Secondhand smoke has been classified as a known cause of lung cancer in humans (Group A carcinogen).

Secondhand smoke and lung cancer

Review Date:

11/23/2011

Reviewed By:

David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine.