com/
Steps people can take to reduce their exposure to secondhand smoke.

Just Eliminate Lies - http://www.jeliowa.org
Ad campaign developed by Iowa teens on secondhand smoke .

OMA Position Paper on Second Hand Smoke - http://www.oma.org/phealth/2ndsmoke.htm
Ontario Medical Association outlines the medical facts and their policy position based on those facts.

Protecting Nonsmokers From Secondhand Smoke - http://www.no-smoke.org/htmlpage.php?id=17
A fact sheet about protecting nonsmokers from secondhand smoke, produced by Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights. All facts presented with citations to research literature.

Smoke Free Housing - http://www.smokefreeworld.com/housing.shtml
Listings of smokefree housing.

Students Entering College as Nonsmokers 40 Percent Less Likely to Take Up Smoking When They Live in Smoke-Free Dorms - http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/press/releases/press03222001.html
Harvard School of Public Health research finds that smokefree policies reduce both secondhand smoke and tobacco addiction.

The Truth About Secondhand Smoke - http://www.gaspforair.org/gasp/gedc/artcl-new.php?ID=40
Report on the science, the industry's attack on the science, and the practical significance of secondhand smoke, from GASP of Colorado.

Widower Awarded Compensation in First Secondhand Smoke Fatality Case - http://www.ndsn.org/jan96/widower.html
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.

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