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2. We Were Wrong To Panic About Secondhand Smoke (opinion) - AOL

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   A relative risk of 1.0 denotes "no increased risk." In our study, the lung cancer risk for never-smokers married to ever-smokers, compared to the risk for never-smokers married to never-smokers ...

3. Passive smoking - Wikipedia

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   A 2000 meta-analysis found a relative risk of 1.48 for lung cancer among men exposed to secondhand smoke, and a relative risk of 1.16 among those exposed to it at work. [95] Another meta-analysis confirmed the finding of an increased risk of lung cancer among women with spousal exposure to secondhand smoke the following year.

4. Smoking cessation - Wikipedia

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   [13] [14] The risk of heart attack in a smoker decreases by 50% after one year of cessation. Similarly, the risk of lung cancer decreases by 50% in 10 years of cessation [15] From 2001 to 2010, about 70% of smokers in the United States expressed a desire to quit smoking, and 50% reported having attempted to do so in the past year. [16]

5. Fact check: Second-hand smoke is dangerous - AOL

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   Cancer Research UK says: “All passive smoking is unsafe, and it is particularly dangerous for children.” The CDC says : “There is no safe level of exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS); even ...

6. Smoking ban - Wikipedia

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   Non-smokers exposed to cigarette smoke in the workplace have an increased lung cancer risk of 16–19%. [5] An epidemiology report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), convened by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), says that the risk of coronary heart disease is increased by around 25–30% when one is exposed to ...

7. Tobacco harm reduction - Wikipedia

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   The consumption of tobacco products and its harmful effects affect both smokers and non-smokers, [9] and is a major risk factor for six of the eight leading causes of deaths in the world, including respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, periodontal diseases, teeth decay and loss, over 20 different types or subtypes of cancers, strokes, several debilitating ...