Category: cigarette smoke

Warning: Surgeon General Finds that Cigarette Smoking Is Even More Dangerous to Your Health

Yesterday, the Surgeon General issued the 30th Surgeon General's Report on the dangers of smoking tobacco. Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, and is responsible for 443,000 deaths each year. Tobacco use can increase risk of illness for those exposed to carcinogens in the workplace and second-hand smoke can place non-smoking workers at risk for smoking-related diseases. Read More >

December 10, 2010 by John Howard, MD, David Weissman, MD, Casey Chosewood, MD34 Comments

Asthma, Chemicals, Respiratory Health, Smoking

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Secondhand Smoke and Casino Dealers

Simply working in a casino does not mean dealers must gamble with their health. Results of new research conducted by NIOSH on secondhand smoke—the exposure of non-smokers to tobacco smoke—confirm that dealers at the casinos investigated were exposed to secondhand smoke. Read More >

June 16, 2009 by Christine West, RN, MSH, MPH54 Comments

Aerosols, Chemicals, Respiratory Health

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