EPA/ORD/NCEA - Passive Smoking - ETS - Effects of secondhand smoke on children and adults: asthma attacks, lower respiratory tract infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia; buildup of fluid in the middle ear; upper respiratory tract irritation; lung cancer. Does not cover heart disease effects. Health Effects of Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke - List of links on the subject. Setting the Record Straight: Secondhand Smoke is A Preventable Health Risk - Since the EPA identified secondhand smoke as a known human carcinogen, the tobacco industry has been trying to cast doubt on the science. In this item, the EPA summarizes the science and fact. Other Studies Support EPA on Secondhand Smoke - Most scientific studies in recent years support the point: Breathing someone else's tobacco smoke can hurt one's health. Report from the Washington Post. National Center for Environmental Assessment - Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking - Based on the weight of the available scientific evidence, concludes that secondhand smoke in the United States presents a serious and substantial public health impact. Health Effects of Environmental Tobacco Smoke - Report, resources, and set of annotated links from the Smoke-Free Environments Law Project. Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke - California EPA report; HTML and gzipped Word formats provided. Secondhand Smoke Causes Menstrual Pain - Secondhand smoke increases the occurrence of dysmenorrhea (menstrual pain) in nonsmoking women; moreover, the more secondhand smoke a woman is exposed to daily, the higher her risk for dysmenorrhea. Bartenders' Respiratory Health After Establishment of Smoke-Free Bars and Taverns - Research measures lung function, respiratory symptoms, before and after bars went smokefree. Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke - Characterizes the risk, provides a research bibliography, breaks down the exposure by toxins and carcinogens, and enumerates the scientific bodies that have concluded that secondhand smoke causes disease. Why Air Filtration Devices Are Ineffective - GASP Colorado information; some air cleaners clear some of the smoke, but none can effectively clear all the toxic gases, which include carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ammonia, volatile N-nitrosamines, hydrogen cyanide and cyanogen, sulfur compounds, nitriles, hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes, and ketones. The Danger of Second Hand Smoke - About.com - Links and resources on the effects of secondhand smoke or passive smoking. Secondhand Smoke Price Tag: $10 Billion a Year - Second-hand tobacco smoke is costing the U.S. economy more than $10 billion a year, according to recent research. Environmental Tobacco Smoke - California 2005 report on secondhand smoke. Extremely detailed and documented. Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke - NCI 1999 monograph covers impact, exposure, effects on infants and children, reproductive effects, lung disease, cancer, and heart disease. Fertility Cut by Passive Smoking - Report on recent research; when a woman is a nonsmoker but her partner smokes at home, her fertility is reduced. Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Tobacco Related Mortality - Study of secondhand smoke finds little relation between environmental tobacco smoke and tobacco-related mortality. (James E. Enstrom and Geoffrey C. Kabat, 17 May 2003) Secondhand Smoke: Protect Yourself from the Dangers - Information provided by the Mayo Clinic. MedlinePlus: Secondhand Smoke - Resources from the U.S. National Library of Health.