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Passive Smoking

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Smoking and the Lung

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Passive smoking can be defined as the inhalation of tobacco smoke other than by puffing on a cigarette, cigar or pipe. Study of it is relatively new with few references in the literature before 1970. In this review we start by considering briefly a number of types of accusation that had been levelled against passive smoking up until 1979. We then consider dosimetric aspects, understanding of which is fundamental to sensible evaluation of the epidemiological evidence. Finally we look in some detail at the recent suggestions that passive smoking might be a more serious health hazard than hitherto considered likely.

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    P. N. Lee

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  1. The Midhurst Medical Research Institute, Midhurst, West Sussex, UK

    G. Cumming

  2. University of Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

    G. Bonsignore

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Lee, P.N. (1984). Passive Smoking. In: Cumming, G., Bonsignore, G. (eds) Smoking and the Lung. Ettore Majorana International Science Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2409-6_13

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