Articles for tag: Secondhand Smoke

Cigarette Smoking Where Banned

Smoking has been banned in many locations. But bans don’t always change behavior or attitude. Smokers continue to challenge bans, lighting up in places where they should not. Nonsmokers continue to be infuriated with what appears to be disregard for bans, for businesses and for rights of nonsmokers to exist in a smoke-free environment. But ...

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Arkansas Clean Air Act

Arkansas became one of over 25 states to put into effect a “clean air act”. Act 8, which began as Senate Bill 19, was approved April 7, 2006 and was put into effect July 21, 2006. Clean Air Acts throughout the United States are acts or laws that ban smoking in certain locations or situations, ...

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Statistics About Smoking Cigarettes

Everyone knows that smoking is bad for you. Simply search online and you can find thousands upon thousands of reports that are telling you to quit and steps on how to do it. If you think about it, though, how big of a problem has smoking become for the world? What are some scientific facts ...

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Are Secondhand Smoke Effects Overstated?

Secondhand smoke is a sore topic for smoking-ban advocates and detractors alike. Recent news show that tobacco users and those opposed to smoking bans are gaining traction with an unlikely ally: science. Or are they? Secondhand Smoke in the News “There are no safe levels of secondhand smoke in the workplace.” This is the beginning ...