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passive smoking
(redirected from Involuntary smoking)

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passive smoking
the inhalation of smoke from other people's cigarettes by a nonsmoker


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Public concern about the health effects of secondhand smoke (SHS) increased sharply in 1981 when Hirayama (1981) linked SHS to lung cancer in non-smokers, followed by the 1986 Surgeon General's Report, The Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking [U.
In this recent study, researchers attempted to estimate the number of children adversely affected by involuntary smoking.
Past cases dealing with involuntary smoking in the workplace have obtained a variety of legal relief, including workers' compensation,(26) disability benefits,(27) and unemployment insurance.
 
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