Then you' d have to figure out a way to squeeze in 222,000 smokers. Since 1986, according to a report from the American Council on Science and Health, the number of cases examining acute and chronic diseases in humans exposed to ETS has more than doubled. Reasonable and expected levels of exposure to ETS have been declining since the mid-80s. If have doubts about releasing raw data from federally funded studies that are used to form public policy, this one ought to shake you out of your complacency. Hey, the UK Whitehall study had this one wrapped up in 20 years ago.
Mortality rates vary continuously and precisely with people's socio-economic status.
Mortality rates for the lowest civil service classification were three times those for those in the highest grade. This sounds like an economic problem to me, not a medical or epidemiological one. Click here to post a public comment on the Trash Talk Bulletin Board. Click here to send a private comment to the Junkman.