There’s Nothing to Like about Secondhand Smoke

Smokers kill approximately 54,000 people annually in the United States. That’s harsh. It’s also true according to the American Cancer Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and World Health Organization. It’s the secondhand smoke that does it. The Centers for Disease Control also report that more than half of children between ages 3 and 11 show signs in the blood of exposure to secondhand smoke. It’s almost impossible to calculate how much sickness related to asthma and lower respiratory tract infections that secondhand smoke causes. Because of secondhand smoke, CVPH several years ago helped to lead the movement for hospitals across the North Country to go tobacco free. We know that smoking is one of the worst things we can do to...

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