Chapter 4 The health effects of secondhand smoke

4.1 Background

4.2 What is secondhand smoke?

4.3 What is in secondhand smoke?

4.4 Cardiovascular disease and secondhand smoke

4.5 Lung cancer and secondhand smoke

4.6 Cancers of other sites

4.7 Health effects of secondhand smoke for infants and children

4.8 Effects of secondhand smoke on the respiratory system in adults

4.9 Secondhand smoke and pregnancy

4.10 Secondhand smoke and increased risk of infectious disease

4.11 Secondhand smoke and diabetes

4.12 Population prevalence of exposure to secondhand smoke in the home

4.13 Estimates of morbidity and mortality attributable to secondhand smoke

4.14 Public attitudes to secondhand smoke

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