Essay About Comprehensive Review Of Medical Studies And Second Hand Smoke

2nd Hand Smoke
Essay title: 2nd Hand Smoke
Olivia Rovegno
Thesis Statement:
Second hand smoke is a cause of cancer.
Data:
Newspapers
“When these new data for cervical cancer are considered in light of similar results from previously published studies, our
findings suggest that passive smoking may be firmly linked with cervical cancer,” wrote lead author Anthony J. Alberg. “Our
study of two large cohorts found that women who lived with smokers had a percent or greater risk of developing cervical
neoplasia.”
excerpt from
Second hand smoke, cervical cancer linked.
UPI NewsTrack, Jan 5, 2005
The CDC said secondhand smoke exposure is on the decline across the United States but that it remains a public
health
hazard. It contributes to
approximately 3,000 lung cancer deaths and more than 35,000 coronary heart disease
deaths
annually among people who have never smoked, the agency said.
excerpt from
Laws reduce second hand smoke
UPI NewsTrack, November 10, 2004
Jamroziks calculations said about 700 people die from lung cancer, heart disease or stroke because of passive smoking at
work. Another 3,600 people die as a result of second-hand smoke at home. “In the absence of a direct observational study,
I feel this research is the best evidence we have in this country to show the effects of passive smoking in the
workplace,” Jamroziks told the BBC.
excerpt from
Study: Second Hand Smoke Kills Thousands
UPI Newstrack, May 16, 2004
A comprehensive review of medical studies by researchers at the International Agency for Research on Cancer showed
second-hand smoke causes cancer, and that chemicals and gases in tobacco contributed to cancer of the stomach, liver,
kidney, uterine cervix, and also to myeloid leukaemia.
excerpt from
Step Up Anti-Smoking Campaign, State Urged
Africa News Service, September 13, 2002
Journals/ Magazines
In 1986 the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences produced a groundbreaking report on the health
effects of environmental tobacco smoke. After reviewing the evidence, the Council concluded that secondhand smoke was
responsible for 3,000 deaths from lung cancer each year in the United States.
Since then, the connection between secondhand smoke and lung cancer has grown steadily. One study found that
“passive