Does second-hand smoke cause cancer for non-smokers?

Question

My grandfather smoked all his life. He finally got bone cancer and died. He was always smoking around my grandmother. Is there a good chance that my grandmother could also get cancer because of his second-hand smoke?

Answer 1

yes it can and they say second hand smoke is just as bad as smoking thats what is sad in this world i dont smoke but almost everyone i know does

Answer 2

Because second hand smoke does NOT cause lung cancer. A few years ago the World Health Organization did the largest, most comprehensive study of second hand smoke done to date. It's findings were not well publicized, and politicians trying to further restrict the liberty of smokers helped to bury the study because it contradicted their religion on the subject. The World Health Organization found no correlation between second hand smoke and cancer. None at all. This is why many more people were exposed to second hand smoke, both at home, and the work place, and there was no increase in cancer. In fact, cancer rates were lower.

Answer 3

yes it is very possible. for statistics i would say about 8 of 10 people suffer from lung cancer everyday because of second hand smoking or any other type of cancer because of second hand smoking. if you grandfather smoked around your grandmother it's possible she may catch it or has it and doesn't know.it's better to be sure than unsure. get her to a doctor. i'm sorry you lost you grandfather.

Answer 4

Yes, scientist are just discovering the effects of smoke in one's environment. Second hand smoke is a killer so maybe be sure Granny has her check-ups on a regular basis.

Answer 5

Absolutely

Answer 6

Most definitely there is. Second hand smoke is not filtered so is much stronger than what a smoker is breathing in.

Answer 7

hi there
yes there is a chance that non smokers also get affected if they r around smokers...also it has been proved that non smokers r the worst affected in the long run....than the smoker himself...get a test done for ur grandma...gud luk...

regards

Answer 8

------------- The Largest study on Second Hand Smoke ever done by Enstrom
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7398/1057
“No significant associations were found for current or former exposure to environmental tobacco smoke before or after adjusting for seven confounders and before or after excluding participants with pre-existing disease. No significant associations were found during the shorter follow up periods of 1960-5, 1966-72, 1973-85, and 1973-98.”

“Enstrom has defended the accuracy of his study against what he terms ‘illegitimate criticism by those who have attempted to suppress and discredit it.’". (Wikipedia)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2164936/?tool=pmcentrez

------ Court rules that environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is NOT a Class A carcinogen
http://www.tobacco.org/Documents/980717osteen.html
“There is evidence in the record supporting the accusation that EPA ‘cherry picked’ its data” … “EPA's excluding nearly half of the available studies directly conflicts with EPA's purported purpose for analyzing the epidemiological studies and conflicts with EPA's Risk Assessment Guidelines” (p. 72)


-------- OSHA will NOT regulate something that’s NOT hazardous
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=24602
“Air contaminants, limits employee exposure to several of the main chemical components found in tobacco smoke. In normal situations, exposures would not exceed these permissible exposure limits (PELs), and, as a matter of prosecutorial discretion, OSHA will not apply the General Duty Clause to ETS.”

Study about health & Smoking Bans – The National Bureau of Economic Research
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14790
“Workplace bans are not associated with statistically significant short-term declines in mortality or hospital admissions for myocardial infarction or other diseases.”

Dr. S. Fred Singer, an atmospheric and space physicist
http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2011/01/03/secondhand-smoke-lung-cancer-and-global-warming-debate
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/07/the-real-reasons-behind-public-smoking-bans.html

Showtime television, "How the EPA, CDC, Lung Association, and etc." support their claims.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGApkbcaZK4

US National Cancer Institute researcher explains the frauds involved in secondhand smoke media reports
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=K9gtMKB6X2o

Then the US Surgeon General went over all the studies to date in 2006 again and even though he went on public TV and announced "No safe level", the report itself showed exactly the opposite.
---The evidence is … not sufficient to infer a causal relationship between exposure to secondhand smoke and an increased risk of stroke. (p. 13)
---The evidence is … not sufficient to infer a causal relationship between secondhand smoke exposure from parental smoking and the onset of childhood asthma.(p. 13)
---The evidence is inadequate to infer the presence or absence of a causal relationship between exposure to secondhand smoke during infancy and childhood cancer.(p. 11)

http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/report/executivesummary.pdf

Answer 9

yes to both

Answer 10

Yes, yes and yes, there is a chance.