Up in smoke.

• Position: Smoking bans in California - Brief article

California has become the first state to declare secondhand smoke a toxic air pollutant. The decision by the California Air Resources board puts environmental tobacco smoke in the same category as diesel exhaust, arsenic and benzene. The decision was based on a report by scientists at the California Office of Environment Health Hazard Assessment that drew on more than 1,000 studies of the effect of...