More U.S. households smoke-free, study says

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More U.S. households smoke-free, study says

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/more-u-households-smoke-free-study-says-172057910.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BJm2XnRZOiwJrLr2.RR4eA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-09-04T172057Z_1_LYNXMPEA830WN_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman disposes a cigarette in Los Angeles, California" align="left" title="A woman disposes a cigarette in Los Angeles, California" border="0" /></a>More than 90 percent of homes without a smoker and nearly half of those with at least one adult smoker had smoke-free rules, the study said. &quot;It’s a shift in social norms,&quot; said Brian King, lead author of the CDC study. &quot;People no longer see smoking around non-smokers as socially acceptable behavior.&quot; Still, he said, more progress is needed, particularly in homes where smokers live, as secondhand smoke from cigarettes kills an estimated 41,000 non-smokers annually. “We know there is no safe level of secondhand smoke,” King said.</p><br clear="all"/>

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