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Passive smoking in the home: the legal ramifications

Benjamin Andoh

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A 'human carcinogen' is a substance which causes cancer or for which a cause-effect relationship has been established in humans (United States Environmental Agency Report, 1992).Tobacco smoke is now said to contain more than 50 human carcinogens and over 4,700 chemicals (Hoffman and Hoffman, 'The Changing Cigarette 1950-I995' (1997) 50

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A 'human carcinogen' is a substance which causes cancer or for which a cause-effect relationship has been established in humans (United States Environmental Agency Report, 1992).Tobacco smoke is now said to contain more than 50 human carcinogens and over 4,700 chemicals (Hoffman and Hoffman, 'The Changing Cigarette 1950-I995' (1997) 50

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A 'human carcinogen' is a substance which causes cancer or for which a cause-effect relationship has been established in humans (United States Environmental Agency Report, 1992).Tobacco smoke is now said to contain more than 50 human carcinogens and over 4,700 chemicals (Hoffman and Hoffman, 'The Changing Cigarette 1950-I995' (1997) 50

Key concepts: Sidestream smoke, Smoke, Tobacco smoke, Passive smoking, Smoke inhalation, Environmental health, Mainstream, Cigarette smoke

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