| Have you ever wondered if your health is | | | | of the conditions in which you live or |
| being affected by secondhand smoke. | | | | work. |
| Let's look at some of the facts that are | | | | What are the risk free levels of |
| now available. Family health is | | | | secondhand smoke, well there are no risk |
| important to us all, protecting | | | | free levels other than a smoke free |
| ourselves and family members is at the | | | | environment. The good news is that a lot |
| forefront of our minds, it starts with | | | | of the law makers have realised that |
| knowing the truth. | | | | changes need to be made and are banning |
| It's no longer just guesswork, the | | | | smoking from many public places, and the |
| research has been done and in many cases | | | | same is applied to the work place of |
| the results are quite alarming. They | | | | many individuals. But the full effect |
| even have a scientific name for it | | | | will not be felt until it is applied |
| "Environmental tobacco smoke" or ETS, | | | | across the board in all public places, |
| and has now been classified by the | | | | including public transport, hotels, bars |
| environmental protection agency. It's | | | | and restaurants etc. |
| considered a known cancer-causing | | | | More and more smokers understand the |
| carcinogen in humans, now that should | | | | need to go outside away from bystanders |
| get your attention if you or any family | | | | and family members, and that's a good |
| member is being exposed to any | | | | thing as the awareness of the dangers of |
| secondhand smoke. | | | | secondhand smoke becomes more widely |
| The evidence is know available that | | | | known. It's hard to understand why so |
| secondhand smoke can produce all the | | | | many people smoke when the health |
| health problems that the smokers | | | | effects are so widely known these days, |
| themselves suffer. Even many smokers | | | | but you have to remember that a lot of |
| themselves don't realise that their | | | | smokers began when it was a fashionable, |
| habit is compromising the health of | | | | cool thing to do. It highly addictive |
| their young children in the family home | | | | and not an easy habit to break, many are |
| and car. | | | | realising that it makes sense to quit |
| In the United States alone close to | | | | and should be given as much |
| 50,000 deaths in non-smokers are | | | | encouragement and help as they need. |
| contributed to cancer and heart disease | | | | Further information on secondhand smoke |
| caused by secondhand smoke (ETS), that's | | | | and help on how to quit smoking is |
| a rather frightening statistic. So it's | | | | freely available to bring you up to date |
| very much in your interest to be aware | | | | on this sneaky killer. |