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LUNG CANCER AND EX.tOSUitE TO 7•OSACCO SMOiCE iN THE HOL'SEHOLD
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T HE 1972 Surseon General's report dealt with the
health consequrnces of passtte smoktns or en~i•
ronmental tobacco smolte for the fint ttme ` In 1986
the entire report was de%oted to the usuc : it concluded
that ••rn\olunlar\ smoktnS is a cause of disease tnciud•
ing lun>S cancer tn healthti non•smolers "= llore than
a dozen tptdemtoloStc stud,es ha .e a3srssed the rela•
tion bet"ten patsa~t smoicani and lun ; cancer }'r The
(indine ha~e ran5ed from no detectable increase in
nsk'"' to a moderate (about twofofd), stattstiealir tis•
nificant incrcue "Most studies ha~c found onlv
small ele~ations in risk, which art frequently not >.hu atrs ctrmCil*we 13 ea
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