Smoke-free policies are more likely to protect white-collar employees than those working blue-collar jobs.
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“Get the Facts.” Smoke-Free ATL - Everyone in ATL Has the Right to Breathe Smoke-Free Air. 2018.
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There is no level or amount of exposure to secondhand smoke that is “risk-free.”
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“Smokefree Policies Improve Health.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 Dec. 2016,
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Hydrogen cyanide has been used in prison executions. It's also found in cigarette smoke.
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"Smoking and Tobacco Control." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine, 19 Nov. 2001. 56, 176, 251.
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Secondhand smoke causes more than 41,000 deaths among nonsmoking adults every single year.
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“Get the Facts.” Smoke-Free ATL - Everyone in ATL Has the Right to Breathe Smoke-Free Air. 2018.
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The DoD spends more than $1.6 billion each year on tobacco-related medical care, increased hospitalization, and lost days of work.
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Pentagon aims to curb tobacco use by military: memo; Reuters; April 26, 2016.
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Every year, 27 million pounds of pesticides are used to grow tobacco.
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"Fact Sheet: Environmental Impact of Tobacco." Multnomah County Health Department. March 2013. Web.
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One cigarette butt soaked in a liter of water killed half of the fish exposed in a study in a laboratory setting.
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Slaughter, Elli, et al."Toxicity of cigarette butts, and their chemical components, to marine and freshwater fish." Tobacco Control. 2011. Web.
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In the past, A major tobacco company saw the military as an attractive marketing opportunity because of its young adult servicemen that they describe as “classic downscale smoker,” “less educated,” “part of the wrong crowd,” “in trouble with authorities,” and having “limited job prospects.”
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Military YAS Initiative, RJR, 1989
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Even brief contact with secondhand smoke can cause harm.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke
Causes Disease: What It Means to You. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on
Smoking and Health, 2010.
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Benzene, arsenic and cyanide are all poisons. They're all in cigarette smoke too.
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"Smoking and Tobacco Control." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine, Oct. 2001.
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Some kids exposed to secondhand smoke have more body fat and slower learning skills.
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"Second-hand Smoke Increases Fatness, Hinders Cognition in Children." Medical Xpress. 28 Jan. 2016.
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Those glowing amber charcoals used on hookahs? They release high levels of dangerous toxic agents like carbon monoxide, metals and cancer-causing chemicals.
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Cobb, Caroline, et al."Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: An Emerging Health Crisis in the United States." American Journal of Health Behavior. 34(3). May-June 2010: 275–285. Web.
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Smoking causes impaired lung growth during childhood and adolescence.
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"The 2004 Surgeon General's Report: The Health Consequences of Smoking. What It Means To You." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2004. 27-36. Report.
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