More Californians are concerned about the effect of secondhand smoke, and are taking steps to protect their families. In 1993, an estimated 1.6 million Californian children living with adult smokers were not protected from secondhand smoke exposure. Smoke filled rooms can have six times the air pollution as a busy highway. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, It's Time to Stop Being a Passive Victim , 1993. At high exposure levels, nicotine is a potent and potentially lethal poison.
Secondhand smoke is the only source of nicotine in the air.
It takes approximately two weeks to get nicotine out of the air in a room where people have smoked. Fontham Elizabeth TH, et. A Multicenter Case- Control Study . In 1993, 1.8 million nonsmoking employees were exposed to secondhand smoke in their workplace. In Four Americans Still Smokes.