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First published: March 7, 2010
Source: SCMP via Reuters
Children as young as 13 who have evidence of second-hand smoke in their [...]
Posts under ‘Passive Smoking’
Passive smoke harms teen arteries
Explosive quotes from the “tobacco wars”
Source: various; links in text
– Narrated by Walter Cronkite, three-part mini-series makes its North American premiere October 21-22, 1999 –
http://www.tobacco.org/News/9910tobaccowars.html
“It [...]
All designated smoking areas in airports to go
Fiste published: February 22, 2010
Source: Gulf Times
Acting on reservations expressed by the Tobacco Control Cell, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) [...]
Letter from Kenneth
香港吸煙與健康委員會各位委員：
香港地少人多，人口密度世界最高，為保障全民呼吸健康，禁煙措施有需要做到全世界最嚴厲。
銅鑼灣行人專用區，整天都充斥著二手煙，途人根本避無可避。商場的廁所內，經常有人藏匿於廁格內抽煙，彌漫著陣陣煙味。事實上如無必要，本人是不會到銅鑼灣或旺角等鬧市逛街。
本人建議特區政府：
(1) 立法嚴禁18歲以下人士抽煙
(2) 每年大幅增加煙草稅，協助煙民戒煙
(3) 加強教育，減少青少年受煙毒影響
Source: Kenneth
Secondhand smoke raises TB risk: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)
Wed, Feb 10 2010
Smoking has long been known to boost tuberculosis risk, and a new study from [...]
Tobacco tax increase is best way to curb smoking
It took years to extend anti-smoking laws to restaurants and bars, a ban which came into effect last July. It [...]
Book about Secondhand Smoking
Secondhand smoke cause many diseases. The Institute of Medicine of The National Academies had published a book about how secondhand [...]
Tobacco Smoke Has Harmful Impact On Asthma, Rhinitis And Immunity
Tobacco smoke is involved in uncontrolled asthma, a diminished response to anti-asthma drugs, rhinitis, nasal obstruction, and deregulation of the [...]
Even snake itself cannot resist snake venom!
There is a fallacy that people who smoke himself will not be affected by second-hand smoking. However it is not [...]
