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Smoke-free indoor air ordinances protect employees and customers from secondhand smoke exposure, which is associated with increased risks for heart disease and lung cancer in adults and respiratory disease in children (1,2). As of January 2004, five states (California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, and New York) and 72 municipalities in the United States had passed laws […]
It claims Smoking bans infringe smoker’s rights and freedom of choice
WRONG! Smoking bans are not about infringing rights. They are about protecting people’s health.
BE PREPARED: It is worth remembering that most people do not smoke, and most who smoke want to quit. Many smokers do not use tobacco by choice, but due to an addiction […]
It claims that SFE result in lost business to restaurants and pubs.
WRONG! Independent studies in Canada, Ireland, Italy, Norway and cities, like El Paso and New York, show that, on average, business remains at the same level or even increases after the smoking bans.
BE PREPARED: Even though not a single independent and rigorous study has […]
It claims that Smoke-free environments (SFE) will never work.
WRONG! SFE are widely supported by smokers and non-smokers and, if rightly enforced, they have the most effective way of protecting people from exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke. They also support smokers who wish to quit, making it easier for them to stop and stay stopped.
BE PREPARED: […]
Tobacco industry claims Ventilation systems protect non-smokers from exposure to SHS.
WRONG! The industry has promoted the installation and use of expensive ventilation systems and equipment, in an attempt to accommodate smokers and non-smokers in the same indoor enclosed spaces. This is a tactic to avoid the establishment of strict bans. However, ventilation is not only […]
Smoking in smokefree premises or vehicles is against the law. The person with management responsibility for the premises or vehicle is legally responsible for preventing smoking as well. The guidance that businesses have received from the Department of Health includes advice on the steps that can be taken if someone smokes in a smokefree place. […]
Tobacco industry claims: Voluntary agreements offer “courtesy of choice” to accomodate smokers and non-smokers
WRONG! Voluntary agreements that urge tolerance from non-smokers are not effective in protecting the public from the harms of second-hand tobacco smoke, and represent a barrier to the establishment of real effective protective measures.
BE PREPARED: The “courtesy of choice”, where smokers and […]
MYTH: Secondhand tobacco smoke1 is just a nuisance
WRONG! It is not a nuisance. It is a health hazard. It causes at least 200,000 deaths a year in workplaces alone (14% of all work-related deaths caused by disease) and 2.8% of all lung cancers2. Many of these people work in the restaurant, entertainment and service sectors, […]
The tobacco industry has known for decades that smoke-free policies to protect people from second-hand tobacco smoke represent a serious threat to its business:
“… the most dangerous development to the viability of the tobacco industry that has yet occurred.” i
“If smokers can’t smoke on the way to work, at work, in stores, banks, restaurants, malls […]
Neither ventilation nor filtration, alone or in combination, can reduce exposure levels of tobacco smoke indoors to levels that are considered acceptable, even in terms of odor, much less health effects (see Myths below).
The evidence demands an immediate, decisive response, to protect the health of all people.
Why go smoke-free?
Because…
Second-hand tobacco smoke kills and causes serious […]