The Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-10-27, Page 21Non-smokers exposed to danger
Non-smokers in smoke-
filled rooms are being expos-
ed to a powerful carcinogen
in . concentrations 50 tunes
greater than mainstream
(inhaled) pr exhaled smoke,
says a Health and Welfare
Canada report.
The danger originates
from sidestream smoke, the
smoke that goes directly into
the air from a' burning
cigarette, say Don Wigle,
chief of the department's
non -communicable disease
division.
He says the carcinogen, N-
nitrosodimethylamine
(NDMA), is one of the most
powerful known. A non-
smoker exposed to air heavi-
ly contaminated by tobacco
smoke (in a smoke-filled bar
for example) inhales as
much NDMA in one hour as a
smoker does by smoking 15,
non -filter or up to 35 filter-
tipped cigarettes, Dr. Wigle
says.
In other words, the smoker
who has a filter is better off
than the non-smoker who is
breathing the sidestream
smoke directly, he says.
However, smokers also have
to worry about any
sidestream smoke they in-
hale.
NDMA has produced
cancer in all animal species
tested and by various
methods of exposure w-
cluding inhalation of a single
dose, Dr. Wigle says.
A California study showed
that non-smoking office
workers who work -in
tobacco -polluted air for
more than 10 years have im-
paired pulmonary functions,
Dr. Wigle says. Although
statistical comparisons can
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be tricky, these non-smokers
may be inhaling the
equivalent of 10 cigarettes a
day.
This information may be
beneficial in getting
substantial limitations on
smoking in public areas says
Dr. Wigle. However, he says
it's also important that peo-
ple are better educated
about the dangers they may
face from NDMA and other
chemicals.
"What we need is to get
non-smokers much more
aware of what's happening,"
and to get them to speak out
for better protection through
non-smoking bylaws, for ex-
ample, he says.
Your local lung associa-
tion actively supports
legislation to regulate smok-
ing in public enclosed places.
To find out what's happening
in your community, or what
can happen, contact the
Huron -Perth Lung Associa-
tion, - the "Christmas Seal"
people, 653 West Gore Street,
Stratford, Ontario N5A 1L4.
Children set fire
TEESWATER' - Two
children playing with mat-
ches set a fire that destroyed
a livestock shed and damag-
ed several others at the
Teeswater fairgrounds
recently.
Teeswater Fire Chief Bob
Meyer reported that a major
shed 300 feet long and open
on one side was totally
destroyed in the blaze. Also
lost were 125 round bales of
hay.
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