What is Secondhand Smoke (SHS)? (read more)

Secondhand smoke is the smoke given off by a cigarette, cigar, or pipe along with the smoke exhaled by a smoker. It is the mixture of more than 4,000 chemicals, over 50 of which are known to cause cancer. It is the nations #1 airborne carcinogen. (Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids)

• What's in Tobacco Smoke?
• Reducing Your Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
• Secondhand Smoke Classified as "Toxic Air Contaminant"
• Clean Indoor Air Laws Discourage Youth Tobacco Use
• North Carolina's Law on Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
• 2006 Surgeon General's Report, The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke (view executive summary, full report and supporting materials)

Smoke Free Union Information Updates:
(feel free to use these as handouts, in newsletters, or church bulletins, etc.)

• Information Update - General
• Information Update - Early Childhood
• Information Update - School Age Youth
• Information Update - Pregnancy
• Information Update - Adults