lifornia, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois,
Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island,
Utah, Vermont and Washington. A growing number of countries have also
passed nationwide smoke-free laws, including Bermuda, Bhutan, France,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Sweden,
Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Uruguay.
The need for protection from secondhand smoke in all workplaces and
public places has never been clearer. In issuing a groundbreaking report on
secondhand smoke in June 2006, U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona stated,
"The debate is over. The science is clear: Secondhand smoke is not a mere
annoyance, but a serious health hazard that causes premature death and
disease in children and nonsmoking adults." Secondhand smoke contains more
than 4,000 chemicals, including at least 69 carcinogens. The Surgeon
General found that secondhand smoke is a proven cause of lung cancer, heart
disease, serious respiratory illnesses such as bronchitis and asthma, low
birth weight and sudden infant death syndrome. The Surgeon General also
found that secondhand smoke is responsible for tens of thousands of deaths
in the United States each year, there is no safe level of exposure, and
only smoke-free laws provide effective protection from secondhand smoke.
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