Tobacco Scam: Smokefree Restaurants: Secondhand Smoke


		Does going smokefree yield immediate benefits for patrons and employees? 1. People stop suffering damage from toxins in secondhand smoke. 2. Once exposure stops, the damage starts to reverse. Quick improvement in lung function... University of California, San Francisco studied respiratory health in a sample of San Francisco bartenders in December 1997, before a smokefree bar measure went into effect, and again in February 1998, some six weeks after it was in force. Results: Secondhand smoke exposure fell over 90%. Respiratory complaints dropped almost 60%. Reports of sensory irritation dropped almost 80%. Lung function test results immediately began to improve. This study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows impressive and encouraging results in less than two months. 95% drop in cancer and heart-disease causing pollution... How do smoke free measures affect air quality? Researchers conducted tests before and after a new smokefree measure went into effect in Delaware in the winter of 2002 - 3. The sampled a casino, five restaraunts with bars, a stand alone bar and a pool hall. Result? After the smokefree measure went into force, as the charts show, workers and patrons were exposed to 95% less carcinogens and 90% less fine particle pollutants that lodge in the lungs and also cause irregular heart beats and heart disease. To learn how the study was done, click here.