i believe getting cancer from second hand smoke is total bull sh t. its a big lie?

Answer 1

You don't get cancer from second hand smoke. You are AT RISK of cancer if you smoke or have always inhaled second hand smoke. It's not conclusive.

Answer 2

The American Cancer Society provides information about the risks associated with secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke is classified as a "known human carcinogen" (cancer-causing agent) by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the US National Toxicology Program, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World Health Organization. There have been many studies.

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2X_Secondhand_Smoke-Clean_Indoor_Air.asp

You can also read the report from the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancers about Tobacco Smoke and Involuntary Smoking
http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol83/volume83.pdf

The National Library of Medicine lists about 200 or more studies conducted on the effects of second hand smoke. The studies were conducted world wide and stretch back twenty years. There is conclusive scientific evidence that second hand smoke is carcinogenic to non-smokers.

You can go to entrez PubMed and type in second hand smoke cancer to find the medical journal reports.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=Pager&DB=pubmed

Here are a few reports:
Clin Occup Environ Med. 2006;5(1):139-56, x. Links
Respiratory health consequences of environmental tobacco smoke.Dhala A, Pinsker K, Prezant DJ.
Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.

Over the last several decades there has been a growing interest in examining the health consequences of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). As a result of a wide body of research, ETS is now considered an unacceptable and entirely preventable public health hazard, and public policy increasingly discourages the presence of tobacco smoke in the public domain. This article provides an overview of the composition of ETS and the major diseases and disorders strongly linked to ETS, emphasizing the effects of ETS on pulmonary function, asthma, and lung cancer.

PMID: 16446259 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

There are more.

Answer 3

Sorry my friend - it's not total Bull sh t -- second hand smoke is as much of a killer as first hand smoke. On the other hand, there are those who can smoke their entire lives and never develop cancer. You just never know but better to be safe than sorry.

Answer 4

It is not a lie. It is absolutely true. And cancer isn't the only thing, secondhand smoke also kills many people from heart disease. It is very possible that if you heart is not in the best condition that going somewhere with secondhand smoke can trigger a heart attack and kill you.

Answer 5

Most carcinogens are classified as such because they were tested on lab animals and a link between cancer and the carincogen established. I suspect second-hand cigarette smoke is no different.

Answer 6

I don't know who has been feeding you the bunk, but you haven't read the epidemiological works on this subject. There is a significantly higher risk.