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<br />Snv'i,ro:nrn'entitl Tcf'lJ.acC!o Sm:oke: A To()(lc Alt(f;:o,nt(l:l1't'itl.c01t
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<br />What'is environmental tob'acc;os:rnoke'?
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<br />)> EnvirO:Oll1ental Tbbacco$moke (ErS) isa complex rnixtu.r.e of over 4 ,O(){)ga~es and
<br />fine particles thatqfe ethittedbyburnth~ftPbacco prodUcts (slde streamsmoke}attd
<br />from lheexhaJations of-smokers (rnajn$tre:a,m~mo,k$}.
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<br />> Mahyof thesul;rstal1cesi in ETShave:,$lr~(.lqy been fdenli,fied as.:to,XtC airpofJtJtant$ and,
<br />have.known adversehe,~:dtheffect$, these inClude: 1.3..b.utadien~, a'oetafqehyd~h
<br />a:ct6Iein, ~rsef1ic; berrzensi bentPtaJPyr~me, cad.mium, hexavalentchtomiuman:d
<br />fonnald~hyde.
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<br />H'ow'didAJ~,B i.dentify ET:S:.a:sa TAC?
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<br />);> fri2(}Ot the ARB entered ETS iMto .the TAC tdentiffcation pha$~ ofilia pr6gTant
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<br />y An exhau~tiye tsvievl/Qfthe potential he.:altheff'ects or 'e:xposure to ET$:was conducted
<br />by CaUEPP./s OfficacfEnvitonmentaJ Health Hazard Assessment {OEHHA}.
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<br />)0 The.A,itR:es,QUfces,Board (ARS)stQff pr~pared ...tl,compr~heh$jV'Ef reportch .ETS
<br />exposure in Ca~ifbrnia..
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<br />y InMarch,~O()4.,ARa:h~lda pu:bHc WQtk.$f1QP'to diSCU$,$.thefindlhQ$.
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<br />>- From NpVernber 2004'fhrolJgh JUne2.o05~.the:state'~-sS.cl~ntil1c'F(evieW P$i1el {SRP}
<br />held n1eetitl~sttidfSCU$$ and approve theET$ reports.
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<br />How are: CaHfQtnianse:xpo$ed to ETS?
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<br />)> Four million Ca'lffotnians.smokedespltean increasing number of'srrlQk:ing r~$trictio11S
<br />anda.bn:.faa aWareness:of the h:ealth'imriact$.
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<br />~ EXPQSure..to ET$, e~pecj.cJUyamong infants and children, continues to be a big publi~
<br />heaHhcorlesrh.
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<br />> A smoker's home may h~ve nicotine levels ,that are on average. 30 times highetthana
<br />non '-sm okers' home. rh~~ee"posure$. are especially dangerous. foryoungchHdren
<br />be:ca:use'th$Y are likely to recur daily and impa-ctthechild'sphysical cfeve:lopment
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