Childhood Asthma/Tobacco Smoke

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www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_1986/

http://www.epa.gov

1992 EPA Report: Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking (Also Known As Exposure To Secondhand Smoke Or Environmental Tobacco Smoke - ETS) available at http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/

1997 California EPA Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) Report: Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke available at http://www.oehha.org/air/environmental_tobacco/finalets.html