The claim
An online post claimed it is a “lie that passive smoking (is) dangerous to non-smokers”.
Rating
The NHS, Cancer Research UK and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) all say that passive smoking is bad for people. The poster cites a study which was funded by a body set up by the tobacco industry and has been “roundly criticised in the scientific community”, according to a US judge.
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Original fact check ↗Sources and attribution
- [original] PA Media original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026