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Last year, 49,000 nonsmokers died from secondhand smoke: • Exposure to secondhand smoke causes the deaths of an estimated 3,000 nonsmokers in the United States from lung cancer each year.5 • Secondhand smoke contributes to the deaths of 46,000 nonsmokers in the United States from heart disease each year.5 Secondhand smoke contains 11 known cancer-causing poisons and 250 known toxins, including:3~' Arsenic (used in pesticides) Cadmium (used in making batteries) Formaldehyde (used to embalm dead bodies) Lead (once used in paint) Benzene (found in gasoline) Secondhand smoke affects children: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Childhood middle ear infections Low birth weights Asthma • Secondhand smoke can trigger asthma attacks in children. Asthmatic children who are exposed to secondhand smoke have worse and more frequent attacks than those who are not. Severe asthma attacks can be life-threatening to children, and more than 40 percent of children who go to the emergency room for asthma live with smokers.2 • On average, 430 infants die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome each year as a result of their exposure to secondhand smoke.5 Even limited exposure to secondhand smoke has negative health consequences. • According to the U.S. Surgeon General, there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. • After just four hours in a casino where smoking is permitted, Minnesota nonsmokers showed 112 percent more lung-cancer-causing chemicals in their bodies than normal, and 456 percent more nicotine.6 ~ f~1pf10Gfat7Y1 10'. H i~fh Eff9GIi Uf F F~1JUl%~P (U FOJI(GfifTlfil'iL3 [rt~8 fJ :!I7(ikb. f~7llpfi8 ~ ifl :9f IggGllll~ ~d~y ThE Hf;a~lh ~~Cn,ie(j UB~~~F,„~ I)f ~fiVJ~Un[9f ~~ Ex~io~,we ~.1 ~GJ~1CC~'JR1~iHE. ri Ht ()~)rj of thG ]IJ((~l~Qn ~EflNl ~~ J ~_ Oep~ftr!lEnj f)~' ~~f•,8~1~1 and f'~IJf~lall' f fJl~'~ 2JO~, ' hlofou ~ (, nicer lu ntut PI;k; P r ~ia(~d pith rnr Ping Cidamite; w~Ifh Low kA,,rtnn9-M~~surr;d'lields of Tai and P~iroti~i9 2601. ~ Paatiu 31 T)al~,.gltig; f rr carom ;1th f~~pOrt on (7rrin>r~En> 2~~~i5. ~' Calitornl& Environrn.rtal Frniecllon ~:.Genry. p~pprgurJ IdBntifir,3prn of Envi« mmenta17ob i~ ~! imr,Ye a a To~ir, p,J ~-Omar iir:ant. 2005, ~' gndr,r;un Y.,E, klo l~ J- ~durGhy L of al P4eYflbollte~ of a iobgCG ,-specilir lurq r;9a;In0yen ~n npr~artik,ing ca irc gorr,n> G3nCBr Epiderninl Broniark:a ~IB'V 200:;. When a smokerlights a cigarette, more than 4,000 chemicals are released into the air.' Studies have shown that even brief exposure to secondhand smoke puts nonsmokers' health at risk.2