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Key areas and groups Passive smoking The Facts World Health Organization Western Pacific Region SMOKERS RIGHTS VS BREATHERS RIGHTS As people have become more aware of the dangers of passive smoking, many places have become "smoke-free" including workplaces, cinemas, buses, trains, shops, sporting centres and restaurants. Governments should protect the rights of individuals to breathe smoke-free air. Former US Surgeon General, Everett Koop has said, "The right of smokers to smoke ends wherethere behaviour affects the health and well-being ofothers".4 The non-smoker is often more sensitive to tobacco smoke than the person who smokes. Secondhand smoke and your health Some of the effects of passive smoking have only been known in recent years. As the evidence accumulates, it is now clear that ETS is a very significant cause of death and disease.5 In the United States the impact of ETS alone causes more deaths per year than the combined total of all deaths attributed to the cancer-producing substances regulated by the Federal Agency for Occupational Health.6
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