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Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 05:40:41 -0800
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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: Death By Secondhand Smoke (fwd)

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>
>In the December 1996 issue of Consumer Reports magazine, there is a survey of
>ranking risks to cause of death.   Listed below are the top ten causes of
>death, the deaths/year from each cause, and how the people surveyed ranked
>the risk
>
>
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>
>Cause of death                Deaths/year            Survey rank
>
>Tobacco use                    419,000                        1 
>Alcohol-related                108,000                        4
>Motor-vehicle accidents         42,000                        2
>Secondhand smoke                40,000                        7
>AIDS                            30,000                        3
>Druck driving                   17,000                        6
>Radon (lung cancer)             13,600                       17
>Food poisoning                   9,000                       10
>Falls in home                    7,100                        8
>Drowning                         4,800                        9
>
>
>** figures are based on most recent years available.
>
>
>I was surprised to find that secondhand smoke causes more deaths than do all
>illegal drugs put together.   Mothers with babies should consider the risks
>of secondhand smoke, as well.


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