Tuesday, June 27, 2006
New Surgeon-General's Report on Second-Hand Smoke Released Today
On the basis of this new report, there is clearly only one safe way to relate to second-hand tobacco smoke: Don't! No level of exposure is safe. Smoking in any indoor space places non-smokers at risk. There is no ventilation system that can eliminate the risks. The conclusion is clear: Non-smokers cannot be around smokers while they are smoking anywhere in the building without hazarding their health.
This gives special significance to the Smokefree Kettering Campaign in which we have been participants. Clearly the City Council has a duty to protect all non-smokers from the very clearly proven hazards of second-hand tobacco smoke in all restaurants, workplaces, and public buildings. To fail to do so would be to neglect their responsibility for the welfare of the public, especially shameful when so many of the public are children.
We hope that the whole state of Ohio will go smokefree, but until it does, it is clearly the duty of the City of Kettering to protect its citizens. No one is trying to ban smoking or to deny smokers their rights. All that is being asked for is the right to not smoke - to not be exposed to a known health hazard when one goes to a restaurant or to work.
Why not contact your elected city officials and let them know how you feel?
To see the full report, click on the link or go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_2006/index.htm
This gives special significance to the Smokefree Kettering Campaign in which we have been participants. Clearly the City Council has a duty to protect all non-smokers from the very clearly proven hazards of second-hand tobacco smoke in all restaurants, workplaces, and public buildings. To fail to do so would be to neglect their responsibility for the welfare of the public, especially shameful when so many of the public are children.
We hope that the whole state of Ohio will go smokefree, but until it does, it is clearly the duty of the City of Kettering to protect its citizens. No one is trying to ban smoking or to deny smokers their rights. All that is being asked for is the right to not smoke - to not be exposed to a known health hazard when one goes to a restaurant or to work.
Why not contact your elected city officials and let them know how you feel?
To see the full report, click on the link or go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_2006/index.htm
