United States, each year. Second-Hand smoke, or passive smoke, is not as hazardous as mainstream smoke, it is still a dangerous matter.

More people die each year from second-hand smoke than from car accidents. A report by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, declared that second-hand smoke had killed 62,000 people from heart attacks and had caused 200,000 nonfatal heart attacks. Half of all American children live with a person who smokes and nine million kids breathe cigarette smoke regularly. Recently, there has been a law passed to protect waiters and waitresses from second-hand smoke. There have been several other efforts to control second-hand smoke. One act to stop non-smokers intake of cigarette smoke happened in 1969. ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) filed a petition to stop people from smoking on airlines. It passed and now there is no smoking on publiSmoking is a bad habit, which plagues the young, as well as the old. It is the largest source of preventable mortality in North America1. Not only does smoking lead to an early grave, but it can also influence one's

11 Klesges, Robert C. et al. "Smoking Status: effects on dietary intake, physical activity, and body fat of adult men," American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition v51 (May 1990), p786.

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2 Miser, William F. "Smoking Has Detrimental Effects on Physical Fitness," American Family Physician v40 (Nov. 1989), p92s.

6 Larson, B. "Relationships Between Exercise, Smoking, Alcohol, and Other Factors," Public Health Reports v100 (Mar./Apr. 1985), p176.

4 Marti, Bernard et al. "Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, and Endurance Capacity: An Analysis of 6,500 19-Year-Old Conscripts and 4100 Joggers," Preventive

5 Klesges, Robert C. et al. "Smoking Status: effects on dietary intake, physical activity, and body fat of adult men," American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition v51 (May 1990), p787.

15 "Smoking To Stay Thin--The Body-Image Connection," OPHEA Journal Autumn, 1996, p17.

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