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Every worker deserves to breathe smokefree air. Bar and restaurant workers are more likely to be exposed to secondhand smoke in their jobsite compared to other segments of the U.S.

The Surgeon General concluded:

There is no risk-free level of secondhand smoke’

Separating smokers from nonsmokers, cleaning the air, and ventilating buildings cannot eliminate exposure of nonsmokers to secondhand smoke’

e Heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems alone cannot eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke’

® 100% smokefree workplace policies are the only effective way to eliminate secondhand smoke exposure in the workplace’

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Exposure to secondhand smoke causes an estimated 41,000 deaths from lung cancer and heart disease among adults each year in the United States.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease www.cdc.gov/tobacco

Control and Prevention

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Smoke-free Policies:

- Improve Air Quality - Reduce Secondhand Smoke Exposure . Improve Health . Reduce Smoking - Receive Public Support - Result in High Levels of Compliance

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

NIOSH recommends establishing smokefree areas that protect from secondhand smoke and electronic cigarette emissions including:*

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All indoor areas All areas immediately outside building All work vehicles without exceptions entrances and air intakes

States and Smokefree Indoor Air Laws

Twenty-three states do not yet have comprehensive smokefree indoor air laws covering all bars, restaurants and worksites.

For more information about state legislative coding, please visit CDCs STATE System at cdce.gov/statesystem.

1 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General—Executive Summary. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2006.

2 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014.

3 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Report of the Surgeon General: Secondhand Smoke: What It Means to You. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2006.

4 NIOSH [2015]. Current intelligence bulletin 67: promoting health and preventing disease and injury through workplace tobacco policies. By Castellan RM, Chosewood LC, Trout D, Wagner GR, Caruso CC, Mazurek J, McCrone SH, Weissman DN. Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-113, http://www.cde.gov/niosh/docs/2015-113/.