The report entitled ’Going Smoke-free: The Medical Case for Clean Air in the home, at work and in public places’ is written by international experts and edited by the RCP’s Tobacco Advisory Group. It is the first comprehensive overview of passive smoking which covers medical, legal, economic and ethical aspects of the subject.
There are several interesting findings in the report including that passive smoking kills 12 000 people in the UK each year, all of which are preventable, that the majority of the public supports smoke-free legislation, and that a UK ban would benefit the economy with GBP 4 billion a year. The report also makes a clear recommendation to the UK Government to enact comprehensive legislation.
For more information about the report and its findings please see the RCP website.
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