Ösberg im LANCET zum Thema Passivrauchen (second-hand smoke)
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M Öberg et al.: Worldwide burden of disease from exposure to second-hand smoke: a retrospective analysis of data from 192 countries. The Lancet (2011) 377, Issue 9760, Pages 139 - 146
http://www.thelancet.com/jou … 140-6736(10)61388-8/abstract
Key Messages
There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke kills more than 600,000 people each year.
Worldwide, children are more heavily exposed to secondhand smoke than any other age group.
Death and disease caused by secondhand smoke are greatest among women and children.
Governments around the world must protect their citizens from the dangers of secondhand smoke by enacting comprehensive smoke-free laws that ban smoking in all workplaces and public places.
Findings
Worldwide, 40% of children, 33% of male non-smokers and 35% of female non-smokers were exposed to secondhand smoke in 2004.
Exposure to secondhand smoke causes an estimated 603,000 deaths each year among non-smokers, including:
379,000 deaths from ischaemic heart disease
165,000 deaths from lower respiratory infections
63,900 deaths from asthma, and
21,400 deaths from lung cancer.
The burden of death and disease caused by secondhand smoke is greatest among women and children.
Nearly half of these deaths (47% or 281,000) occurred among women.
166,000 deaths (28%) occurred among children younger than 5 years of age.
A total of 10.9 million years of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were lost because of diseases caused by exposure to secondhand smoke. DALYs measure years lost to ill-health, disability or early death.
61% of DALYS lost were among children, mainly because of lower respiratory infections (5,939,000) and asthma (651,000).