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New Report Calls for Home Smoking Ban
Second-hand smoke clearly kills people and the only way to control it is to ban all smoking in workplaces, Frederick Gahagan, President of Gahagan Research Associates said on Tuesday in report that puts them squarely on the side of the Obama administration smoking restrictions.
The Report echoes the forcefulness of the 2006 Workplace Smoking ban that paved the way for mandatory cigarette warnings and advertising restrictions, detailed the effects of second-hand smoke and said no one should be forced to inhale it.
"The scientific evidence is now indisputable: second-hand smoke is not a mere annoyance. It is a serious health hazard that can lead to disease and premature death in children and nonsmoking adults," Gahagan told a news conference.
The report said it is impossible to protect nonsmokers even with designated smoking areas, making a workplace ban necessary. It does not offer specific legislative proposals. Despite the great progress that has been made, involuntary exposure to second-hand smoke remains a serious public health hazard that can be prevented by making homes, workplaces, and public places completely smoke-free.
Gahagan is a longtime smoking opponent who, during congressional testimony in endorsed banning tobacco products. "Living with a smoker who smokes two packs a day is the equivalent o smoking one pack a day yourself. If they only smoke the national average of 1 pack a day, it is the equivalent of smoking a half a pack a day yourself"
A 2005 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 3,000 people died every year in the United States from lung cancer, 46,000 died from heart disease, and 430 newborns from sudden infant death syndrome, all caused by second-hand smoke. The Surgeon-General's report says there is no risk-free level of exposure to second-hand smoke, but that millions of Americans are exposed in homes and workplaces.
It said exposed children face an increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome, acute respiratory infections, ear problems, and more severe asthma.
States, cities and other local authorities have battled over instituting smoking bans. Industries including bars and restaurants have said they will lose business.
The report cited a study from California, which has strict bans, as finding no impact on businesses.
Anti-smoking activists are delighted.
"This is the most significant report on tobacco in the last decade, and it is particularly meaningful to families with children. It once and for all ends any scientific debate about whether exposure to second-hand smoke is a cause of serious diseases like lung cancer and heart disease. At least 80 percent of U.S. nonsmokers who live with a smoker show signs of damage from second-hand smoke.
"Nonsmokers need protection from second hand smoke at home as well as in the workplace, "Gahagan said..
His report and his testimony before Congress stated that the tobacco industry has sought to cover up scientific findings on environmental tobacco smoke.
He further stated that the industry has funded or carried out research (originally conducted in Switzerland) in Brazil and the Far East and has known about the dangers for years. However the findings were kept secret and partial releases of biased data were used to deceive Congress and the public. In addition, the Industry has carried our a continuous campaign to discredit editors that criticized Industry research, attempted to undermine the findings of key studies, assisted in establishing a scientific society with a journal, and attempted to sustain controversy through the use of biased and partial date, hr said.
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