IARC Monographs Volume 83 / Tobacco Smoke and Involuntary Smoking Ed. 2004

IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans Volume 83

This monograph presents a series of review studies linking tobacco smoke and involuntary (passive) smoking to several cancers. Evidence of synergy between smoking and several occupational causes of lung cancer (arsenic, asbestos and radon), and between smoking and alcohol consumption for cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx and oesophagus and between smoking and human papillomavirus infection for cancer of the cervix have been found. In addition, the working group concluded that involuntary smoking (exposure to secondhand or "environmental " tobacco smoke) is carcinogenic to humans.

Contents and Note to the Reader
List of Participants
Preamble
General Remarks
List of Abbreviations
Cumulative Cross Index to IARC Monographs

THE MONOGRAPHS

Tobacco Smoke

1. Production, Composition, Use and Regulations
2. Studies of Cancer in Humans
    Description of cohort studies
    Cigarette smoking
    Pipe, cigar, bidi and other tobacco smoking
    Synergistic carcinogenic effects of tobacco smoke and other carcinogens
3. Carcinogenicity Studies in Experimental Animals
4. Other Data Relevant to an Evaluation of Carcinogenicity and its Mechanisms
5. Summary of Data Reported and Evaluation

Involuntary Smoking

1. Composition, Exposure and Regulations
2. Studies of Cancer in Humans
3. Studies of Cancer in Experimental Animals
4. Other Data Relevant to an Evaluation of Carcinogenicity and its Mechanisms
5. Summary of Data Reported and Evaluation

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