Second Hand Smoke

Even a little
second-hand smoke
is dangerous.
Second-hand smoke
can cause cancer in
nonsmokers.
It can also cause
breathing problems and
heart disease. People
who breathe second-hand
smoke get colds and flu
more easily. And they often
die younger than those
who don’t breathe it.

Our Tobacco Free Worksite Coordinator is busy helping numerous companies devise policies for supporting their tobacco users to quit and to adopt a 100% Tobacco Free Campus policies. We also work with local companies enrolling them in the Employer Support for Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) program. This OTPF program splits the cost for their employees' NRT between the enrolled company and the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation. Past history has shown that the combination of the NRT and a cessation program, like the Ohio Quit Line, gives the tobacco user a better chance for success.

The LGATPC has an informational Campaign to raise the Awareness
that second hand smoke is harmful. The "Auto" Be Smoke Free reminds
adults that loved ones should not be exposed to dangerous
second hand smoke.