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Second-hand smoke kills 600,000 people a year: Study
New York Daily News ^
| 11/16/10
| James Fanelli
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.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: badscience; pufflist; smoking; weredoomed
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To: JohnBrowdie; Larry Lucido; Cagey; MotleyGirl70; Gamecock
JERRY: No—go ahead—I second-hand smoke two packs a day.
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posted on
11/26/2010 3:35:32 PM PST
by
earlJam
To: JohnBrowdie
Would the Lancet feel better if they fell out of windows?
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posted on
11/26/2010 3:36:15 PM PST
by
jmacusa
(Two wrongs don't make a right. But they can make it interesting.)
To: 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.
Well according to my understanding of Obamacare we should not even consider this a problem (1% of the causes of deaths) since it would be totally inconsistent with the streamlined, get the most benefit for a buck, cost effectiveness that Obamacare will bring to medical care. These people just have to be denied care and die or as they say in the Carribean, No Problem.
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posted on
11/26/2010 3:37:19 PM PST
by
hflynn
(The One has been reduced to The Zero)
To: JohnBrowdie
This is such a bullsh*t assertion; similar to global warming. But there will be those among us that swear, they smelled cigarettes at some point in their life and now...well now they are sick.
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posted on
11/26/2010 3:37:27 PM PST
by
Outlaw Woman
(Lock & Load-Coming to a Neighborhood near you)
To: JohnBrowdie
Can you say NAAANNNYYY SSTTTTAAAATTEE.
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posted on
11/26/2010 3:37:44 PM PST
by
steveab
(When was the last time someone tried to sell you a CO2 induced climate control system for your home?)
To: Dawgreg
Just as bad as global warming! The same people are behind both. If you can keep the "crisis" going, you can keep the grant money flowing.
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posted on
11/26/2010 3:37:51 PM PST
by
JennysCool
(My hypocrisy goes only so far)
To: JohnBrowdie
I’m so tired, I’m feeling so upset
Although I’m so tired I’ll have another cigarette
And curse Sir Walter Raleigh
He was such a stupid get
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posted on
11/26/2010 3:38:43 PM PST
by
Kryn-Man
(Self-righteous, gun-totin', military-lovin', redneck)
To: JPG
Rachael Carson and Bill Ruckelshaus are sharing a cell in hell for crimes.
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posted on
11/26/2010 3:38:51 PM PST
by
onona
(dbada)
To: JohnBrowdie
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posted on
11/26/2010 3:42:06 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("We treat terrorists with kid gloves, and our citizens with rubber gloves." Rush Limbaugh)
To: JohnBrowdie
I knew this was from The Lancet before I even opened it.
BS.
To: screaminsunshine
“Study paid for by Grants from Kookball Liberals to Fantatical Moonbats out of your Tax Money!”
....yep, they gotta keep the hysteria level up so the grant money will keep rolling in.
To: mnehring
That is acceptable logic.
To: JohnBrowdie
And what about flatuation?
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posted on
11/26/2010 3:45:06 PM PST
by
VRW Conspirator
(The greatest deterrent to liberalism is sunlight.)
To: SaveTheChief
Amazing all these deaths are ending in 000 , seems if they were actually counting it would be more like 601,421 or something like that, did they factor in the childrens death by abortion?
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posted on
11/26/2010 3:45:38 PM PST
by
JoanneSD
To: JohnBrowdie
Last study had it killing a gazillion if not more.
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posted on
11/26/2010 3:45:40 PM PST
by
bray
(63 more reasons the Tea Party Rox)
To: VRW Conspirator
To: JohnBrowdie
I take a second hand smoke break every day. My co-workers all take a smoke break, and since I don’t smoke, I’ll be damned of I’m gonna miss out on a break.
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posted on
11/26/2010 3:46:43 PM PST
by
ez
("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton, Paradise Lost)
To: JohnBrowdie
"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.
Gee, they didn't like the results of the previous, massive study which concluded either no effects from or a slightly protective effect from second-hand smoke, which they downplayed, so now they've done another one to get the results they wanted with the first.
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posted on
11/26/2010 3:47:02 PM PST
by
aruanan
To: JohnBrowdie
Liberalism kills millions a year... no study on that one though..
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posted on
11/26/2010 3:47:17 PM PST
by
snarkbait
(<<For Rent>>)
To: JohnBrowdie
Million Man Math Made Easy
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posted on
11/26/2010 3:47:42 PM PST
by
ICE-FLYER
(God bless and keep the United States of America)
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