Nation IN BRIEF : NATIONWIDE : Secondhand Smoke Pervasive, Study Says
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Secondhand tobacco smoke invades the lungs of about 88% of America’s nonsmokers, despite the declining use of tobacco and increased efforts to set aside smoke-free zones in restaurants and offices, a study says. Blood samples from 10,642 people, ages 4 and over, indicated there is almost universal exposure to tobacco smoke, even among people who do not smoke or work or live around people who do, according to the federal survey.
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