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Because . . . We all have the right to breathe clean, safe, smoke-free air
Because . . . Secondhand smoke kills
We support 100% smoke-free campus, including any outdoor spaces on the main University of Oregon campus.
Twenty five students picked up 7,374 cigarettes in half an hour in front of Lillis and the surrounding area.
Cig Pick up for "Kick Butts Day" Fall 07
Clean Air Project members, Peer Health Educators and Student Health Advisory (SHAC) students picked up cigarettes around the UO library to show how much litter is left on campus due to tobacco use. They picked up almost 4000 cigarettes in half an hour.
U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona issued a comprehensive scientific report which concludes that there is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke. Nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke at home or work increase their risk of developing heart disease by 25 to 30 percent and lung cancer by 20 to 30 percent. The finding is of major public health concern due to the fact that nearly half of all nonsmoking Americans are still regularly exposed to secondhand smoke.
The report, The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke, finds that even brief secondhand smoke exposure can cause immediate harm. The report says the only way to protect nonsmokers from the dangerous chemicals in secondhand smoke is to eliminate smoking indoors.
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For more information contact Paula Staight at pstaight@uoregon.edu or Ramah Leith rleith@uoregon.edu
Surgeon General Report on Second Hand Smoke (2006)
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/
Center for Disease Control (CDC) Second Hand Smoke Health Consequences
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/secondhand_smoke/index.htm
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
http://www.no-smoke.org/goingsmokefree.php