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<title>
Jan. 18, 1993: Put Out That Butt!
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Jan. 18, 1993 Fighting Back: Spouse Abuse
</history>
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK
NATION, Page 16
Put Out That Butt!
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<p>The EPA officially recognizes the dangers of secondhand smoke
</p>
<p> The Environmental Protection Agency, after a curious delay,
gave nonsmokers more ammunition to target smoking colleagues,
relatives and restaurant patrons. It spent two years reviewing
an expert panel's findings and finally concluded that exposure
to secondhand smoke exacerbates bronchitis, pneumonia and other
ailments in children and kills 3,000 adults through lung cancer
each year. The report, which had seemingly run afoul of
political considerations within the agency, was immediately
denounced by the tobacco industry.
</p>
<p> Physicians agree that the greatest danger from passive
smoking lies in the kind of chronic exposure that may occur
during a 40-year marriage, and not in the occasional inhalation
of cigarette fumes. Many doctors routinely advise parents of
young children to quit, says Dr. William H. Coleman, incoming
president of the American Academy of Family Physicians. "At the
very least, they should not smoke inside the house and never in
the car," he declares.
</p>
<p> Although the EPA's conclusions lack any regulatory punch,
several American companies are now considering a total ban on
cigarette smoking in the workplace. The Baltimore Orioles
announced last week that they would limit smoking to certain
designated areas of their open-air stadium and prohibit it in
the seats.
</p>
<p> News about the EPA report also brought to light the fact
that a separate division of the government agency, which
studies indoor pollutants, had dropped its funding of research
into tobacco smoke. Critics alleged that the decision, which
was made about the same time that the passive-smoking panel
reached its conclusions, was a result of lobbying by the tobacco
industry. Although the government denies the charge, Congress
has launched an investigation.
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