Lung Cancer and Other Disorders , December 1993. Secondhand smoke exposure triggers up to 26,000 new cases of asthma in children each year. 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. 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.