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Major consensus reports. [ Summaries ] [ By Section ] [ Full Report ]
2009 Institute of Medicine. Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cardiovascular Effects: Making Sense of the Evidence [ Summaries ] [ By Section ] [Full report]
2006 US Surgeon General. The Health Consequances of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke [Summaries] [By Section] [Full report]
2005 California Environmental Protection Agency. Proposed Identification of Environmental Tobacco Smoke as a Toxic Air Contaminant. [ Summaries ] [ By Section ] [ Full report ]
2004 Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health. Secondhand Smoke: Review of evidence since 1998. London, UK [ Summaries ] [ By Section ] [ Full report ]
2001 US National Toxicology Program, Ninth Report on Carcinogens [ Summaries ] [ By Section ] [ Full report ]
1999 National Cancer Institute Smoking and Health Monograph 10: Health Effects of Environmental Tobacco Smoke: The Report of the California Environmental Protection Agency[ Summaries ] [ By Section ] [ Full report ]
1998 Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health. Report of the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health. London, UK [ Summaries ] [ By Section ] [ Full report ]
1997 California Environmental Protection Agency. Health effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. [ Summaries ] [ By Section ] [ Full Report ]
1997 National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia). The health effects of passive smoking. [ Summaries ] [ By Section ] [ Full Report ]
1992 US Environmental Protection Agency. Respiratory health effects of passive smoking: Lung cancer and other disorders. Washington, DC. [ Summaries ] [ By Section ] [ Full Report ]
1991 US National Institute for Safety and Health. Environmental Tobacco Smoke in the Workplace: Lung Cancer and Other Health Effects. [ Summaries ] [ By Section ] [ Full Report ]
1986 US Surgeon General Report: The Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking. [ Summaries ] [ By Section ] [ Full Report ]
1986 National Research Council. Environmental tobacco smoke: Measuring exposures and assessing health effects. [ Summaries ] [ By Section ] [ Full Report ]
World Health Organization on the dangers of secondhand smoke. [ Summaries ] [ By Section ] [ Full Report ]


Other important recent studies.
  • Lightwood JM, Glantz SA
    Declines in acute myocardial infarction after smoke-free laws and individual risk attributable to secondhand smoke
    Circulation 2009;120(14):1373-9 [ Paper ]


  • Meyers DG, Neuberger JS, He J
    Cardiovascular effect of bans on smoking in public places: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
    J Am. Coll Cardol 2009;54(14):1249-55 [ Paper ]


  • Miller MD , Marty MA, Broadwin R, Johnson KC, Salmon AG, Winder B, Steinmaus C
    The association between exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and breast cancer: A review by the California Environmental Protection Agency
    Preventive Medicine 2007; 44(2):93-106 [ PubMed ]


  • Fong GT, Hyland A, Borland R, Hammond D, Hastings G, McNeill A, Anderson S, Cummings KM, Allwright S, Mulcahy M, Howell F, Clancy L, Thompson ME, Connolly G, Driezen P
    Reductions in tobacco smoke pollution and increases in support for smoke-free public places following the implementation of comprehensive smoke-free workplace legislation in the Republic of Ireland: findings from the ITC Ireland/UK Survey
    Tob. Control, Jun 2006; 15: iii51 - iii58 [ PDF ]


  • Menzies D, Nair A, Williamson PA, Schembri S, Al-Khairalla MZH, Barnes M, Fardon TC, McFarlane L, Magee GJ, Lipworth BJ
    Respiratory Symptoms, Pulmonary Function, and Markers of Inflammation Among Bar Workers Before and After a Legislative Ban on Smoking in Public Places
    JAMA. 2006;296:1742-1748 [PDF]


  • Eagan TML, Hetland J, and Aarø LE
    Decline in respiratory symptoms in service workers five months after a public smoking ban
    Tob. Control 2006; 15: 242 - 246 [Paper]


  • Samet JM
    Smoking Bans Prevent Heart Attacks
    Circulation 2006; 114: 1450 – 1451 [PDF]


  • Bartecchi C, Alsever RN, Nevin-Woods C, Thomas WM, Estacio RO, Bartelson BB, Krantz MJ
    Reduction in the Incidence of Acute Myocardial Infarction Associated With a Citywide Smoking Ordinance
    Circulation 2006; 114: 1490 – 1496 [PDF]


  • Barone-Adesi F, Vizzini L, Merletti F, Richiardi L
    Short-term effects of Italian smoking regulation on rates of hospital admission for acute myocardial infarction
    Eur. Heart J., 2006; 27: 2468 – 2472 [PDF]


  • Barnoya J, Glantz SA
    Cardiovascular Effects of Secondhand Smoke: Nearly as Large as Smoking
    Circulation 2005;111:2684-2698 [PDF ]


  • Ong MK, Glantz SA
    Cardiovascular health and economic effects of smoke-free workplaces
    Am J Med 2004; 117:32-38 [PDF]


  • Sargent RP, Shephard RS, Glantz SA
    Reduced Incidence of Admissions for Myocardial Infarction Associated with Public Smoking Ban: Before and After Study
    British Medical Journal 2004; 328: 977 - 980 [ PDF ]


  • Whincup PH, Gilg JA, Emberson JR, Jarvis MJ, Feyerabend C, Bryant A, Walker M, Cook DG
    Passive smoking and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke: prospective study with cotinine measurement
    British Medical Journal 2004;329(7459):200-5 [PDF]


  • Siegel M, Skeer M
    Exposure to secondhand smoke and excess lung cancer mortality risk among workers in the "5 Bs": bars, bowling alleys, billiard halls, betting establishments, and bingo parlours
    Tobacco Control 2003;12:333-338 [ Abstract ]


  • Bates MN, Fawcett J, Dickson S, Berezowski R, Garrett N
    Exposure of hospitality workers to environmental tobacco smoke
    Tobacco Control 2002;11:125-129 [ PDF ]


  • Otsuka R, Watanabe H, Hirata K, Tokai K, Muro T, Yoshiyama M, Takeuchi K, Yoshikawa J
    Acute effects of passive smoking on the coronary circulation in healthy young adults
    JAMA 2001;286: 436-441 [ Abstract ]


  • Glantz S, Parmley W
    Even a little secondhand smoke is dangerous
    JAMA 286:462-463, 2001 [ PDF ]


  • Khuder SA, Simon VJ
    Is there an association between passive smoking and breast cancer?
    European Journal of Epidemiology 16:117-1121, 2000 [ Abstract ]


  • Eisner M, Smith AK, Blanc PD
    Bartenders' Respiratory Health After Establishment of Smoke-Free Bars and Taverns
    JAMA 280:1909-1914, 1998 [ PDF ]


  • Glantz S, Parmley W
    Passive smoking and heart disease: Epidemiology, Physiology, and Biochemistry
    Circulation 83:1-12, 1991 [ PDF ]


  • Glantz S, Parmley W
    Passive smoking and heart disease: Mechanisms and risk
    JAMA 273:1047-1053, 1995 [ PDF ]