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Pbs Online News Hour: Second Hand Smoke ArticlePbs Online News Hour: Second Hand Smoke Article
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PBS
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Grade
9th - 10th
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Physical Education
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Resource Type
Articles
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Lexile Measures
1050L
Article

Pbs Online News Hour: Second Hand Smoke

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Here, you can read an interview with Dr. Ichiro Kawachi, of the Harvard School of Public Health, who published a study concerning the effects of second-hand smoke on non-smokers. Included is a RealAudio version of this interview.

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nicotine

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cigarette smoking, effects of smoking, environmental tobacco smoke, pbs, secondhand smoke, smoking, tar, carcinogenic effects of ets, ets, environmental tobacco smoke and cancer, health effects associated with secondhand smoke, health hazards of environmental tobacco smoke, secondhand smoke and cancer, mainstream smoke, negative effects of smoking, secondhand smoke and children, sidestream smoke, environmental tobacco smoke (ets)

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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