Calif. Says Secondhand Smoke a Pollutant (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060127/ap_on_he_me/secondhand_smoke"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20060126/i/r1560496314.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=qAOCtZanf7fC8JGgfdS8YQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A woman is seen smoking a cigarette in an undated file photo. A California environmental agency voted on Thursday to classify tobacco smoke as a 'toxic air contaminant,' a first-in-the-nation move that could toughen state regulations on cigarette smoke. REUTERS/File" border="0" /></a>AP - California became the first state to declare secondhand smoke a toxic air pollutant Thursday, putting tobacco fumes in the same category as diesel exhaust, arsenic and benzene because of its link to breast cancer.</p><br clear=all>