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Smoke-free policies significantly improve public health.
<br />/SMOKE-FREE POLICIES =CLEANER AIR
<br />• Hennepin County's comprehensive
<br />smoke-free ordinance helped reduce
<br />harmful air pollution in bars and
<br />restaurants by 99 percent.'
<br />• One month after New York's
<br />comprehensive smoke-free law
<br />went into effect, harmful indoor air
<br />pollution decreased by an average
<br />of 84 percent.1
<br />Smoke-free
<br />policies reduce
<br />health care costs.
<br />Exposure to secondhand smoke
<br />costs Americans more than
<br />$9.5 billion a year because
<br />of excess medical care,
<br />death and disease.'
<br />CLEANER AIR =BETTER HEALTH
<br />• A year after the implementation of a smoke-free law in New
<br />York, the number of hospitality workers who experienced
<br />eye, nose and throat irritation decreased by 57 percent.3
<br />• Between 1988 and 1997, when California implemented
<br />smoke-free policies, lung cancer rates dropped significantly
<br />more than in other areas of the country. The decline among
<br />California men was 1.5 times greater than in other areas.
<br />Among California women, lung cancer declined 4.8 percent,
<br />while rates increased 13.2 percent elsewhere.°
<br />Smoke-free policies help people
<br />quit tobacco use.
<br />• Many studies have shown that smokers whose
<br />workplaces are smoke-free are more likely to quit
<br />smoking at an increased rate than smokers whose
<br />workplaces have weak smoke-free policies or no such
<br />policies at all.s
<br />• Minnesota's stop-smoking service, QUITPLAN" at
<br />Work, experienced three times more inquiries from
<br />February to May 2005, during which several Twin
<br />Cities smoke-free ordinances were implemented.6
<br /> Smoke-
<br />Smoke-free policies are overwhelmingly free policies
<br />supported in Minnesota communities that are popular
<br />have gone smoke-free.89 with voters.
<br />/IN COMMUNITIES THAT WENT SMOKE-FREE IN 2005 AND 2006: In November 2006, an
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<br />• Support for smoke-free ordinances now exceeds 70 percent. overwhelming maJority of
<br />Mankato voters (69 percent)
<br />• More than eight in ten residents consider secondhand smoke voted to keep Mankato's
<br />a health hazard. comprehensive smoke-free
<br />• More than 70 percent of residents strongly agree that ordinance in place.
<br />restaurants and bars are healthier.
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<br />Scientific research and experience have shown us what works to reduce the dangers of secondhand smoke.
<br />Comprehensive smoke-free policies clear the air ofcancer-causing chemicals, help people quit tobacco use and
<br />reduce health care costs. Because of this, such policies are overwhelmingly supported in Minnesota communities
<br />that have gone smoke-free.
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