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* * Protect the people around you Exposure to second-hand smoke is associated with many diseases and conditions.

Diseases and Conditions linked to second hand smoke:

In adults:
  • heart disease
  • lung cancer
  • nasal sinus cancer and more
In children:
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (crib death)
  • low birth-weight and unhealthy newborns
  • bronchitis
  • pneumonia and other lower respiratory tract infections
  • asthma
  • ear infections and other breathing problems
    (Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, 2001)
Protect those you love (link to protection page) - take your smoking outside.










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