Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, July 21, 1993, Parte 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993 |
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Página 429 - The court, in issuing any final order in any action brought pursuant to this section, may award costs of litigation (including reasonable attorney and expert witness fees) to any party, whenever the court determines such award is appropriate.
Página 143 - I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you at today's hearing on behalf of the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, and the American Lung Association, united as the Coalition on Smoking OR Health.
Página 383 - refer to airborne concentrations of substances and represent conditions under which it is believed that nearly all workers may be repeatedly exposed day after day without adverse effect.
Página 351 - Involuntary smoking is a cause of disease, including lung cancer, in healthy nonsmokers.
Página 351 - The simple separation of smokers and nonsmokers within the same air space may reduce, but does not eliminate, the exposure of nonsmokers to environmental tobacco smoke.
Página 288 - Your prepared statements will be made part of the record in full. What we would like to ask each of you to do is to limit your oral presentation to no more than 5 minutes...
Página 20 - Mr. Chairman, this concludes my prepared testimony. I would be pleased to respond to any questions you or other members of the Subcommittee may have.
Página 51 - Fires Smoking is the leading cause of fire deaths in the United States. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), smoking materials were the cause ol more than 200,000 fires per year during the decade of the 1980s (Miller 1993).
Página 157 - This report estimates that 200,000 to 1,000,000 asthmatic children have their condition worsened by exposure to ETS. • ETS exposure is a risk factor for new cases of asthma in children who have not previously displayed symptoms.
Página 370 - We are pleased to welcome you to our hearing today. Your prepared statements will be in the record in full. What we would like to ask...