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THE WEEK, Page 28SOCIETYPardon My Carcinogen
Secondhand tobacco smoke, an EPA board confirms, can cause cancer
The fact that smoking causes lung cancer is so well
established that only the tobacco companies still claim to have
doubts. Now an Environmental Protection Agency review board,
acting on a draft report produced within the agency, says
nonsmokers are in danger as well. "Environmental tobacco smoke"
-- better known as secondhand smoke -- inhaled by those who
associate with smokers leads to about 3,000 cases of lung cancer
a year in the U.S. and 300,000 cases of respiratory disease.
Conclusion: secondhand smoke should be classified as a major
carcinogen, which could lead to even stronger restrictions on
smoking in public.
The tobacco industry, predictably, attacked the report,
arguing that it unfairly took tobacco's effects on those who
smoke and extrapolated to those who don't. The authors counter
that the link is valid, but said they would bolster their
arguments in the final report, due within a few months, as
requested by the board.