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As exposed by Penn and Teller and many scientists who have not been hijacked either by the tobacco lobbys or the antio-tobacco nuts, there is NO valid statistical or scientific evidence that anyone is harmed by second hand smoke barring a preexisting condition, such as asthma...in which case naturally occuring pollen can be just as bad for you.
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Well Penn & Teller are entertainers (and damded good ones) but I'll get my health related info from more reputable sources. 40 years ago they might well have been 'debunking' that cigrettes caused cancer. [/QUOTE]Glad to hear it.
May I recommend Passive Smoke: The EPA's Betrayal of Science and Policy by Gio B. Gori and John Luik, which is an analysis of the science behind EPA's 1993 report, as well as a pretty good summary and bibliography of the papers that were published in refereed journals on the subject?
Or how about Slow Burn: The Great American Antismoking Scam (And Why It Will Fail) by Don Oakley?
I assume you are not going to automatically discredit any sources that disagree with you? [/QUOTE]It seems Mr Oakley also feels that smoking itself is not harmful, which even the tobacco companies themselves acknowledge is true. Kind of casts some doubt on the rest of his assuretion. Just because someone writes a book about something does not mean it is true. Accroding to many books we never landed on the moon.