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. ' <br /> Dangers.of second hand smoke <br /> Smoking is the greatest preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in Hawaii ' <br /> (t7awaii Dept. of $eaUh (Tobacco Prevention and control project). <br /> Environmental Protection Agency-declazes second hand smoke a "known", carcinogen- <br /> responsible for several thousand cases of lung cancer every yeaz--1993 EPA study, Consumer <br /> reports, Second hand Smoke, is it a Hazard?, January 1995 <br /> ...ETS was declazed a class A cazcinogen (a substance known to cause cancer in humans for which <br /> [here is no safe level of exposure -Smoking and Restaurants; A Guide for Policy Makers, August, <br /> '92. <br /> Deaths related [o Environmental Tobacco Smoke Hawaii 1989 - ' <br /> Heart Disease 43%, 440 deaths <br /> • Lustyq:,Cancer 29%, 229 deaths <br /> Respiratory and other 19%, 198 deaths <br /> Other Cancer, 9% (91 deaths) . <br /> --Hawaii Dept. of Health, Tab. Prev. and Control Proj. <br /> Chemicals in Smoke <br /> More than 4,000 chemical compounds have been identified in tobacco smoke. Of these, at <br /> least,43 aze known to cause cancer in humans or animals --Facts about secondhand smoke <br /> Passive smoke kills as many as 53,000 Americans yeazly: 37,000 from heart disease, 3,000 from lung ' <br /> Cancer , 12,000 from other cancers -Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking; Lung Cancer <br /> and other Disorders, U.S. EPA Report December 1992; and ,Smoking and Restaurants, a Guide for <br /> Policy Makers, August 1992) <br /> OSHA calculates that over the next 45 years a workplace smoking ban would eliminate between 5500 <br /> and 32,500 lung-cancer deaths and 98,000 to 578,000 deaths from heart disease. (variafion comes <br /> from uncertainty about levels of exposure to second hand smoke). --CR Jan. '95 <br /> Lung Cancer <br /> Each yeaz secondhand smoke causes 30 times as many lung cancer,deaths as all regulated air <br /> pollutants combined.--Facts about second hand smoke. <br /> "The lifefime added risk of developing lung cancer from Prolonged exposure to secondhand smoke . <br /> • is 1 in 1000 - 1000 times greater than the one in a million lifetime cancer risk considered <br /> unacceptable for many other environmental contaminants. CR, Jan. '95 <br /> 3000- 4000 Lung cancer deaths annually (3% of lung cancer.rate) caused by "involuntary <br /> smoking.-EPA <br /> <br /> ' Heart Disease <br /> One analysis estimates 35,000 of these deaths aze from Heart disease- facts about second hand smoke <br /> Nonsmokers exposed to spouses smoke increase chance of death from heart disease by about 30% <br /> CR <br /> ' {Smoking doubles a persons chance of dying from heart disease.-cr) <br /> \ ',i <br /> <br />