Why is banning smoking everywhere suddenly a priority for so many organizations and businesses, including hospitals?
Smoking kills people. Secondhand smoke, also called environmental tobacco smoke contains at least 250 chemicals known to be toxic or cause cancer and heart disease. It is a mixture of the smoke given off by the burning ends of a cigarette, pipe, cigar, bidis, and kreteks (sidestream smoke) and the smoke emitted at the mouthpiece and exhaled from the lungs of smokers (mainstream smoke). Unfortunately, the general public’s exposure to secondhand smoke is much higher than most people realize. More than 53,000 lives are lost each year in the U.S. due to secondhand smoke exposure. In January 2000, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched Healthy People 2010, a comprehensive, nationwide health promotion and disease prevention agenda. Healthy People 2010 contains 467 objectives designed to serve as a roadmap for improving the health of all people in the United States during the first decade of the 21st century. Several of these objectives relate to tobacco use and exposure to
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