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Identifying and Protecting Those At Risk

Ronald M. Davis, MD

JAMA. 1998;280:1947-1949.

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The dangers of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) are now well established. Reports from the US Environmental Protection Agency¹ and the California Environmental Protection Agency² and meta-analyses published last year^3-4 have shown convincingly that exposure to ETS causes lung cancer, heart disease, and other serious illnesses.

The California Environmental Protection Agency report estimated that each year in the United States, ETS exposure causes 3000 deaths due to lung cancer, 35,000 to 62,000 deaths due to ischemic heart disease, and 1900 to 2700 deaths due to sudden infant death syndrome. Exposure to ETS is also responsible for 9700 to 18,600 cases of low-birth-weight infants annually, 8000 to 26,000 new cases of asthma in children, exacerbation of asthma in 400,000 to 1 million children, and 150,000 to 300,000 cases of bronchitis or pneumonia in children aged 18 months and younger (of which 7500 to 15,000 require hospitalization).²

Who Is At Risk?

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From the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Mich.

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