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<br />ATTACHM,ENT 2
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<br />The 'Health
<br />Cons,eCliuences of
<br />InvcHuntary Exp:esure'tO'
<br />TOba,cco, $:moke:A
<br />~ef>o"ttof the: Surgeon
<br />Gen,erq-l,1J.$.
<br />Dep,artm.entof ~h~altl1
<br />and Human 'Se'r'Vl<:SS
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<br />H'Qm~,
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<br />About theOffJce6f the
<br />Stlr9~Qn, Ge.n~r~1
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<br />publiC Health,P.ri~rlt:ie;s:
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<br />Reports and Publrcat~ons
<br />N~v.'isroom
<br />CQ!:'itactUs,
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<br />OPHS Home
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<br />6 Major ConcluSions of the
<br />Sur:g:eon General Report:
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<br />SrrroklI19.lsthesln9Iegreat'e:st
<br />avoH:h:ible Cilti$eof"dl$;eciseand
<br />d~ath, In this.'repOr1;1 The.BeaIth
<br />COl)s$que/Jces:of lnvohm-tary
<br />~xpo$t:Jre to Tobacco SmoKe: A
<br />Rfffport of the Surg"f;on' General , the
<br />Surgeon Gen~ral has q.oflcl~ldeQ
<br />that:
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<br />1. Many mHHptls ofNttericarlsJ b.oth
<br />chlldreriahda,dults, arestHl
<br />exposed't'O"se'coridna.ri;ct'Smoke tn
<br />theIr home~driq w()rkplaces
<br />deS'p:itesubstantial ptO:9ress in
<br />tobacco confrol.
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<br />Supp.oitlng Evioel'lCe
<br />q U:vels of achem.lt:;~I' ca.Ut':!Q
<br />cotinlne"a. biomarker of
<br />secondhiilflQ,' smoJ<e
<br />eXPl1s[jrel fen by 70 percent
<br />from 1988,..91 to: 2001-Q2..10
<br />natfonal surveys, however,
<br />43 p.er'<zentof U.S.
<br />rtonsmokers stHlhave
<br />detectable l~yel$Qf cotihihe,
<br />o Almost 5Q pe.r!:t;;nt of lJ,,$~;
<br />children aged 3", 11 y.earsi-or
<br />almost 22mllffotr children-
<br />are: e)(posed to,S:ecofldhand
<br />smoke.
<br />o Appro)<Jmately 30 perterlt'of
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