Monday, April 13, 2009

Secondhand Smoke Exposure Pervasive in New York


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By Crystal Phend, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Published: April 10, 2009
Reviewed by 
Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 10 -- More than half of non-smoking New Yorkers have elevated cotinine levels from secondhand tobacco smoke, Jennifer A. Ellis, Ph.D., of the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, and colleagues reported online in Nicotine & Tobacco Research.

The New York City rate easily beat the national average (56.7% versus 44.9%, P<0.05),>P<0.05). 

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