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Make The EU Smoke Free |
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Published by Shaun on Jun 21, 2009
Category: Health
Region: Europe
Target: European Union Representitives
Web site: http://www.help-eu.com/
Background (Preamble):
- Every year, in Europe, more than 19,000 non-smokers die because of passive smoking!
Most of these victims are poisoned at home. Some employment sectors are particularly vulnerable to the dangers of passive smoking, such as the hospitality industries or the night-time economy (bars, night-clubs etc).
These deaths could have been avoided if these people hadn’t been subjected to second-hand smoke.
-Risk of heart disease increases by 25% for those exposed to second-hand smoke.
Smoking causes disease, especially cancer, but did you know that passive smoking is also responsible for numerous forms of heart disease, such as Ischaemia or strokes?
-85% of cigarette smoke is produced between puffs.
A cigarette burning nearby is dangerous to you! Why? 85% of cigarette smoke is produced between puffs. And the smoke from the tip of a burning cigarette balanced on an ashtray or in the hands of a smoker produces even more toxic substances than those which the smoker inhales or exhales!
-10 times more people die from second-hand smoke inhaled at home than at work.
Smoking is regulated in public places and in the workplace, but not in private. Because of this, 10 times more people die from second-hand smoke inhaled at home than at work. All age-groups are affected, parents and children alike.
It has been scientifically proven that simply ventilating a room does not protect you from exposure to tobacco smoke. So, often without realising it, everyone is breathing in smoke with all of its associated dangers: asthma, cancer, heart disease, premature death, etc.
-Banning smoking in public places reduces lung cancer by 8% and asthma or chronic bronchitis by up to 30%.
Since January 2004, Ireland, Norway, Italy, Malta, Sweden and Scotland have banned smoking in public places. And it’s working! For example, 96% of Irish citizens believe the ban to be a success. 85% of Italians would oppose a reversal of the ban and 500,000 of them have given up smoking in one year, giving weight to the campaign against passive smoking. Currently, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Belgium and France have similar plans.
-Children under 5, in 3rd World countries have to work on farms and in factories to collect tobacco and produce cigarettes all day, just to get paid in cigarettes which they eventually become addicted to.
For more information and help about Quiting, Passive Smoking, Not Starting etc. Please Go to www.help-eu.com or http://smokefree.nhs.uk/
Most of these victims are poisoned at home. Some employment sectors are particularly vulnerable to the dangers of passive smoking, such as the hospitality industries or the night-time economy (bars, night-clubs etc).
These deaths could have been avoided if these people hadn’t been subjected to second-hand smoke.
-Risk of heart disease increases by 25% for those exposed to second-hand smoke.
Smoking causes disease, especially cancer, but did you know that passive smoking is also responsible for numerous forms of heart disease, such as Ischaemia or strokes?
-85% of cigarette smoke is produced between puffs.
A cigarette burning nearby is dangerous to you! Why? 85% of cigarette smoke is produced between puffs. And the smoke from the tip of a burning cigarette balanced on an ashtray or in the hands of a smoker produces even more toxic substances than those which the smoker inhales or exhales!
-10 times more people die from second-hand smoke inhaled at home than at work.
Smoking is regulated in public places and in the workplace, but not in private. Because of this, 10 times more people die from second-hand smoke inhaled at home than at work. All age-groups are affected, parents and children alike.
It has been scientifically proven that simply ventilating a room does not protect you from exposure to tobacco smoke. So, often without realising it, everyone is breathing in smoke with all of its associated dangers: asthma, cancer, heart disease, premature death, etc.
-Banning smoking in public places reduces lung cancer by 8% and asthma or chronic bronchitis by up to 30%.
Since January 2004, Ireland, Norway, Italy, Malta, Sweden and Scotland have banned smoking in public places. And it’s working! For example, 96% of Irish citizens believe the ban to be a success. 85% of Italians would oppose a reversal of the ban and 500,000 of them have given up smoking in one year, giving weight to the campaign against passive smoking. Currently, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Belgium and France have similar plans.
-Children under 5, in 3rd World countries have to work on farms and in factories to collect tobacco and produce cigarettes all day, just to get paid in cigarettes which they eventually become addicted to.
For more information and help about Quiting, Passive Smoking, Not Starting etc. Please Go to www.help-eu.com or http://smokefree.nhs.uk/
Petition:
Non-smokers should not have to suffer these consequences and have our health stripped from us.
Passive-Smoking is almost just as bad as smoking for yourself. In fact, in some cases, it can be even worse due to the fact that you can have other people's breath in the air and they may even have some smoke-related diseases.
The environment is also being harmed by smoke all over the globe!
So please sign to save the you, future generations and the environment!
Passive-Smoking is almost just as bad as smoking for yourself. In fact, in some cases, it can be even worse due to the fact that you can have other people's breath in the air and they may even have some smoke-related diseases.
The environment is also being harmed by smoke all over the globe!
So please sign to save the you, future generations and the environment!
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