Discussion of the major findings of the Surgeon General's Report: The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke 2006

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Jonathan Samet, MD, MS, Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, 410 955 3286, jsamet@jhsph.edu and Terry Pechacek, PhD, Office on Smoking and Health, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 3005 Chamblee Tucker Rd, Atlanta, GA 30341.

The Surgeon General's Report: Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke is an update, evaluation, and synthesis of evidence on the health consequences of exposure to secondhand smoke. It updates the 1986 Surgeon General's report on The Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking. The report examines the topics of toxicology, assessment and prevalence of exposure, reproductive and developmental health effects, respiratory effects of exposure in children, cancer among adults, cardiovascular diseases in adults, respiratory effects in adults, and the control of secondhand smoke exposure.

Learning Objectives:

To familiarize participants with the Surgeon General’s Report

To discuss the major findings of the report; and
To invite participants in a dialogue with the Senior Scientific Editor of the report.

Keywords: Tobacco Control, Tobacco Policy

Related Web page: www.cdc.gov/tobacco

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No

Recorded presentation

Every Breath You Take: Places and Spaces Contaminated by Tobacco Smoke

The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA