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Date:3/5/2008

n to cause lung cancer, heart disease, serious respiratory illnesses such as bronchitis and asthma, low birth weight and sudden infant death syndrome. It is responsible for tens of thousands of deaths in the United States each year. The Surgeon General also found that there is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke; the only way to protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke is with comprehensive smoke-free workplaces and public places; and smoke-free laws do not hurt business.

-- Pennsylvanians deserve the same protections from secondhand smoke - and the same right to breathe clean air - that more than half of all Americans already have. Twenty-three states and Washington, DC, have passed smoke-free laws that include restaurants and bars, and in many cases casinos as well. These states include almost all of Pennsylvania's neighbors.

-- Pennsylvanians strongly support a comprehensive smoke-free law. In a May 2007 poll, 84 percent of Pennsylvania voters agreed that all workers should be protected from secondhand smoke. In addition, 86 percent of voters said restaurants and bars would be healthier for customers and employees if they were smoke-free. The Pennsylvania Restaurant Association has also endorsed a comprehensive, statewide smoke-free workplace law, as have numerous newspaper editorials across the state.

The Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund is a non-partisan 501(c)(4) non-profit organization that works to reduce the devastating toll of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke by mounting education, advocacy and electoral campaigns to support anti-tobacco policies. The Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund is affiliated with the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. For more information, visit http://www.tobaccofreeaction.org

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