title: [Active and passive smoking: two sides of the same medal].
abstract: The authors underline the similarities between active and passive smoking under many features, i.e. chemical and physical composition, the kind of health risks, the anti-educational impact on the youth. The special character of passive smoking is also discussed, such as its multiplicative exposure effect on the population, and the hazard to high-risk people like children, pregnant women, and respiratory and cardiovascular patients.
authors.affiliation: Unità funzionale prevenzione dei danni da fumo, Istituto nazionale per lo studio e la cura dei tumori, Milano.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Invernizzi
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boffi
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mazza
authors.forename: Ario
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruprecht
authors.forename: Cinzia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Marco
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Glaviano
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Villani
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Berrino
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution