Secondhand Smoke Health information topics about Secondhand Smoke: Children 1. Secondhand Smoke and Children American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/tobacco/secondhand_smoke.cfm 2. Children and Secondhand Smoke Environmental Protection Agency, Indoor Environments Division http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/pubs/etschild.html Law and Policy 1. State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues (SLATI) American Lung Association http://slati.lungusa.org/ 2. Secondhand Smoke: Progress Is Slow in Efforts to E National Cancer Institute http://progressreport.cancer.gov/doc.asp?pid=1&did=21&chid=9&coid=52&mid=vp... National Institutes of Health 1. I Mind Very Much If You Smoke National Cancer Institute http://rex.nci.nih.gov/NCI_Pub_Interface/I_mind_if_you_smoke/mindsmo.html 2. Secondhand Smoke: Questions and Answers National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/10_18.htm Newsletters/Print Publications 1. Smoke-Free Homes Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/publications.html Organizations 1. Tobacco Information and Prevention Source National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/ 2. National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/ 3. Environmental Protection Agency, Indoor Environmen http://www.epa.gov/iaq/ 4. Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids http://tobaccofreekids.org/ 5. American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/ 6. American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/ Overviews 1. Secondhand Smoke: Protect Yourself from the Danger Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=CC00023 2. Health Harms from Secondhand Smoke National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids http://tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0103.pdf 3. Secondhand Smoke and Your Family American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=39858 Related Issues 1. Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/pubs/etsfs.html Research 1. Study Shows Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Second National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/mar2004/niehs-15.htm 2. America's Children and the Environment Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/envirohealth/children/ 3. Infants Exposed to Secondhand Smoke Have Higher Ho Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/research/infants_secondhand_smoke.html 4. Protecting Children from Tobacco Smoke Exposure: W Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/research/tobacco_smoke_exposure.html 5. Second National Report on Human Exposure to Enviro National Center for Environmental Health http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/2nd/cotinine_factsheet.htm 6. Studies Highlight Dangers of Secondhand Smoke: Fin American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_Studies_Highlight_Danger... Statistics 1. Facts about Secondhand Smoke American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/COM/content/div_TX/COM_11_2x_The_Facts_about_... 2. Facts and Figures American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/COM/content/div_TX/COM_5_2x_GASO_Facts_and_Fi... 3. Secondhand Smoke American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35422 4. Secondhand Smoke and Children American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=39857 Women 1. Harm Caused by Pregnant Women Smoking or Being Exp National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids http://tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0007.pdf   Recommended Resources: Yahoo! Health News Yahoo! 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