Monday, April 28, 2008

AE2 Summary

Our class wrote a summary about an article that explained how secondhand smoke is dangerous. This was a group project and our first summary of the term.

In “The Dangers of Secondhand Smoke,” the author shows the harm of secondhand smoke to lessen the dangers to nonsmokers. First, the new studies of secondhand smoke show that lung cancer is a danger even for nonsmokers. Next, the author explains that in the past people did not know that cigarettes could be a risk for nonsmokers. In addition, children whose parents smoke are more affected than those that live in a nonsmoking household. Finally, the U.S. now has many laws to stop the effects of secondhand smoking. Both smokers and nonsmokers have a high risk of having problems strong laws strong laws related to smoking.

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