Difference between revisions of "Sound Bites"
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=== Tobacco is the first avoidable cause of mortality in the world === | === Tobacco is the first avoidable cause of mortality in the world === | ||
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| − | === There is no safe level of exposure for ETS, | + | === There is no safe level of exposure for ETS, secondhand smoke is in the same category of carcinogens as asbestos and benzene. === |
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=== 70% of smokers want to stop === | === 70% of smokers want to stop === | ||
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=== Studies indicate that secondhand smoke can cause cancer, emphysema, heart attacks and strokes in adult nonsmokers === | === Studies indicate that secondhand smoke can cause cancer, emphysema, heart attacks and strokes in adult nonsmokers === | ||
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| + | === Secondhand smoke regulations are about respecting the rights of ALL people, smokers and nonsmokers, to breathe smoke-free air.=== | ||
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| + | === According to the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, “there are no filtration systems that eliminate all of the toxins in secondhand smoke.”[16] There is no system that is “state-of-the-art” as no system can effectively remove the toxins. === | ||
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| + | === No ventilation system can remove all the harmful elements of secondhand smoke—even if the room doesn’t smell like smoke the toxins are still there[17] and are still a threat to the health of the people breathing in that air. === | ||
Revision as of 14:15, 9 June 2012
Contents
- 1 Comments on their sound bites
- 1.1 Tobacco is the first avoidable cause of mortality in the world
- 1.2 There is no safe level of exposure for ETS, secondhand smoke is in the same category of carcinogens as asbestos and benzene.
- 1.3 70% of smokers want to stop
- 1.4 The Environmental Protection Agency has identified secondhand smoke as a Class A carcinogen.
- 1.5 Exposure to secondhand smoke increases a child’s risk for asthma attacks, pneumonia, ear infections and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- 1.6 Studies indicate that secondhand smoke can cause cancer, emphysema, heart attacks and strokes in adult nonsmokers
- 1.7 Secondhand smoke regulations are about respecting the rights of ALL people, smokers and nonsmokers, to breathe smoke-free air.
- 1.8 According to the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, “there are no filtration systems that eliminate all of the toxins in secondhand smoke.”[16] There is no system that is “state-of-the-art” as no system can effectively remove the toxins.
- 1.9 No ventilation system can remove all the harmful elements of secondhand smoke—even if the room doesn’t smell like smoke the toxins are still there[17] and are still a threat to the health of the people breathing in that air.
