Secondhand Smoke

• People who visit beaches expect to experience clean fresh air.
  • Tobacco smoke mars this experience.

• Secondhand smoke is air and lung pollution.
  • It is involuntary smoking.

• Each year in the United States nearly 50,000 American nonsmoking adults are dying from secondhand smoke.
  • Nearly 34,000 premature deaths from heart disease
  • More than 7,300 deaths from lung cancer
  • More than 8,000 deaths from stroke

• Secondhand smoke harms everyone. It:
  • Causes cancer
  • Causes heart disease
  • Causes respiratory problems
  • Damages the immune system
  • Triggers asthma

• Children, older adults, people with special health needs, and pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to the health risks caused by secondhand smoke exposure.
  • Even in outdoor environments.

• There is no risk-free level of secondhand smoke exposure.
  • Even a brief exposure is harmful to one's health.

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