A July 22, 2006 column by Paula Easley laments multiple efforts to regulate in the name of safety without solid scientific justification. She notes the exaggerations about secondhand smoke:
People want to know if the federal government/foundation-funded "Secondhand Smoke Kills" campaign is medically justified. The latest Surgeon General's Report on secondhand, or passive, smoke says it is. To the contrary, Elizabeth M. Whelan, American Council on Science and Health president and adamant smoking foe, called the report a "mix of facts, speculation, and downright hyperbole."