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secondhand smoke  

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  • According to the U.S. Surgeon General, secondhand smoke, also known as “passive smoking” or “environmental tobacco smoke” causes disease and premature death for nonsmoking adults and children, because tobacco smoke contains toxic chemicals that increase health risks. With it widely recognized as harmful to an individual's personal health, smoking now constitutes a universal public health risk. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Secondhand Smoke]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-HMGXZCL2-N

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