Study Raises More Concern Over Second-Hand Smoke
January 11, 2002
According to a new study released by the UK's Imperial Cancer Research Fund, non-smokers who live with smokers face a major risk of suffering adverse effects from second-hand smoke. Cotinine, a nicotine byproduct typically found in the blood of smokers, tested four times above normal in a non-smoker who lived with a 15 cigarette-a day smoker. A non-smoker who lived with a 30-a day cigarette smoker exhibited cotinine levels six times higher than average. Health officials called the results the "most damning evidence yet" that second-hand smoke leads to lung cancer and heart disease.
-- Article Courtesy of InjuryBoard.com
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