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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
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>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
>
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>** 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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