Second hand smoke is mainly from you exhaling rather than continuous.
However, he said no one should be forced to take in second hand smoke - which was why the group advocated segregated areas for those who did not what to be exposed.
The same judge Kessler who adjudicated the RICO trial was also the same judge of the EPA 1992-3 SECOND HAND SMOKE APPEAL STUDY that had been found to be junk science by Judge Osteen.
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Simply stopping smoking, which is rampant in Japan, would more than erase any risk from Fukushima, even for those who do not smoke (second hand-smoke effects, US EPA).
Henry Waxman will be sniffing our closets for second-hand smoke as leader of Health and Environment.
Second-hand smoke did not appear to have the same impact on teenage boys, however.
"The mix of infectious diseases and second-hand smoke is a deadly combination, " Mr Peruga said.
Every day of delay means that more people are becoming ill through second-hand smoke.
"The results show clearly that second-hand smoke causes cancer of the lung, mouth and throat, " a BMA spokesman said.
He said second-hand smoke contained more than 4, 000 chemicals, including benzene, formaldehyde, arsenic, ammonia and hydrogen cyanide.
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Prof Dame Sally Davies, England's chief medical officer, said second-hand smoke could cause a range of health problems.
He says the risks of second-hand smoke outdoors are "quite small unless you're right next to the smoker".
Second-hand smoke from a smouldering cigarette is far more noxious than the nicotine-infused fumes inhaled by the smoker.
Not only did it protect people from second-hand smoke, but it also encouraged more people to think about quitting.
Despite the bally-hoo over second-hand smoke, there is no good evidence that it poses a measurable risk to bystanders.
The Welsh government said it wanted to stop second-hand smoke being breathed in.
June Davison, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said more research was needed to understand the effects of second-hand smoke.
Previous reports recorded a "sharp decrease" in "non-smokers exposure to second-hand smoke" following the ban in smoking in public places in 2006.
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Another document says theatre audiences needed to be protected from second-hand smoke.
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It used estimates of the incidence of specific diseases and of the number of people exposed to second-hand smoke in particular areas.
Pointing out that second-hand smoke can harm babies turns out to work.
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It said the young were particularly vulnerable from second-hand smoke as they absorbed more pollutants and their immune systems were less developed.
Worldwide, as many as 40% of children, 33% of non-smoking men and 35% non-smoking women were exposed to second-hand smoke in 2004, researchers found.
The study also concluded second-hand smoke was dangerous to the heart.
However, the researchers said were limitations to the study, including uncertainties about the underlying health data and gaps in the data relating to exposure to second-hand smoke.
Research has show that second-hand smoke can increase the risk of a range of conditions, including sudden infant death syndrome and asthma, as well as impairing lung function.
This is due to the fact that in many parts of the world, the study suggests, women are at least 50% more likely to be exposed to second-hand smoke than men.
Moreover, second-hand smoke is limited: one puff quickly dissipates.
It would make it easier to put more than one prisoner in each cell, she said, and reduce the number of prison officers suing the government for being exposed to second-hand smoke.
According to the study, the highest numbers of people exposed to second-hand smoke are in Europe and Asia and the lowest rates of exposure were in the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean and Africa.
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