Proposed Identification of Environmental Tobacco Smoke as a Toxic Air Contaminant

California Environmental Protection Agency: Air Resources Board

University of California at San Francisco, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education from Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC San Francisco

Abstract: This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the effects of environmental tobacco smoke (secondhand smoke) as of mid-2005 produced by the California Air Resources Board and Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as part of the process of identifying ETS as a toxic air contaminant. Part A of the report includes information about the chemical composition of secondhand smoke and exposure of the public to secondhand smoke, including outdoor exposures. Part B of the report includes information on the health effects of secondhand smoke and concludes that the following health effects are causally associated iwth ETS exposure: Developmental Effects: Fetal growth: Low birth weight and decrease in birth weight, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Pre-term Delivery Respiratory Effects: Acute lower respiratory tract infections in children (e.g., bronchitis and pneumonia), Asthma induction and exacerbation in children and adults, Chronic respiratory symptoms in children, Eye and nasal irritation in adults, Middle ear infections in children, Carcinogenic Effects: Lung cancer, Nasal sinus cancer, Breast cancer in younger, primarily premenopausal women Cardiovascular Effects: Heart disease mortality, Acute and chronic coronary heart disease morbidity, Altered vascular properties Part C: The public comments and responses are available in a separate report, available at http://repositories.cdlib.org/tc/surveys/CALEPA2005C/

Keywords: environmental tobacco smoke; secondhand smoke; ETS; involuntary smoking; passive smoking; exposure assessment; tobacco smoke pollution; particulate matter; emissions; indoor smoking; outdoor smoking; indoor air pollution; developmental toxicity; reproductive toxicity; cancer; carcinogenic; cardiovascular; heart disease; spontaneous abortion; SIDS; sudden infant death syndrome; fetal growth; asthma; otitis media; cystic fibrosis; lung cancer; nasal sinus cancer; head and neck cancer; cervical cancer; breast cancer; bladder cancer; stomach cancer; brain tumors; leukemia; lymphomas; vascular function (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-06-24
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (4)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/8hk6960q.pdf;origin=repeccitec (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cdl:ctcres:qt8hk6960q

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in University of California at San Francisco, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education from Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC San Francisco
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Lisa Schiff ().