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, Volumen 4

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Página 145 - 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 391 - 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 359 - Involuntary smoking is a cause of disease, including lung cancer, in healthy nonsmokers.
Página 371 - ETS effect on children between the ages of 18 months and 3 years, but no additional estimata have been computed for this age group. Whether or not these illnesses result in death has not been addressed here. In the United States, more than 5,000 infants die of SIDS annually. It is the major cause of death in infants between the ages of 1 month and 1 year, and the linkage with maternal smoking is well established.
Página 359 - 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 29 - We accept an interest in people's health as a basic responsibility, paramount to every other consideration in our business.
Página 53 - Smoking is the leading cause of fire deaths in the United States. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA...
Página 378 - 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...

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