Local Coalitions Highlight Resources to Help Smokers Quit and the Need to Prohibit Menthol Cigarette
WHAT: Leading up to the Great American Smokeout on November 17, Atlanta health and social justice advocates will hold a series of free...
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"Entertainers Speak Out"
For
Smoke Free Rights For All
"You're The Cure"
"DON'T YOU BELIEVE THAT WE MUSICIANS SHOULD HAVE A SAFE SMOKEFREE WORKPLACE TOO"?
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We the Musicians, Entertainers, the community, and Service Industry Employees (Wait Staff / Bartenders) and SmokeFree Venue owners have taken a stand. To support a nationwide ban on all indoor smoking. To make all Bars, Restaurants, Parks, Entertainment Venues and College campuses SmokeFree. "It is a Matter of Life and Death."
SmokeFree Atlanta & Smoke Free Rights joins forces with The Atlanta Blues Society and our Musician & Music community to eradicate all indoor smoking of tobacco products that are doing so much harm to our musicians, bartenders and wait staffs health.
"Second Hand Smoke Exposure Kills" "Musicians & Entertainers Speak Out"
We urge you to join with your local community in advocating for "Smoke-Free Work Environments" for our musicians and hospitality workers.
"We Deserve A Smoke Free Workplace Too"
Secondhand Smoke
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What It Means To You Even If You Don't Smoke.
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There are Serious Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke
What We Do Know
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There is no safe amount of secondhand smoke. Breathing even a little secondhand smoke can be dangerous.
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Breathing secondhand smoke is a known cause of sudden infant death syndrone (SIDS). Children are also more likely to have lung problems, ear infections, and severe asthma from being around smoke.
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Secondhand Smoke causes heart disease and lung cancer.
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Seperate "no smoking" sections DO NOT protect you from secondhand smoke. Neither does filtering the air or opening a window.
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Many states and communities have passed laws making workplaces, public places, restaurants and bars smokefree.
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But millions of children and adults still breathe secondhand smoke in their homes, cars, workplaces, and in public places.
"Make Your Environment SmokeFree"
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