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May 11, 1994

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air convened a hearing on the health effects of second-hand tobacco smoke. Mem… read more

The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air convened a hearing on the health effects of second-hand tobacco smoke. Members of President Bill Clinton’s administration, the tobacco industry, and health organizations all provided testimony, among them, Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders and Carol Browner, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. During the hearing, witnesses discussed scientists' findings which indicated that non-smokers breathing second-hand smoke may also be at risk of the same health effects as smokers. close

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William Blott Representative National Cancer Institute
Carol M. Browner Administrator Environmental Protection Agency

Chris Coggins Scientist R.J. Reynolds
Joycelyn Elders Surgeon General Department of Health and Human Services
Jane Gravelle Senior Specialist Congressional Research Service->Economic Policy
Aubrey Taylor Professor University of South Alabama->Medical School

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Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Regulation

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Program ID:: 56710-1
Category:: Senate Committee
Format:: Senate Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: May 11, 1994 | 9:30am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: May 15, 1994 | 4:38pm EDT | C-SPAN 1

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May 11, 1994 | 9:30am EDT | C-SPAN 1
May 11, 1994 | 8:04pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
May 12, 1994 | 2:06am EDT | C-SPAN 1
May 14, 1994 | 8:21pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
May 15, 1994 | 4:38pm EDT | C-SPAN 1

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