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<br />Hle l1.cal[H L.onsequcnci;;s or UIVO'!UJl1aty i.:xposure"to tobacco ~mo.ke:';A Keport ot the S../ 'Page 1. <br /> <br />indoor workers in the Unrted <br />States are not covered by <br />smoke-free workplace <br />policies. <br /> <br />2. Secondt\and smoke exposure <br />causes disease and premature <br />death in children and adults'who <br />do not'smoke. <br /> <br />Supporting Evidence <br />o Secondhand smoke 'contains <br />hundreds of chemicals known <br />to be toxic or carcino,genic <br />(cancer-causing), inclLiding <br />fo~mal,dehYde, benzene, vinyl <br />chloride,; arsenic, ammonia, <br />and hydrogen cyarJde. <br />o Sec()Oohand srno~~, has been <br />destgneted :as ~,:known <br />human carciilogen (cancer- <br />causing agent) 'by the u.s.' <br />Envir9nm~n~at, p~tecti,on <br />Agency, National Toxicology <br />Program and the <br />International Agency for <br />Research on Cancer (tARe). <br />The National Institute for <br />Occupational Safety ~nd <br />Health has conduded that <br />secondhand smoke is an <br />occupational- carcinogen. <br /> <br />3. Children ex~~osed to seco!ldhand <br />smoke are ,at an increased risk <br />for sudden infant death <br />syndrome (5105), acute <br />respiratory Infections, ear <br />problems, and more severe <br />asthma. Smoking by parents <br />causes respiratory symptoms and <br />srows lung growth hi their <br />children. <br /> <br />Supporting Evidence <br />o Children who are exposed to <br />secondhand smoke are <br />inhaling' many of the same <br />cancer-causing 'substances <br />and poisons as smokers. <br />Because their bodies are <br />developIng, infants and <br /> <br />hgp:li~\'MY .surgeo~g~nerC\l. gqvllibrary /seco~cUland,smoke/factsheets/factsheet6.h.tmJ <br />. . .. . . . <br /> <br />7A: <br />Page 6 <br /> <br />9Jl2/2007 <br />