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Passive smoking killing thousands 

Jump to full article: Arab News (sa), 2009-03-11
Author: K.S. Ramkumar * Arab News

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JEDDAH: Thousands of workers die annually as a result of inhaling the smoke of fellow-smokers during working hours. “What happens is non-smokers working in smoking environments inhale the tobacco chemicals throughout the day and suffer from the same health problems that smokers experience,” Dr. Ashraf Amir, a family medicine consultant, said at an anti-smoking awareness campaign launched by the Ministry of Health here on Monday night.

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