Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) / Secondhand Smoke
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS), also called “secondhand smoke,” is the aged and diluted combination of smoke from the lit end of a cigarette and the smoke exhaled by a smoker.
The Surgeon General has concluded that:
Secondhand smoke causes premature death and disease in children and in adults who do not smoke.
Children exposed to secondhand smoke are at an increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), acute respiratory infections, ear problems, and more severe asthma.
Smoking by parents causes respiratory symptoms and slows lung growth in their children.
Exposure of adults to secondhand smoke has immediate adverse effects on the cardiovascular system and causes coronary heart disease and lung cancer.
The scientific evidence indicates that there is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke.
Public health officials suggest that smokers should avoid smoking around infants and children, especially in poorly ventilated environments, and Lorillard agrees with these suggestions.
Lorillard believes that the public should rely on the conclusions of the Surgeon General and other public health authorities in deciding whether to be present where smoking is permitted. Lorillard also believes smokers should be considerate of others in deciding when and where to smoke.
MORE INFORMATION
Reports of the Surgeon General at: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/index.html
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) at: http://monographs.iarc.fr/eng/monographs/vol83/volume83pdf
Environmental Protection Agency at: http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/healtheffects.html
Lorillard provides these links for your convenience and to assist you in obtaining information from the Surgeon General and other public health authorities on the health effects of exposure to secondhand smoke. Lorillard is not responsible for the content of these websites. Lorillard may not agree with all of the statements contained on these websites, but you should nonetheless rely on information from your personal physicians and other medical providers, the Surgeon General and other public health authorities and not Lorillard for information regarding the health effects of exposure to secondhand smoke.