Estimated annual morbidity and mortality in nonsmokers associated with ETS exposure:
| Carcinogenic effects |
| Lung |
3,000 deaths |
| |
|
| Cardiovascular effects |
| Ischemic heart disease |
35,000 to 62,000 deaths |
Source: National Cancer Institute. Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke: The Report of the California Environmental Protection Agency. Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph No. 10. Bethesda, MD. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, NIH Pub. No. 99-4645, 1999. |
