Smoke inhalation is breathing in smoke. Smoke contains many substances that can cause damage to the human body. The most common cause of smoke inhalation is fire in a structure, such as a home, office, or factory. People trapped in a burning...

Cigarette smoke contains more than 4,000 identified compounds. Many are known irritants and carcinogens. Since the first Surgeon General's Report on smoking and health in 1964, evidence linking the use of tobacco to illness, injury, and death...

Smoke inhalation is breathing in the harmful gases, vapors, and particulate matter contained in smoke. Smoke inhalation typically occurs in victims or firefighters caught in a fire, but cigarette smoking also causes similar damage on a smaller scale...

Tobacco smoke has long been recognized as a major cause of mortality and morbidity, responsible for an estimated 434,000 deaths per year in the United States. It is also a source of indoor air pollution due to the release of harmful chemicals,...

The cigarette is the most common method of smoking tobacco. Tobacco smoking is the act of burning dried or cured leaves of the tobacco plant and inhaling the smoke for pleasure, for ritualistic or social purposes, self-medication, as well as to satisfy...

WHEN PRESIDENT Clinton threw his explicit support Friday behind the Food and Drug Administration's plan to regulate underage smoking, the public affirmation, though useful, wasn't strictly necessary. The FDA's own determination a year ago that nicotine fits the statutory definition of a drug, and...

Anti-tobacco aims to smother smoking By KAWANZA L. GRIFFIN of the Journal Sentinel staff Monday, June 18, 2001 More than 300 Wisconsin teens will soon be getting together to kick some butts in hopes of encouraging more youth to fight...

The U.N. health agency on Tuesday issued its strongest policy recommendations yet for controlling tobacco use, urging all countries to ban smoking at indoor workplaces and in public buildings."The evidence is clear. There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke," said Dr....

The U.N. health agency on Tuesday issued its strongest policy recommendations yet for controlling tobacco use, urging all countries to ban smoking at indoor workplaces and in public buildings."The evidence is clear. There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke," said Dr....

Using the guidelines provided by Healthy People 2010, tobacco use was identified as a health indicator in the upscale Bronx community of Riverdale, New York. An analysis of the variables that may have an impact on tobacco use in Riverdale follows, along with possible steps to resolve the problem within the community.

Discusses the dangers of smoking. Describes in detail how smoking can lead to cancer. Provides statistical data and supporting evidence.

A review of some events in the effort to ban public smoking and facts about the health hazards posed by smoking cigarettes, cigars, and pipes. Smoking can cause serious damage to the respiratory system, such as lung cancer, emphysema and bronchitis.