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Originally Posted by Tormod
...passive smoking is not only a nuisance but it has been proven to be as deadly as smoking itself....
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T- I think that data is terrible, and should probably be significantly discounted.
There are reams of information related to the dose-response nature of smoking. That is, the number of packs smoked is related to the degree of severity of clinical outcome. This is true for cancer, heart disease and noncancerous pulmonary disease. That is the reason phycicians will typical characterize the quantity of smoking into a number of pack-years. (One pack of cigarettes a day for a year is a pack year.)
It is patently ludicrous to contend that non-smokers incur the same damage that smokers do. It might be reasonable to compare second hand smoke to smog, in that both tend to aggravate pre-existing bronchial conditions. But both states (degree of second hand smoke and smog) will probably have dose responses as well.
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