Nella [u]"IARC Monographs (Vol 83) Tobacco Smoke and Involuntary Smoking (June 2002)"[/u]sono riportate le conclusioni del gruppo di studio dello IARC in merito alla cancerogenicità del fumo passivo che è stato inserito nel [b]gruppo 1[/b]. Rilevanti saranno le conseguenze a livello preventivo e medico legale nei luoghi di lavoro.
Queste le conclusioni a cui รจ pervenuto lo IARC:
There is sufficient evidence that involuntary smoking (exposure to secondhand or 'environmental' tobacco smoke) causes lung cancer in humans.
There is limited evidence in experimental animals for the carcinogenicity of mixtures of mainstream and sidestream tobacco smoke.
There is sufficient evidence in experimental animals for the carcinogenicity of sidestream smoke condensates.
http://www.iarc.fr/pageroot/PRELEASES/pr141a.html
In addition, the Working Group noted that there are published reports on possible carcinogenic effects of secondhand tobacco smoke in household pet dogs.
Overall evaluation
Involuntary smoking (exposure to secondhand or 'environmental' tobacco smoke) is carcinogenic to humans (Group 1).
http://monographs.iarc.fr/htdocs/indexes/vol83index.html