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28 Jan 2006 09:19:02 pm

Passive Smoking, Breast Cancer And Government

We have discussed the link between passive smoking and risk of breast cancer in this blog earlier. Now there is legal backing for this argument.

Regulators in California have recently ruled that secondhand smoke increases the risk for breast cancer in younger women. This is an unprecedented finding that could lead to tougher anti-smoking measures.

This ruling was approved by the state's Air Resources Board, which is well known nationally for its tough stance on limiting auto and diesel pollution. The board has unanimously approved a 1,200-page report from California Environmental Protection Agency scientists report citing that secondhand smoke increases the risk of breast cancer in younger women. The agency's findings challenged conventional scientific community which until recently considered the link between female smoking and breast cancer is based on scanty evidence.

"I think that if we don't embrace these new conclusions, we're doing a disservice to younger women," says Andrew Hyland, a research scientist at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo. "My prediction is that in the months to come, people will see the evidence and change their opinion."

By accepting the environmental protection agencies finding, the Air Resources Board officially lists secondhand smoke as a "toxic air contaminant" under state law. That begins a process that could lead to new restrictions in the state that already has the nation's toughest anti-smoking rules. Those could include reducing exposure in vehicles carrying children or in rental buildings where smoke drifts from apartments with smokers to non-smokers' units.

Category : Breast cancer treatment | Posted By : Sherin |

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