Secondhand Smoke Facts
For starters, there is no safe level of exposure.
- 2/3 of your neighbors support a ban on smoking. (Topix & Tobacco.org)
- Secondhand smoke and tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in this country. (Center for Disease Control)
- There is no risk-free level of secondhand smoke. (American Lung Association)
- Secondhand smoke contains the same chemicals found in rat poison. (The Mayo Clinic & truth®)
- Secondhand smoke contains 250 chemicals known to be toxic. (The Surgeon General & Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Secondhand smoke inhibits a child's ability to learn (Center for Tobacco Control & DC Tobacco Free Families)
- Children who breathe secondhand smoke have more ear infections. (American Lung Association)
- The Surgeon General has determined that there is no safe level of secondhand smoke. (American Cancer Society)
- Pregnant women exposed to secondhand smoke are also at increased risk of having low birth weight babies. (American Cancer Society)