A Rebuttal to the Tobacco Industry's Paper, 'Cigarette Smoke and the Nonsmoker'

The constituents of tobacco smoke are twell-documented as hazardous, the prevalence of population exposure is very high and there is an increased incidence of respiratory tract symptoms andfunctional decrements (decreases) in children residing in homes with smokers. These considerations and recent evidence of increased lung cancer rates among non-smoking women living with smoking husbands have led us to conclude that indoor exposure to tobacco smoke has adverse effects. Public policy should clearly articulate that involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke otught to be minimized or avoided where possible. National Research Council (1)