Posted on 11/26/2010 3:12:48 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
Second-hand smoke globally kills more than 600,000 people each year, accounting for 1% of all deaths worldwide, according to a new study.
The alarming findings - published on Thursday in the British medical journal Lancet - are based on a survey of 192 countries in 2004.
Researchers estimated that annually second-hand smoke causes about 379,000 deaths from heart disease, 165,000 deaths from lower respiratory disease, 36,900 deaths from asthma and 21,400 deaths from lung cancer.
Children account for about 165,000 of the deaths, according to the researchers.
"This helps us understand the real toll of tobacco," said Armando Peruga, of the World Health Organization, who led the study. He said the estimated 603,000 deaths from passive smoking should be added to the 5.1 million that smoking claims annually.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
Not even if said smoke is being blown up our @sses.
More liberal “Fun With Math!”
Study paid for by Grants from Kookball Liberals to Fantatical Moonbats out of your Tax Money! They gotta go.
Quick! Ban death!
Banning DDT has killed untold millions. Chew on that, libs.
More junk science from nitwit land.
“Children account for about 165,000 of the death”
That’s some fast acting cig smoke....
It seems second-hand smoke kills more people than directly smoking does.
There can only be one conclusion- more people should start smoking and get their smoke first-hand. Do it for the children.
Why don’t we send a C-137 full of cigarettes to the Taliban?
Any mention of the WHO’s global ban on DDT?
It's fascinating how science can determine how no other medical conditions, lifestyle choices, genetic makeup, or health factors contributed to these diseases. It was ALL from second-hand smoke.
Yeah, sure.
On the other had, this was published in a newspaper, so I have no choice but to believe it without exercising free thought.
That’s the biggest pile of bull shyte I’ve ever heard. Just as bad as global warming!
600,000 people died that could be conclusively confirmed as having seen a lit cigarette.
Right, just like the Carville Progressive Math Theorem: If Hillary has 2 balls and gives 1 of her balls to Barrack who has no balls then Hillary has 2 balls and Barrack has 2 balls or 2 - 1 = 4
I am so freaking tired of hearing about studies, that are meaningless and incorrect. Those smokers are going to die eventually anyway let them enjoy their pleasures. These damn Nazis are just interested in stopping people not helping them. Just stop the freaking studies.
I say without any further qualifications or hesitations that Armando Peruga, of the World Health Organization IS A PAID LIEING WHORE!
Any questions?
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