Time: Wed Apr 02 05:42:34 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA13711; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 17:02:59 -0700 (MST) by usr09.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA07032; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 17:02:17 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 05:40:41 -0800 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Death By Secondhand Smoke (fwd) <snip> > >In the December 1996 issue of Consumer Reports magazine, there is a survey of >ranking risks to cause of death. Listed below are the top ten causes of >death, the deaths/year from each cause, and how the people surveyed ranked >the risk > > [This text is formatted in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.] > >Cause of death Deaths/year Survey rank > >Tobacco use 419,000 1 >Alcohol-related 108,000 4 >Motor-vehicle accidents 42,000 2 >Secondhand smoke 40,000 7 >AIDS 30,000 3 >Druck driving 17,000 6 >Radon (lung cancer) 13,600 17 >Food poisoning 9,000 10 >Falls in home 7,100 8 >Drowning 4,800 9 > > >** figures are based on most recent years available. > > >I was surprised to find that secondhand smoke causes more deaths than do all >illegal drugs put together. Mothers with babies should consider the risks >of secondhand smoke, as well. ======================================================================== Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S. : Counselor at Law, federal witness email: [address in tool bar] : Eudora Pro 3.0.1 on Intel 586 CPU web site: http://www.supremelaw.com : library & law school registration ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this ========================================================================
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