Sound Bites
From TobaccoControl Tactics
Contents
- 1 Comments on their sound bites
- 1.1 Tobacco is the first avoidable cause of mortality in the world
- 1.2 There is no safe level of exposure for ETS, Secondhand smoke is in the same category of carcinogens as asbestos and benzene.
- 1.3 70% of smokers want to stop
- 1.4 The Environmental Protection Agency has identified secondhand smoke as a Class A carcinogen.
- 1.5 Exposure to secondhand smoke increases a child’s risk for asthma attacks, pneumonia, ear infections and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- 1.6 Studies indicate that secondhand smoke can cause cancer, emphysema, heart attacks and strokes in adult nonsmokers
