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
At least there is strong scientific evidence that passive smoking equates to actual, in some cases deadly, harm.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2018
“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
The report released in 2002 says it is now proven that passive smoking carries serious health risks, but without showing the evidence.
From Time • Jun. 3, 2013
If we are willing to protect adults in the workplace, then we should protect children from passive smoking when travelling in private vehicles.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2011
