Secondhand Smoke Fact Sheet - Repace Associates

Fact Sheet on Secondhand Smoke (cont.)

James. Repace, MSc., Physicist
Ichiro Kawachi, PhD, Associate Professor
Stanton Glantz, PhD., Professor
9/1/99

Conclusions

There is an international scientific consensus that secondhand smoke kills

Secondhand smoke under typical conditions of smoker density and ventilation poses unacceptable risks to nonsmokers

Secondhand smoke cannot be controlled to acceptable levels of risk by ventilation or air cleaning

There is no objective evidence to support the claim that smoke-free restaurants impose economic penalties on owners

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[ Smoke-Free Restaurant Laws ] [ SHS Lessons from California ] Conclusions [ Technical Appendices ]

Fact Sheet on Secondhand Smoke (cont.)

Conclusions