Secondhand Smoking Risks in Natrona County Wyoming

Well-Being of Wyoming

Smoke-Free Dining Guide

These Restaurants are Smoke-Free

303, 303 S Wolcott, 233-4303

Alcova Lakeside Marina, 24025 Lakeshore Dr., Alcova, 472-6666
Arby's,
2407 CY Ave, 577-5905
Arby's,
80 SE Wyoming Blvd, 237-8040
Barry's Pizzeria, 123 W. E. Street, 237-8523
Blimpies,
4160 S. Poplar, 235-4755
Blimpies,
938 S. Poplar, 472-1761
Blimpies,
207 S. Montana, 237-1656
Blue Heron Books and Espresso, 201 E. 2nd St, 265-3774
Bosco's, 847 East A. St, 265-9658
Botticelli, 129 W 2nd, 266-2700
Burger King,
596 N. Poplar, 234-8300
Burger King, 4051 CY Ave,  265-0945
Burger King, 81 SE Wyoming Blvd, 235-6090
Senior Citizens Center, 1831 E 4th Street, 265-4678 

Casper Boat Club, Alcova, 472-6922

The Cheese Barrel, 544 S Center ,  235-5202
Cottage Cafe, 116 S. Lincoln, 234-1157
Dairy Queen, 603 N. Poplar, 266-2450
Dairy Queen, 3845 E. 2nd, 473-5360

Daylight Doughnuts, 939 E. 2nd, 472-0626
Don Juan, 144 S. Center, 234-0903

Dsasumo, 320 W. 1st, 237-7874

Eastridge Mall Food Court, 601 SE WY Blvd, 265-9392,
Eggington's, 229 E. 2nd St, 265-8700
The Filling Station,
1601 King Blvd Fire Rock, 6100 E. 2nd St, 234-2333
First Street Bakers,
260 W. 1st St, 472-0255
First Street Coffee Company, 777 W 1st Street

Fort Java Outpost, 895 SW Wyoming Blvd., Mills, 265-5282

Frank’s Coney Island, 2145 E. 12th, 797-0505

Fred’s BBQ, 4925 Natrona Ave, Mills, 577-1600

Gigi’s The Art of Food, Atrium Plaza Mall, 234-9796
Godfather's Pizza, 2877 E. 2nd St, 265-1221
Grapevine Café, 522 SW Wyoming Blvd., 234-9121

Hardee's, 900 Pronghorn Rd,237-5544
Hardee's, 150 S.E. Wyoming Blvd, 234-0859

Hometown Buffet, 601 S.E. Wyoming Blvd, 577-5953

House of Sushi, 260 S. Center, 234-1818
JS Chinese, 116 W 2nd Street,
577-0618

Java Gourmet, 114 W. 2nd St,  472-7985

The Jazz Spot, 128 E 2nd Street, 235-5299
JC Burgers,
711 E. Collins, 472-5978
Johnny J's Diner,
1705 E. 2nd St, 234-4204
KFC, 4100 E 2nd Street, 234-0713
Kmart Eatery,
4000 E. 2nd St,     265-0808
La Cocina, 1040 N. Center, 266-1414
La Costa, 1600 E. 2nd St, 235-6599

Lime Leaf Restaurant, 845 E. 2nd, 315-6888
The Lodge at Willow Spring,
43000 Big Horn Mtn Road
Long John Silver's,
4100 E 2nd  234-0713
McDonald’s,
40 S.E. Wyoming Blvd, 237-8320
McDonald’s,
2700 CY Ave, 265-5121

Metro, 241 S. David, 472-5042
Ming House,
233 E. 2nd, 265-1838
Mongolian Grill,
4801 E. 2nd St. Suite 110, 473-1033
Mountain View Sub Shop, 239 E. 1st , 237-7999
The Old House,
130 S Lincoln,  472-5101
Old Chicago, 3580 E 2nd Street,
 473-1900

On the Border 71 SE WY Blvd, 315-6822

Original Hamburger Stand, 3930 E. 2nd St, 234-8604

Papa John's Pizza, 1501 E. 2nd St, 234-2121

Perkins, 4710 E. 2nd St, 265-7339
Peaches,
711 E. 2nd, 234-0951
Pizza Hut,
3741 E. 2nd St, 577-9112
Pizza Hut, 3738 CY Ave, 265-0804 
Quiznos,
2008 CY Ave, 473-3095
Red Lobster,
531 S.E. Wyoming Blvd, 473-9852

River’s Edge Café, 777 W. 1st, 265-5333

Roma Pizzaria,  1805 CY Ave, 472-5131

St.  Louis Pizza, 939 E 2nd Street   577-7492
Sam's Club Cafe,
4600 E. 2nd, 237-8877

Sandwich Bar, 124 E. 2nd, 266-1527
Sanford's, 241 S. Center, 234-4555

Sherrie's Place, 310 W. Yellowstone Hwy, 235-3513
South Sea Chinese,
3400 E. 2nd, 237-4777
Subway, 234 N. Center, 266-3100
Subway,
1905 E 2nd St, 266-1841
Subway,
2235 CY Ave, 234-9650
Subway (in Wal-Mart), 4400 E 2nd
Sunrise Coffee Cafe,
4360 S. Poplar,  265-1595
Szechwan Chinese, 1151 CY Ave, 265-8881
Taco Bell, 3340 CY Ave. , 266-4769
Taco Bell, 86 SE Wyoming Blvd,  266-0056
Taco John's, 4031 E. 2nd St,   235-4016
Taco John's, 770 CY Ave, 265-2580
Taco John's, 80 West F. St, 235-0297

Tacos Mexico, 2117A.E.12, 472-5606
Taco Time,1215 S. Beverly, 237-9891
Target's Food Avenue,
401 SE. Wyoming Blvd. , 265-8214
TCBY (Inside Subway), 1905 E. 2nd St. , 268-9998

Vintage 800 S. Poplar, 473-9463
Waltman Store,
46600 W Hwy 20-26
Wendy's, 1111 CY Ave. , 235-4578
Wendy's,
4281 E. 2nd St. , 237-9378
West Side Cafe, 5795 CY Ave,     266-2027

Western Grill, 2333 E. Yellowstone, 234-7061

Wind City Books, 152 S. Center, 315-6003
Wings-N-Things,
2008 CY Ave , 234-9464

Wind City Books, 152 South Center, 315-6003
Wonder Bar,
256 S. Center, 234-4110 Wyoming Hot Wings, 1821 E. 12th St , 237-5924
Wyoming Medical Center Cafeteria, 1233 E. 2nd St. , 577-7201
Yellowstone Drug,
2008 CY Ave, 234-3781

 

These Restaurants are NOT Smoke-Free

 

Applebee’s

359 Miracle Dr.

Evansville

472-6560

Armor’s Silver Fox Lounge

CY and Energy Lane

Casper

235-3000

Casper Country Club

4149 Country Club Rd.

Casper

   235-5777

Casper’s Good Cooking

581 N Poplar

Casper

237-3030

Central WY Fair & Rodeo

1700 Fairgrounds Rd.

Casper

   235-5775

Cookery / Pepperoni’s

41 SE Wyoming Blvd.

Casper

473-1550

Dori Lou’s Place

6985 Nugget

Evansville

473-8590

Dorn’s Fireside Lounge

1745 CY Ave.

Casper

235-6830

Drakes’ Restaurant and Lounge

300 W. F St.

Casper

235-2530

Eagles Café

306 N. Durbin St.

Casper

472-3200

El Jarro

500 West F St.

Casper

577-0540

Elks Lodge #1353

108 E 7th St.

Casper

   234-4839

Ghost Town

6680 W. Yellowstone Hwy.

Casper

472-0200

Guadalajara

3350 CY Ave

Casper

234-4700

JB’s Restaurant

600 West F

Casper

234-7300

Kopper Kettle

5038 La Fayette

Mills

266-4110

Ody’s Place

136 S. Wolcott

Casper

265-7744

Outback Steakhouse

229 Miracle St.

Evansville

235-0390

Parkway

123 W. E

Casper

235-1780

Platte River Restaurant

321 E. E St.

Casper

   266-6007

Plow’s Diner

2150 E. Yellowstone

Casper

577-1500

Poor Boy’s Pump Room Lounge

739 N. Center

Casper

237-8330

Red & White Café

1620 E. Yellowstone

Casper

234-6960

Sideline’s

1121 Wilkins Circle

Casper

   234-9444

Alibi Bar & Lounge

1740 E. Yellowstone

Casper

   234-7266

American Legion #2

4200 Legion Lane

Casper

   235-1203

Arcade Bar

323 S 2nd St.

Edgerton

   437-6682

Off Track Betting

4610 E Yellowstone

Evansville

   473-1380

Baja Beach Company

525 SW Wyoming blvd

Mills

   235-2252

Casper Memorial VFW #9439

1800 Bryan Stock Trail

Casper

   235-4867

Chatters Inc.

1324 Prairie Lane

Bar Nunn

   234-5329

D’s Oregon Trail Bar

4618 W Yellowstone

Mills

   237-1179

El Marko Lanes

2800 CY Ave

Casper

   237-9558

Hideaway Bar& Package

211 Riverview Ave

Mills

   235-5065

Horseshoe Bar

7515 W Yellowstone

Casper

   472-5770

Mills Memorial Post #10969

4570 W Yellowstone

Casper

   266-3221

Natrona County Airport / Sky Terrace Lounge

8500 Airport Pkwy

Casper

   472-6688

PJ  Schooner Bar

320 S 2ND ST

Edgerton

   437-6875

Sunset Grill

22250 W HWY 220

Alcova

   472-3200

The Beacon Club

4100 W Yellowstone Hwy

Mills

   577-1503

TJ’s Bar & Grill

2024 CY Ave

Casper

   473-7526

VFW Post 10677

300 N Forest Dr.

Casper

   265-2286

 

 

Secondhand Smoke in Cars May Lead to Dangerous Levels of Contaminants For Children

For immediate release: October 05, 2006  

Boston, MA – Secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) can have harmful effects on children. Some of the adverse health outcomes include a greater likelihood of ear infections, lower respiratory infections, sudden infant death syndrome and severity of asthma symptoms. It is estimated that 35% to 45% of children are regularly exposed to SHS from adults using tobacco in homes and cars. To date, there has been little research on SHS in cars.

In the first study to measure SHS in cars in real driving conditions, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers have shown that smoking in cars can produce unsafe levels of SHS. Even with the driver’s window slightly open, mean respirable suspended particles (RSP) concentrations hit levels rated “hazardous” by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In the study, concentrations of 272 µg/m3 were measured, with a peak level of 505 µg/m3. In comparison, the EPA’s air quality index rates concentrations of more than 40 µg/m3 as “unhealthy for sensitive groups,” such as children and the elderly, and more than 250 µg/m3 as “hazardous” for the general population. The results showed that smoking a single cigarette for just five minutes could produce potentially harmful RSP levels. Given the levels the researchers observed, SHS in cars poses a potentially serious threat to children’s health.

The authors hope that their findings will encourage renewed efforts to promote smoke-free environments for children both in cars and homes. The study will be published in the November 2006 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and is available online now at http://www.ajpm-online.net/webfiles/images/journals/amepre/1751.pdf.

SHS is associated with adverse effects in adults as well, including cancers, cardiovascular disease and reproductive and respiratory problems. However, SHS may have more harmful effects on children because their immune systems are less mature and, due to smaller airways and greater demand for oxygen, they may be more vulnerable to respiratory diseases.

The researchers, Vaughan Rees, research associate, and Gregory Connolly, professor of the practice of public health, both in HSPH’s Division of Public Health Practice, recruited volunteers to smoke while driving vehicles in Boston city traffic. In 45 driving trials, which averaged about an hour, SHS measurements were taken using devices that could detect and measure respirable suspended particles (RSPs) of less than 2.5 microns in diameter and carbon monoxide (CO), a poisonous gas. RSPs, which are found in tobacco smoke, are small enough to be inhaled and can transport carcinogens and other toxic substances deep into the lungs. Respiratory illnesses like bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma are linked to exposure to RSPs. The measurement devices were positioned in an empty child restrainer seat at simulated head level. Measurements were obtained under two different ventilation conditions: all car windows rolled down, then with just the driver’s side window cracked about two inches.

“The smoke particle levels we measured are alarming and are above the threshold for what’s considered unhealthy for sensitive groups — people like children and the elderly,” said lead study author Rees. “Adults who smoke while driving their children may be harming them more than they realize.”

Driving under closed-windows conditions generated the highest RSP and CO levels. But the levels of contaminants during open-windows conditions, though significantly less than when the windows were closed, were still unsafe. “There is an argument that even exposure for very short periods of time, perhaps even 10 seconds, can precipitate asthmatic episodes in children,” Rees said. He added that ventilation won’t likely overcome secondhand smoke pollution that sticks to surfaces.

“Toxic particles from secondhand smoke can settle on furniture or on floors, and we are assuming that will also occur in cars on child-restraint seats. Children tend to touch things with their hands, and put their hands in their mouths. So children can also be exposed to contaminants in that way,” Rees said.

Arkansas and Louisiana have recently banned smoking in cars with young children as passengers. Similar legislation has also been introduced, but not passed, in California, Georgia, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont. Although concerns have been raised about government intrusion on personal privacy, supporters of smoking bans note that SHS is dangerous to children’s health and that the use of safety devices such as seat belts and infant car seats are already widely legislated.

“We know from previous research that smoking indoors can produce dangerous levels of toxic contaminants,” said Reese. “This research has shown that smoking in cars, even with the windows open, can produce smoke pollution that compares with smoky bars or restaurants. Unlike adults, children cannot advocate for smoke-free spaces and are sometimes physically restrained in very smoky cars. We think that policymakers and health advocates should pay close attention to these findings in order to promote smoke-free domestic environments for children.”

The authors acknowledge the support of the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute, which provided funding under a Distinguished Professorship awarded to Gregory Connolly.

For further information, contact:

Todd Datz

617.432.3952

tdatz@hsph.harvard.edu

 

 

 

 

New Evidence that Second-hand Smoke Harms Pets
Excerpts from: SMOKER'S PET -- By JULIA SZABO NY Post 

Of all the compelling reasons to quit smoking, this one should make pet lovers sit up and take notice: there's ample scientific evidence to suggest that secondhand cigarette smoke can cause cancer in companion animals.

And your furry friends don't just inhale smoke; the smoke particles are also trapped in their fur and ingested when they groom themselves with their tongues. A study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology found that dogs in smoking households had a 60 percent greater risk of lung cancer; a different study published in the same journal showed that long-nosed dogs, such as collies or greyhounds, were twice as likely to develop nasal cancer if they lived with smokers.

And in yet another study, vets from Tufts University found that cats whose owners smoked were three times as likely to develop lymphoma, the most common feline cancer.

So - short of kicking the habit - Garnant and her husband take three of the cats to the vet at least twice a year for checkups; the fourth, Barney, goes every three months.

 

Secondhand Smoke and Children Fact Sheet

June 2007

Secondhand smoke is a mixture of the smoke given off by the burning end of a cigarette, pipe or cigar and the smoke exhaled from the lungs of smokers. Secondhand smoke contains more than 250 chemicals known to be toxic or cancer causing, including formaldehyde, benzene, vinyl chloride, arsenic, ammonia, and hydrogen cyanide.1

  • Infants and young children are especially susceptible: their lungs are still developing and childhood exposure to secondhand smoke results in decreased lung function.2 Children who breathe secondhand smoke are more likely to suffer from cough, wheeze, phlegm and breathlessness.3
  • In children, exposure to secondhand smoke exacerbates 400,000-1,000,000 cases of asthma in the United States. New evidence suggests that secondhand smoke is a risk factor for induction of new cases of asthma among children and adolescents.4
  • The current Surgeon Generals Report states that there is no risk-free level of secondhand smoke exposure. Even brief exposures can be harmful to children.5
  • In the U.S., 33 percent of middle school non-smoking children and 30 percent of high school non-smoking children are exposed to secondhand smoke in their own homes.6 Based on levels of cotinine (a biological marker of secondhand smoke exposure), an estimated 22 million children aged 3-11 and 18 million youth aged 12-19, were exposed to secondhand smoke in the U.S. in 2000.7
  • Exposure to secondhand smoke causes 150,000 to 300,000 acute lower respiratory tract infections (pneumonia and bronchitis) annually in children 18 months and younger; these infections result in 7,500 to 15,000 hospitalizations each year.8
  • Secondhand smoke exposure causes buildup of fluid in the middle ear, resulting in 790,000 physician office visits.9 Middle ear infections are the most common cause of childhood operations and of childhood hearing loss.10
  • A California EPA study estimates that 46,000 (range is between 22,700 and 69,600) cardiovascular deaths, 3400 lung cancer deaths and 430 sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) deaths are annually associated with secondhand smoke exposure.11

Babies whose mothers smoke while pregnant or who are exposed to secondhand smoke after birth have weaker lungs than other babies, which increases the risk of many other health problems.12

Sources:

  1. The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: Children are Hurt by Secondhand Smoke. A Report of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2006; Available at: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/factsheets/factsheet2.html. Accessed on January 16, 2008.
  2. Ibid.
  3. Ibid.
  4. California Environmental Protection Agency. Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke. June 2005.
  5. The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: Children are Hurt by Secondhand Smoke. A Report of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2006; Available at: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/factsheets/factsheet2.html. Accessed on January 16, 2008.
  6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Youth Tobacco Surveillance, U.S., 2002. MMWR, 55(SS03), May 2006.
  7. The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: Children are Hurt by Secondhand Smoke. A Report of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2006; Available at: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/factsheets/factsheet2.html. Accessed on January 16, 2008.
  8. California Environmental Protection Agency. Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke. June 2005.
  9. Ibid.
  10. Ibid.
  11. Ibid.
  12. The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: Children are Hurt by Secondhand Smoke. A Report of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2006; Available at: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/factsheets/factsheet2.html. Accessed on January 16, 2008.
 

 

 

Secondhand Smoke

Exposure Can Cause Cell

Damage In 30 Minutes

ScienceDaily (May 5, 2008) — Exposure to secondhand smoke even for a brief period is injurious to health, a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has found.

According to the study, a 30-minute exposure to the level of secondhand smoke that one might normally inhale in an average bar setting was enough to result in blood vessel injury in young and otherwise healthy lifelong nonsmokers. Compounding the injury to the blood vessels themselves, the exposure to smoke impedes the function of the body's natural repair mechanisms that are activated in the face of the blood vessels' injury, the researchers report. Many of these effects persisted 24 hours later.

Study findings are reported in the online edition of the "Journal of the American College of Cardiology," and will appear in the Journal's May 6 print issue.

The results showed that brief exposure to real-world levels of passive smoke have strong and persistent consequences on the body's vascular system, the researchers conclude.

For the study, subjects were exposed to carefully controlled levels of secondhand smoke in a research setting. The smoke was equivalent to being in a bar where smoking is allowed--as it still is for 51 percent of the US population and in other countries, such as Germany--for 30 minutes. As a control, the same subjects were exposed to clean air on a different day.

In both settings, the researchers evaluated the subjects' blood vessel health through ultrasound to measure blood flow and analysis of blood samples. In the exposure environment, this was done before exposure to establish baseline measures, immediately after exposure, and then 1 hour, 2.5 hours, and 24 hours after exposure. The study involved 10 young adult subjects between the ages of 29 and 31.

The study is the first of its kind to link injury to blood vessels with the decreased efficacy of the body's own repair mechanism, namely the endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). EPCs are circulating stem cells in the blood that play a key role in the repair mechanism of injured blood vessels.

The researchers examined three effects of secondhand smoke exposure:

  • the effect of smoke on the mechanical function of blood vessels
  • whether they could detect particles in the blood that are known to be increased in the blood due to blood vessel injury
  • whether there was any effect on the stem cells (EPCs) that comprise the body's blood vessel repair mechanisms

"We wanted to study whether even a brief 30 minutes of exposure to second hand smoke in otherwise healthy subjects would result in blood vessel injury and how the body's own repair mechanisms--the EPCs--would be affected by such an exposure," says Yerem Yeghiazarians, MD, director of the Translational Cardiac Stem Cell Program at UCSF.

The secondhand smoke's effect on all measures was profound, he says. "Even brief secondhand smoke exposure not only resulted in blood vessel injury, but it also interfered with the body's ability to repair itself by making the EPCs dysfunctional. It is quite amazing that only 30 minutes of exposure could cause such demonstrable effects." The study also showed that the deleterious effects of the exposure remain in the body for at least 24 hours, much longer than previously thought.

Study results showed that smoke exposure made EPCs less functional. "So it's a double hit: not only does a person develop blood vessel injury, but the cells that are supposed to help repair this damage are themselves also dysfunctional, compounding the injury," he says.

The public health implications of the study findings are significant, according to Yeghiazarians. "Our study helps explain why there is about a 20 percent drop in hospital admissions for heart attacks when cities and states pass laws mandating smokefree workplaces, restaurants and bars."

The study suggests that there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke, he says.

The study was supported by awards from the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute, the American Heart Association, the Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation, and the UCSF Cardiac Stem Cell Foundation. In addition to Yeghiazarians, other lead investigators on the study are Christian Heiss, MD, and Nicolas Amabile, MD, who contributed to the work as fellows in the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, at UCSF.

Other investigators in the study are Andrew C. Lee, MD; Wendy May Real, BS; Suzaynn F. Schick, PhD; David Lao, MD; Maelene L. Wong, BS; Sarah Jahn, MB; Franca S. Angeli, MD; Petros Minasi, BA; Matthew L. Springer, PhD; Stanton Glantz, PhD, FACC; William Grossman, MD, FACC; and John Balmes, MD, FACC; all of the Department of Medicine at UCSF. S. Katharine Hammond, PhD, of the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley, also contributed to the study.

Adapted from materials provided by University of California - San Francisco.



 

Reducing Risk

Q:  What one easy step can a community take to instantly improve its health and economic well-being?

A: Go 100% smokefree indoors of course!

  Advocates and policymakers are curious to gauge and prove to nay-sayers how smokefee laws benefit a community. Science demonstrates that brief exposure(30minutes) to secondhand smoke can cause an individual to go into cardiac arrest, whether they actively smoke or not.  Because of secondhand smoke's unique and immediate effects on the heart, scientists can determine how much a smokefree law improves heart health.

  A number of communities, states, and nations are quantifying heart health improvements just one year after the smoke clears.  The results are clear:  Smokefree Laws reduce heart attacks, which results in increased health cost savings.  Let the facts speak for themselves!

  • Helena, MT: 40% decrease in heart attacks (2004)
  • Bowling Green, OH: 39% decrease in heart attacks after one year and 47% decrease in heart attacks three years after the smokefree law went into effect (2007)
  • Pueblo, CO: 27% decrease in heart attacks (2006)
  • NY: 8% decrease in heart attacks (3,813 people), $56 million increase in direct health cost savings (2007)
  • Scotland: 17% decrease in heat attacks (2007)
  • Ireland: 14% decrease in heart attacks (32,000 people) (2007)

  Remember, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns: If you are at risk of heart disease (e.g., there is a history of heat disease in your family), avoid exposure to secondhand smoke due to its immediate effect on the heart.

Volume 26, Number 4     Winter 2007    Newsletter

Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation ©2008

 

The 2006 Surgeon General's Report on The Health
Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke

confirmed the known health effects of secondhand smoke
exposure, including immediate adverse effects on the
cardiovascular system, and coronary heart disease and lung
cancer. The report concluded that there is no safe level of
exposure to secondhand smoke
and that establishing smoke-free
environments is the only proven way to prevent exposure. The
report also finds that many millions of Americans are still exposed
to secondhand smoke despite substantial progress in tobacco
control. Here is the great video shown at the Surgeon General
press conference in June 2006.

As the body of scientific evidence becomes larger and more
precise, it is now possible to prove that smoke-free policies not
only work to protect nonsmokers from the death and disease
caused by exposure to secondhand smoke, but also have an
immediate effect on the public's health . On a larger scale, a
study has confirmed that restaurants and bars located in smoke-
free cities have 82% less indoor air pollution than restaurants
and bars in cities that do not have smoke-free protection. Because
of the mountain of evidence from these peer-reviewed, scientific
studies, the Centers for Disease Control recently issued a
warning for anyone at risk for heart disease to avoid smoke-filled
indoor environments completely.

Secondhand smoke kills. Knowing the science behind it, as
well as how smoke-free policies protect the public from
secondhand smoke will help cement this in the minds of the
public.

(Article taken from AMERICANS for NONSMOKERS’ RIGHTS
web-page (www.no-smoke.org) Getting the Facts – Secondhand
Smoke on 08-29-07)

   
 
 
 
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