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<br />� WI3ER���, non-smoking�tCti�ne i� bui c9�ings do n�t eliminate non-smokers' cxt3os�a�o
<br />� to second-hand smoke (U,S. Environmental ���n Agency Offict oi Air and R�d��t��t,
<br />� TARC Scientific Publications $1;25-41, 1987); and
<br />� WHEREAS ,carcinogens found in Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) ar� causally
<br />4 related to cancer, It is estimated that every ye�r 3,000 non-smokers in the U.S.die of lung
<br />l a cancer related ka ETS (60 deaths in Minncaota). To date, aver 50 substances in second-
<br />l] hand smoke have been identified as carcinogens. �J.S . bapartm�n t of Health and ��n
<br />1� Services; f�lealth Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco S'[roke,1999); and
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<br />WHEREAS, annually between 35,000 and 62, OOOnon-smokers die in the �,�, (7Q4 to
<br />1,240 deaths in Minnesota) from Ischemic heart di6ease relatcd to BTS (U,�, Department
<br />of Health and Human Services; Healtll Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco
<br />Smokc,1999);and
<br />WHEREAS, each year 9,700 to 18,600 low birth weightbabies born in the �T,�- (190 to
<br />370 in Minnesota) are causally related to EI`S (U.S. Department of Health and Human
<br />Services; Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco S�mke,1999); and
<br />�� WHEREAS ,annually between 1,900and 2,700 �i� from Sudden Infant Death
<br />�� Syndrome (SIDS) occur in the U. S�(30 to 50 d4achs in Minnesota) related S� ETS �U,S.
<br />�� Department of �ealth and Human Services; Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental
<br />� Tobacco Smokc,1999); and
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<br />�� WHEREAS ,irrit�nts in E'TS cause 150,000 cases annually of bronchitis and pneumonia
<br />�� (3,000 cases �n Minnesota). �iGants also cause 700,000 cases annually of middte ear
<br />�J� infections in children in the U.S(14,000 in MN} {U'.S. Department of Health and HLanan
<br />� C Services; Health Effects of Exposure to �nvironmental Tobacco S�ake,1999); and
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<br />WHEREAS ,The effects of tobacco smoke are well documented, and *� *+�+�� �� medical
<br />and scientific authorities, including the Azt�.�r�can Medical Association, the Surgeon
<br />General, the N�t�pnal Institute on Occupational Safety and Health, the N�ciQnal Cancer
<br />lnstitutc, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Academy of Sciences, the
<br />National ToxicologyPrograan and th� World He�lth Organization have recognized the
<br />deadly effects of exposure to secondhand smoke .'Il�e proposed F`ram�ework Convention on
<br />Tobacco Clce.itrol, a global treaty negotiated by more than 190 countries, declarts that
<br />"ecicntific evidence has unequivocally established that exposure to tobacco smoke causes
<br />death, disease and disability."
<br />WHEREAS , ETS rapidly diffuses throughout a room. Using indoor aar quality standards,
<br />ventilation rates would havc to be increased more than a thousana�fold to reduce cancer
<br />ri,sk associated with E',�`S • Such ventilation rate would result in a virtual windstorm indoors
<br />(R�pace, r. "RLSk Management and Passive gmking at Work and at Home," St. Iauis
<br />University Public Law Review, 13(2); 763-785,1994); and
<br />DISCUSSION DRAF"1` �Pag�--1--July 30,2004
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