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SHARE THE FACTS 		  Not everyone knows the truth about secondhand smoke. Now you can spread it, with downloadable fact sheets you can customize yourself. Here's how:
  1. Choose the information you want to share—anywhere from 8 to 10 facts in all.
  2. Select an entire category (home, work or community), or mix it up for a more personalized approach.
  3. Add your organization's information to appear at the bottom of the factsheet (optional).
  4. Click "Create PDF" to generate your custom fact sheet.
  5. Download it and you're done!
HOME
Sharing a home shouldn't mean sharing secondhand smoke.
WORK
No one should have to choose between a job and good health.
COMMUNITY
Smoking is a personal choice. Secondhand smoke is a public health crisis.
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  It is perfectly legal for landlords to declare entire apartment buildings smoke-free.
 
  Kids who live with smokers get more coughs, colds and ear infections than other children. They're at a higher risk for pneumonia, asthma and allergies, too.
 
  Secondhand smoke contains neurotoxins that can impair a child's ability to learn.
 
  For babies, secondhand smoke exposure can lead to lower birth weights and increased vulnerability to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
 
  Smoking in small spaces, like cars, can create higher concentrations of secondhand smoke toxins.
 
  Secondhand smoke leaves a chemical residue that remains long after the smoke clears.
 
  Smoke-filled rooms can have up to six times the air pollution of a busy highway.
 
  According to the Surgeon General of the United States, there is no risk-free level of secondhand smoke exposure.
 
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  Going 100% smoke-free can increase worker productivity and morale, and reduces overhead like maintenance, medical and legal liability costs.
 
  Workplace exposure to secondhand smoke causes more death and disease than all other regulated occupational substances combined.
 
  Fewer than 13 percent of bartenders and 28 percent of waiters are protected by smoke-free policies, compared to over 75 percent of all white-collar workers.
 
  Smokers take 6.16 sick days a year; nonsmokers miss just 3.86 days of work per year.
 
  Food service workers face a dramatic increase in lung cancer risk—up to 50 percent above the general population.
 
  Despite tobacco industry claims, ventilating buildings and "separating" smokers from nonsmokers cannot completely eliminate secondhand smoke exposure.
 
  Secondhand smoke costs the U.S. economy about $4.6 billion in lost wages every year.
 
  ASHRAE, the international standard-setting body for indoor air quality, has declared that ventilation cannot eliminate the health dangers posed by secondhand smoke and that smoking does not belong indoors.
 
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  For every eight smokers who die tobacco-related deaths, one nonsmoker dies with them as a result of secondhand smoke.
 
  Smoking is not a constitutionally-protected activity.
 
  Secondhand smoke costs the U.S. roughly $5 billion a year in related medical costs.
 
  Philip Morris's own research shows that smoking restrictions not only reduce consumption but also increase quit rates.
 
  According to the Surgeon General of the United States, eliminating indoor smoking is the only way to fully protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke.
 
  Over 50 percent of America's population is protected by 100 percent smoke-free policies.
 
  Almost two-thirds (64 percent) of Wisconsin voters support a law that makes all workplaces and public places, including restaurants and bars, smoke-free.
 
  Each year in Wisconsin, secondhand smoke kills more people than traffic accidents.
 
  Secondhand smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, 69 of which are known to cause cancer. This toxic soup includes formaldehyde, benzene, vinyl chloride, arsenic, ammonia and hydrogen cyanide.
 
  Within several months of going smoke-free, Madison bartenders saw a significant reduction in respiratory symptoms like wheezing, cough and eye/nose irritation - symptoms that may be warning signs of serious conditions such as lung or heart disease.
 
  Twenty-four states and Washington D.C. have enacted comprehensive smoke-free workplace laws that cover all restaurants and taverns.
 
  Secondhand smoke is estimated to kill 841 Wisconsinites each year.
 
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