passive smoking
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As one meta-analysis of research data found in 1998, "the only factor associated with concluding that passive smoking is not harmful was whether an author was affiliated with the tobacco industry."
From Salon • Jul. 20, 2021
Family pets are equally, if not more, at risk of being affected by passive smoking as humans, research suggests.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2017
“No clear link between passive smoking and lung cancer,” read a 2013 headline in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, hardly a pro-tobacco publication.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2017
By waving the threat of passive smoking, they found a tool that really works: social pressure.
From Time • Jun. 3, 2013
Says "It's on the same order of magnitude as passive smoking," an official with the World Health Organization's cancer agency says.
From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2012
