Fact 41
A report of the California Environmental Protection Agency concluded that the evidence regarding secondhand smoke and breast cancer is "consistent with a causal association" in younger, non-smoking women. Women should be told that this possible link to breast cancer is yet another reason to avoid being around secondhand smoke.
Source: American Cancer Society, accessed at: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ped/content/ped_10_2x_secondhand_smoke-clean_indoor_air.asp on April 14, 2010. Article cited: California Environmental Protection Agency; Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke; June 2005.