title: Population burden of lung cancer due to environmental tobacco smoke.
abstract: The population burden of lung cancer due to environmental tobacco smoke is significant because a large fraction of the population is exposed. The risks are, of course, lower than those to smokers themselves; but smoking is self-inflicted, passive smoking is involuntary. Making various assumptions, the proportion of lung cancer cases among non-smokers that could reasonably be attributed to environmental tobacco smoke can be calculated to be about 20-30% in western countries. Thus, non-smokers in the society could benefit considerably from diminishing exposures to other people's smoke.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vainio
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Partanen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution