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From: TimF	10/13/2006 4:02:14 PM
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Anti-Smoking Group Claims that 30 Seconds of Secondhand Smoke is As Bad As a Lifetime of Active Smoking in Terms of Coronary Artery Function According to an article in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, a Minnesota anti-smoking group has publicly claimed that 30 seconds of secondhand smoke is as bad as a lifetime of active smoking in terms of coronary artery function. The group - Association for Nonsmokers (Minnesota) - issued a press release which declared that a mere 30 seconds of secondhand smoke exposure results in coronary artery damage that is indistinguishable from the damage suffered by active smokers (many of whom have smoked for decades). According to the article, the Association for Nonsmokers press release claimed that: "Just 30 seconds of exposure can make coronary artery function of nonsmokers indistinguishable from smokers." The Rest of the Story obtained a copy of the press release, dated August 30, which indeed stated: "Research studies have shown that even just thirty seconds of exposure to secondhand smoke can make coronary artery function of non-smokers indistinguishable from smokers." The Rest of the Story The amount of time it takes to suffer severe damage from secondhand smoke keeps decreasing rapidly. First it was 30 minutes. Then 20 minutes. Then 5 minutes. Now it's down to 30 seconds. I can see why anti-smoking advocates in Omaha want nonsmokers to call 911 when they so much as see an ashtray. Let's give the Association for Nonsmokers the benefit of the doubt and assume that this was simply a careless mistake, and that what they meant to say was that 30 minutes of exposure to secondhand smoke is indistinguishable from chronic active smoking in terms of coronary artery function. If the Association for Nonsmokers' health claim is true, then there is no reason for smokers to quit smoking. Because if they are ever exposed to secondhand smoke for just 30 minutes, then their coronary arteries apparently have suffered damage equivalent to that from active smoking and the function of their coronary arteries is indistinguishable from that of active smokers. So why bother to quit smoking?... tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com reason.com

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