passive smoking

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As one meta-analysis of research data found in 1998, "the only factor associated with concluding that passive smoking is not harmful was whether an author was affiliated with the tobacco industry."

From Salon • Jul. 20, 2021

“No clear link between passive smoking and lung cancer,” read a 2013 headline in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, hardly a pro-tobacco publication.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2017

As a result, passive smoking has become a public health problem, paving the way for the Evin Law and the decree banning smoking in public places.

From Time • Jun. 3, 2013

Says "It's on the same order of magnitude as passive smoking," an official with the World Health Organization's cancer agency says.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2012

If we are willing to protect adults in the workplace, then we should protect children from passive smoking when travelling in private vehicles.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2011