Melissa Pierre-Saint

Bio

Melissa is a registered nurse and writer. She works in the ER of New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell. She lives and works in New York City.

Smokers Killed 50,000 Americans Due to Second Hand Smoke in 2011, It's Time for a Federal Smoking Ban

By Melissa Pierre-Saint

Of the millions of people who died from cigarette smoking last year, over 50,000 of them were non-smokers exposed to second hand smoke. Yes, that is correct. American smokers killed 50,000 people last year. This may come as a surprise to those of us…