Second Hand Smoke - is it dangerous?

[Cow Poke]

Have the "second hand smoke is dangerous" claims been overdone? Have they been debunked?

[Sam]

Have the "second hand smoke is dangerous" claims been overdone? Have they been debunked?

Not debunked and not overdone, I'm afraid. Second-hand smoke is dangerous to non-smokers.

Here's a PubMed article from 2004 indicating that second-hand smoke (SHS) causes lung cancer in non-smokers.

Here's a 2010 study that found SHS increases the risk of cardiovascular or circulatory mortality.

[Raphael]

New studies suggest it isn't that dangerous. (note personally I despise smoking and mine beloved is hyper-allergic to cigarette smoke)

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/ja...ates-big-lies/

http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/conte...djt365.extract
A large prospective cohort study of more than 76,000 women confirmed a strong association between cigarette smoking and lung cancer but found no link between the disease and secondhand smoke.

http://www.forestonline.org/info/passive-smoking/

Again personally I think there is a danger and as I said, I don't like smoking in the slightest.

[Cow Poke]

Not debunked and not overdone, I'm afraid. Second-hand smoke is dangerous to non-smokers.

Here's a PubMed article from 2004 indicating that second-hand smoke (SHS) causes lung cancer in non-smokers.

Here's a 2010 study that found SHS increases the risk of cardiovascular or circulatory mortality.

Thanks, Sam -- this came up in shoutbox yesterday that, in essence, there's not a "second hand smoke" study that hasn't been debunked.

Personally, I feel bad for little kids in a closed up car where adults are smoking, just driving down the road not having a clue (or not caring?) about the impact they're having on the little kids.

[Cow Poke]

New studies suggest it isn't that dangerous. (note personally I despise smoking and mine beloved is hyper-allergic to cigarette smoke)

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/ja...ates-big-lies/

http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/conte...djt365.extract
A large prospective cohort study of more than 76,000 women confirmed a strong association between cigarette smoking and lung cancer but found no link between the disease and secondhand smoke.

http://www.forestonline.org/info/passive-smoking/

Again personally I think there is a danger and as I said, I don't like smoking in the slightest.

Interesting.

[Sparko]

all I know is if you let the smoke out of something electronic, it quits working.

[Carrikature]

New studies suggest it isn't that dangerous. (note personally I despise smoking and mine beloved is hyper-allergic to cigarette smoke)

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/ja...ates-big-lies/

Is it too much to ask for articles to specifically name (and/or link to) the study they're referencing.

http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/conte...djt365.extract
A large prospective cohort study of more than 76,000 women confirmed a strong association between cigarette smoking and lung cancer but found no link between the disease and secondhand smoke.

I didn't pay for the full text, but this comes from the extract:

However, among women who had never smoked, exposure to passive smoking overall, and to most categories of passive smoking, did not statistically significantly increase lung cancer risk. The only category of exposure that showed a trend toward increased risk was living in the same house with a smoker for 30 years or more.

That makes it sound like it's doing something, even if it's only in large doses.

http://www.forestonline.org/info/passive-smoking/

Another one that doesn't reference specific studies, and this one comes from a pro-smoking site. Two of the parts in that article are from assembly reports, which doesn't really say anything at all.



These are criticisms of your links, not you.

[Sam]

New studies suggest it isn't that dangerous. (note personally I despise smoking and mine beloved is hyper-allergic to cigarette smoke)

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/ja...ates-big-lies/

http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/conte...djt365.extract
A large prospective cohort study of more than 76,000 women confirmed a strong association between cigarette smoking and lung cancer but found no link between the disease and secondhand smoke.

http://www.forestonline.org/info/passive-smoking/

Again personally I think there is a danger and as I said, I don't like smoking in the slightest.

[Cow Poke]

Would anybody still support the initial claims that second hand smoke is WORSE than smoking?

[Cow Poke]

[Sam]

Would anybody still support the initial claims that second hand smoke is WORSE than smoking?

[Cow Poke]

I concur -- I'm thinking it was just media hype -- it made a good story. It had "fright factor".

[Sparko]

but wouldn't the smoker also be exposed to the same levels of SHS as well as the direct smoke?

[Cow Poke]

but wouldn't the smoker also be exposed to the same levels of SHS as well as the direct smoke?

And in closer proximity than those around him/her? AND, 100% of the time, as opposed to others who probably are not!

[Sparko]

what kinda irks me is that a lot of people are so against smokers and SHS and want to basically ban tobacco use altogether, but at the same time want to legalize marijuana.

derp.