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<br />l'he Health 'Consequences of lIivo}uhtary Exposure ;to ~robaccb:' Smoke: A'. Report of the 'S~.. l>age 5:';' <br /> <br />o Conventionaf air cleaning <br />systems can remove large' <br />particles/ but not the smaller: <br />particles. Of. the gases found <br />In secondhand smoke. <br />o Routine operation of a <br />heating, ventil-~ting, and air <br />condftioning system can <br />distribute 'secondhand smoke <br />throl..lghout a building. <br />o The AmerICan Society of <br />Heating, Refrigerating and <br />Air-Cqnqitioning Engineers <br />(ASHRAE), the preeminent <br />U'.S. body on vent~latfon <br />issues, has concJ~de.d that <br />ventilatlon technology cannot. <br />be relied on to control h.ealth <br />risks from seco.ndhand <br />smoke exposure. <br /> <br />The Health Consequen.ces of <br />Involi)ntary Expos(Jre to Tobacco <br />Smoke: A. Report of the Surgeon <br />Gene~1 was prepared by the Office <br />on Smoking and Health, National <br />Center for Chronic Oise'else <br />Prevention and Hea Ith. Promotion, <br />Centers for Disease ContrQI and <br />Preventipn ,(CDe). The Report was <br />written py 22 national experts who <br />were selected as primary authors. <br />The Report chapters were reviewed <br />by 40 peer reviewers, and the entire' <br />Report. was reviewed by 30 <br />Independent 'scientistS,'imd by;jead <br />scientists within the Centers,for' <br />Disease Control and Prevention and <br />the .Departine.nt of Healtn and <br />Human Services. Thtoug,hcut the <br />review .process,. the Report was <br />revised to address reviewers' <br />comments. <br /> <br />Citation <br />U.S. Department of Health and' <br />Human Services. The Health <br />Consequences df involunta;y <br />Exposure ~o Tobacco Smoke: A <br />Report pf the Surgeon General. U.S. <br />Department of Health. and Human <br />Servlcesl Centers for Disease <br />Control and PreventionJ National <br />Center for Chronic Disease <br />Prevention and; Heal.th Promotion, <br />Office on Smoking and Health, <br />2006. <br /> <br />ht1P:/ /www.surgeon.gene(.al.(!ov/librarv/secondhandsmoke/factshccts/factsheet6.htm.i <br /> <br />7A' <br />Page 9 <br /> <br />9/12/2007 <br />