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Most studies prior to the CAL/EPA study found, as USA Today reported earlier this year, no connection between female smokers and breast cancer. <br> <br> The report also promises to aid those struggling for legislation restricting smoking in the workplace, particularly in restaurants and bars. An important finding of this study is that the risk of developing breast cancer as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke is greater among younger non-smoking women than it is among older non-smoking women. <br> <br> Paul McIntyre, President of Kids Involuntarily Inhaling Secondhand Smoke, said, "These findings should be of particular concern to restaurants, where so many young women are employed." <br> <br> According to National Restaurant Association statistics, a majority of those working in the foodservice industry fall into this risk category: 52 percent of employees working in foodservice are under 30 years of age, and 55 percent are female. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration reports that nearly 30 percent of the employees at restaurant and eating and drinking establishments are under the age of 20. <br> <br> The authors of the study, Proposed Identification of Environmental Tobacco Smoke as a Toxic Air Contaminant - June 24, 2005 declined to estimate how many cases of breast cancer each year are caused by exposure to secondhand smoke. They did, however, state that it could represent "a significant number of cases", as breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women. More than 211,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year, and more than 43,000 of those will succumb to it. <br> <br> Among the other health risks of exposure to secondhand smoke confirmed by the study are: heart disease, lung and nasal sinus cancers, low birth weight, asthma onset or exacerbation, middle ear infection, bronchitis, pneumonia, and SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). The study also found that each year, 50,000 non-smokers in the United States (4,000 in California alone) die from lung cancer, heart disease and SIDS caused by exposure to SHS. <br> <br> Based on the findings of this report, staff of the ARB will now begin the process of amending the California Code of Regulations to include secondhand smoke as a toxic air contaminant. In addition, the Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants has recommended that the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment add secondhand smoke to the list of toxic air contaminants that may disproportionately affect children. <br> <br> McIntyre says several more studies on secondhand smoke and workplace cancer risks are due to be released in 2006. </P> <P> </P>  <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#0277a2"> <td width="682" height="30" colspan="3" bgcolor="#0277a2"><div class="footer">901 Sunrise Avenue Ste. 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