Passive Smoking Cover Up ; Report On Lethal Impact of Other People's Cigarettes Kept Secret by Ministers

Daily MailOctober 19, 2004

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SECOND-HAND smoke dramatically increases the risk of lung cancer and heart disease, say Britain's top medical advisers.

Their confidential findings, which were handed to Ministers six months ago, were leaked 24 hours after Health Secretary John Reid spoke of merely a 'possible danger' from passive smoking.

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Passive Smoking Cover Up ; Report On Lethal Impact of Other People's Cigarettes Kept Secret by Ministers

Last night doctors and antismoking campaigners accused him of sitting on the findings for fear that they would fuel demands for an outright ban on smoking in public places.

The research concludes the hazards are so clear that no child or adult...

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