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A 6 page paper in which the writer discusses the problems secondhand tobacco smoke creates in the workplace, educational settings, and in socializing environments. How this may contribute to the problems of the smoker in these places will be examined. Past solutions to smoking in public places will be contrasted with present and potential solutions. How overall community health may be improved by banning smoking in public places will be emphasized. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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File: D0_BBkickbutt.rtf
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do not smoke tobacco products. Although there has been amazing progress towards creating a smoke free environment, it will be difficult to do until do so a strong core of
young people exist who never get hooked in the first place. Ninety percent of all smokers begin smoking by the age of nineteen-sixty percent by the age of fourteen.
(ANSR 1995) Perhaps a way to begin to create this core is to examine the effects that tobacco smoke has on those who do not smoke, but are simply
in its presence. Many of us have been motivated to do something, take an action or a stand for some one else, when we may not be able to
do it for our selves. Statistics abound and legislation almost passes. In December 1992 the Environmental Protection Agency classified passive tobacco smoke as a human carcinogen. Yet it
also acknowledged that it lacked the authority to regulate indoor air quality and passive tobacco smoke in particular. In 1994 Congress considered a bill to ban smoking in all
places except private clubs and restaurants. The bill failed. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) also considered banning smoking in all workplaces the same year to no
avail. Only in the last six months has an agreement been reached to reimburse states for tobacco-related health care costs. With much moaning and groaning it appears that
some of the wheels of the tobacco machine have slowed down. Yet the community whole-health process is only halfway completed. Consequently it is now necessary to consider how
smoking insidiously influences/effects the non-smoker. Non-smokers appear to be extremely sensitive to many of the chemicals in secondhand smoke. These chemicals
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