Secondhand Smoke Resources

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• ADVOCACY.ORG:  Executive Summary Overview of Governmental Actions; Federal, State & Local, Policy Options, Costs and Benefits of Workplace Smoking Bans, Overall Implementation and Enforcement Issues. http://www.advocacy.org/publications/mtc/ets.htm

• AIR TRAVEL HEALTH NEWS:
  1. AIRLINES: "When No Smoking Doesn't Mean No Smoke"

• AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY
  1. Secondhand Smoke and Children

• AMERICAN CANCER ASSOCIATION:
  1. Second Hand Smoke: What, Where, & Why Is It A Problem?
  2. Cancer Facts & Figures 2005: Presents data on cancer incidence, mortality, survival, and cancer risk factors, and annual estimates of expected new cancer cases and deaths. A special section covers cancers linked to infectious diseases.
  3. The FACTS about Secondhand Smoke, CHEMICALS in ETS, ETS and Asthma
  4. California Report Links Secondhand Smoke, Breast Cancer
  5. Studies Highlight Dangers of Secondhand Smoke 4/22/2004
  6. ACS Secondhand Smoke Q&A
  7. Great American Smokeout Creating a Smoke-Free Workplace; Planning, Education, etc.
  8. Great American Smokeout EVENT & ACTIVITY IDEAS
  9. American Cancer Society Condemns Tobacco Industry Study for Inaccurate Use of DATA
  10. Smoke-Free Ordinances Spreading Like Wildfire!
  11. Smoke-Free New England CAMPUS INITIATIVE
  12. Join Our Smoke-Free New England Campaign
  13. ACS Promoting Tobacco Control in Southeastern Massachusetts
  14. ACS Programs and Services
  15. Business Leaders for a Smoke-Free New England
  16. A HOW-TO Manual for College and University Students
  17. SAMPLE TIMELINE For Implementing a Tobacco-Free CAMPUS POLICY
  18. CIGAR SMOKING
  19. New Jersey Tobacco FACTS
  20. South Dakota's ADVOCACY Accomplishments
  21. WISCONSIN'S ADVOCACY Accomplishments
  22. Clean Air for Every Worker
  23. ADVOCACY Personal Story 21
  24. Women & Smoking An Epidemic

• AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
  1. POSITION STATEMENT/GUIDELINES: "Epidemiological Basis for an Occupational and Environmental Policy on Environmental Tobacco Smoke JULY 30, 2000

• AMERICAN COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND HEALTH: The Scoop on Smoking
  1. HEALTH EFFECTS: The Body System Affected
  2. Quizzes

• AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION:
  1. Secondhand Smoke Packs Heavy Toll: Nearly as Significant as Smoking: 05/24/2005
  2. Environmental Tobacco Smoke
  3. Active and Passive Tobacco Exposure: A Serious Pediatric Health Problem

• AMERICAN LEGACY FOUNDATION: americanlegacy.org
  1. Don't Pass Gas
  2. FACT SHEETS: Secondhand smoke, pregnancy, cessation, disparities, women, men, youth, truth campaign, college students, tobacco & socio-economic status, women & Lung Cancer Survey, etc.
  3. The American Legacy in the NEWS: the latest breaking news.

• AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION:
  1. FACT SHEET: Secondhand Smoke November 2004
  2. FACT SHEET: Smoking Policies in the Workplace November 2004
  3. State Tobacco Control Policy: Key Findings
  4. State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues (SLATI)
  5. Tobacco Policy Trend Alert: Economic Effects of Smokefree Air Laws September 2004
  6. Securitization - Breaking the Promise“Securitization – Breaking the Promise” describes the process called securitization, which involves selling the rights to annual Master Settlement Agreement payments for a lump sum payment up front, and its negative effect on tobacco control and prevention spending.
  7. Secondhand Smoke and Your Family June 2002
  8. Secondhand Smoke and Your Family SPANISH VERSION
  9. Smoking and the Workplace: Why Does Smoking Cause Harmful Health Effects   in the Workplace?

• AMERICANS FOR NONSMOKERS’ RIGHTS:
  1. "Responding to Tobacco Industry Attacks on the Scientific Evidence Linking Secondhand Smoke to Disease and Death"
  2. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: "Get the Facts"
  3. "How to Avoid Secondhand Smoke"
  4. Bibliography of Secondhand Smoke Studies
  5. Secondhand Smoke: The Science
  6. Workers' Health
  7. Smokefree COMEDY
  8. Smokefree MUSIC
  9. Healthcare Facilities
  10. Colleges and Universities
  11. Casinos and Gambling
  12. Corporate Smokefree Policies
  13. Business Costs
  14. Labor Unions
  15. Union Leaders Support Smokefree Workplaces: July 2005
  16. ANNUAL COST OF SECONDHAND SMOKE OVER #10 BILLION: AUGUST 17, 2005

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• BMJ JOURNALS
• Commentary: How acute and reversible are the cardiovascular risks of secondhand smoke? CDC Office on Smoking and Health, British Medical Journal, Volume 328:980-983, April 24, 2004, Pechacek, TF & Babb, S. 
  http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/328/7446/980

• BUILT: Building Trades Unions Ignite Less Tobacco: BUILT is designed to provide statewide outreach to employees - workers and their Unions about tobacco use.

• CALIFORNIA: California Indoor Air Quality Program

• CALIFORNIA: California DHS Tobacco Control Section A Model for Change

• CAMPAIGN FOR TOBACCO-FREE KIDS
  1. Health Harms From Secondhand Smoke
  2. Resource Guide to Smoking and Non-Smoking Policies at Major U.S. Professional and Intercollegiate Sports Stadiums, Arenas, and Race Tracks: September 2004
  3. FACT SHEET: Smoke-Free Laws Do Not Harm Business at Restaurants and Bars
  4. Press Office: "7 City Air Monitoring Study (7CAM), March-April 2004."
  5. Harm Caused by Pregnant Women Smoking or Being Exposed to Secondhand Smoke

• CBS NEWS
1. "A Striking Effect?" September 28, 2003

• CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION:

  CDC: FACT Sheets:

  1. Secondhand Smoke,
  2. Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Cotinine Levels,
  3. Secondhand Smoke in Your Home

  CDC: Historical Data

  1. State-Specific Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking Among Adults and Children’s and Adolescents’ Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke — United States, 1996 November 7, 1997.
  2. Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Widespread, April 23, 1996
  3. Assessment of the Impact of a 100% Smoke-Free Ordinance on Restaurant Sales — West Lake Hills, Texas, 1992–1994 May 19, 1995
  4. Healthy People 2000 Midcourse Review and 1995 Revisions

  CDC: Journal Articles and Reports

  1. Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Volume 83: Tobacco Smoke and Involuntary Smoking. * International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) — Monographs. Lyon, France: IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, 2004.
  2. National Toxicology Program. 11th Report on Carcinogens, 2005
  3. National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals — National Center for Environmental Health
  4. Clean Indoor Air in El Paso, Texas: A Case Study - Preventing Chronic Disease, Volume 2: No. 1, January 2005
  5. Discomfort from Environmental Tobacco Smoke Among Employees at Work Sites with Minimal Smoking Restrictions — United States, 1988 May 22, 1992

   

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CDC: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR) HIGHLIGHTS

1. New — State Smoking Restrictions for Private–Sector Worksites, Restaurants, and Bars — United States, 1998 and 2004 July 8, 2005
2. MMWR — Preemptive State Smoke-Free Indoor Air Laws — United States, 1999–2004,March 18, 2005
3. MMWR — Survey of Airport Smoking Policies—United States, 2002, December 24, 2004
4. MMWR — Indoor Air Quality in Hospitality Venues Before and After Implementation of a Clean Indoor Air Law—Western New York, 2003, November 12, 2004
5. MMWR — Impact of a Smoking Ban on Restaurant and Bar Revenues — El Paso, Texas, 2002, February 27, 2004
6. MMWR — Strategies For Reducing Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Increasing Tobacco-Use Cessation, and Reducing Initiation in Communities and Health-Care Systems,  November 10, 2000

CDC: MMWR Weekly REPORTS

1. New — MMWR — State Smoking Restrictions for Private–Sector Worksites, Restaurants, and Bars — United States, 1998 and 2004
2. New — MMWR — Assessment of Local Health Department Smoking Policies—North Carolina, July–August 2003
3. MMWR — Preemptive State Smoke-Free Indoor Air Laws — United States, 1999–2004
4. MMWR — Survey of Airport Smoking Policies—United States, 2002
5. MMWR — Indoor Air Quality in Hospitality Venues Before and After Implementation of a Clean Indoor Air Law—Western New York, 2003 November 12, 2004
6. MMWR — Impact of a Smoking Ban on Restaurant and Bar Revenues — El Paso, Texas, 2002, February 27, 2004
7. MMWR — Strategies For Reducing Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Increasing Tobacco-Use Cessation, and Reducing Initiation in Communities and Health-Care Systems November 10, 2000

CDC: Other Resources

1. Taking Action Against Secondhand Smoke — An Online Toolkit — web site
2. Making Your Workplace Smokefree — A Decision Maker's Guide
3. Estimated Prevalence and Incidence of Lung Disease by Lung Association Territory, September 2003. (PDF - 397 KB)
4. TIPS: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source

 

• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY:
• Indoor Environmental Asthma Triggers - Secondhand Smoke
• Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking
• Newsletters/Print Publications:Smoke-Free Homes
• Research: America's Children and the Environment
• What You Can Do about Secondhand Smoke as Parents, Decision-Makers, and Building Occupants

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• JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
  1. Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in the Workplace: Serum Cotinine by Occupation. June 2002
  2. Disparities in Smoke-Free Workplace Policies Among Food Service Workers. April 2004
  3. State-Specific Trends in Smoke-Free Workplace Policy Coverage: The Current Population Survey Tobacco Use Supplement, 1993 to 1999. August 2001

• MAYOCLINIC.COM
1. Secondhand Smoke: Protect Yourself from the Dangers(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

 

• MEDLINE PLUS:
  1. ETS: SPANISH
  2. Latest NEWS, Resources, woman, children, law & policy, statistics, etc.

• NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR HISPANIC HEALTH: SPANISH FACT SHEET

• NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
  1. I mind very much if you smoke
  2. NCI Health Information Tip Sheet for Writers
  3. ETS Linked to Lung Cancer and Other Health Effects
  4. Smoking & Tobacco Control Monographs: Prevalence, Health effects: respiratory, reproductive, cardiovascular, sudden infant death syndrome, perinatal, cancers.

• NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
  1. Study Shows Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Greater for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Children
  2. NEMOURS FOUNDATION:
  3. Infants Exposed to Secondhand Smoke Have Higher Hospital Admission Rates 
  4. Protecting Children from Tobacco Smoke Exposure: What's Effective, What's Not 

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• OHIO: http://www.smokefreeohio.org/oh/

• ORGANIZED LABOR & TOBACCO CONTROL NETWORK (OLTCN): The OLTCN is a joint effort of the Center for Community-Based Research at the Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Department of Work Environment at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.Learn More About Working With Unions and Tobacco Control Groups

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• SMOKE FREE ENVIRONMENTS LAW PROJECT:
• Recent ETS News Stories, health effects, ETS & the Law, Economic Impacts, public opinion, apartments & condominiums, regulations and policies, PowerPoint presentations, Toolkit, etc.

• SMOKE FREE MOVIES

• SURGEON GENERAL’S REPORTS on Smoking and Health, 1964-2004
  1. 1964– Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service (387 pages)
  2. 1967– The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Public Health Service Review (227 pages)
  3. 1968– The Health Consequences of Smoking: 1968 Supplement to the 1967 Public Health Service Review (117 pages)
  4. 1969– The Health Consequences of Smoking: 1969 Supplement to the 1967 Public Health Service Review (98 pages)
  5. 1971The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General (458 pages)
  6. 1972– The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General (150 pages)
  7. 1973– The Health Consequences of Smoking (261 pages)
  8. 1974  – The Health Consequences of Smoking (124 pages)
  9. 1975– The Health Consequences of Smoking (235 pages)
  10. 1976The Health Consequences of Smoking: Selected Chapters from 1971 through 1975
  11. 1978– The Health Consequences of Smoking, 1977-1978 (56 pages)
  12. 1979 - Smoking and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (587 pages)
  13. 1980– The Health Consequences of Smoking for Women: A Report of the Surgeon General (360 pages)
  14. 1981  – The Health Consequences of Smoking–The Changing Cigarette: A Report of the Surgeon General (237 pages)
  15. 1982– The Health Consequences of Smoking–Cancer: A Report of the Surgeon General (304 pages)
  16. 1983– The Health Consequences of Smoking–Cardiovascular Disease: A Report of the Surgeon General (384 pages)
  17. 1984  – The Health Consequences of Smoking–Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: A Report of the Surgeon General (545 pages)
  18. 1985– The Health Consequences of Smoking–Cancer and Chronic Lung Disease in the Workplace: A Report of the Surgeon General (542 pages)
  19. 1986– The Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General. (359 pages)
  20. 1988  – The Health Consequences of Smoking–Nicotine Addiction: A Report of the Surgeon General (639 pages)
  21. 1989   – Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking–25 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General (703 pages)
  22. 1992  – Smoking and Health in the Americas: A Report of the Surgeon General (213 pages)
  23. 1998  – Tobacco Use Among U.S. Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups (332 pages)
  24. 2000– Reducing Tobacco Use: A Report of the Surgeon General (462 pages)
  25. 2001  – Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General (675 pages)
  26. 2004  – The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General (960 pages)

• TOBACCOSCAM is a project of Stanton A. Glantz, PhD, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
  1. FAQs
  2. FACT SHEET: Why does Big Tobacco trick hospitality into fighting clean indoor air?
  3. Research Paper: "No association of smoke-free ordinances with profits from bingo and charitable games in Massachusetts"
  4. IN THE NEWS: Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Associated Press, British Medical Journal, CBS, NY Times, Washington Post, National News, USA Today, etc.
  5. Fake Economics
  6. Ventilation HOAX
  7. Target Restaurants

• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
  1. California Tobacco Survey Final & Technical REPORTS
  2. University of California, San Francisco: TOBACCO CONTROL ARCHIVES