Michigan smoking ban necessary, according to a new report
A new report from the U.S. Surgeon General says even a little tobacco smoke can cause a lot of damage.
The Michigan Department of Community Health is hailing the report as evidence the ban on smoking was necessary, as are investments in tobacco prevention programming, it said in a release Friday.
Occasional smoking or secondhand smoke can cause serious illness because tissue and cellular damage are immediate, according to the report “How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease.” Over time and with repeated exposure, the body’s ability to heal that damage weakens, the report says.
In December, 2009, the Michigan Senate and House passed the Michigan smoking ban that prohibited smoking in bars and restaurants, but not casinos and cigar bars.
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• There are more than 7,000 chemicals in compounds in tobacco smoke, and of these, hundreds are toxic and at least 70 cause cancer. • Exposure to smoke decreases the benefits of cancer treatments and chemotherapy. • Smoking causes more than 85 percent of lung cancers and can cause cancer anywhere in the body. • One in three cancer deaths in the U.S. is tobacco-related.
Do you agree with the state department of community health? What do you think of the smoking ban, a year later? Tell us what you think in the comments section below.
Juliana Keeping is a health and environment reporter for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at julianakeeping@annarbor.com or 734-623-2528. Follow Juliana Keeping on Twitter
Comments
Harleyrider Davidson
Tue, Dec 14, 2010 : 6:21 a.m.
Scientific Evidence Shows Secondhand Smoke Is No Danger Written By: Jerome Arnett, Jr., M.D. Published In: Environment & Climate News Publication Date: July 1, 2008 Publisher: http://www.heartland.org/policybot/results/23399/Scientific_Evidence_Shows_Secondhand_Smoke_Is_No_Danger.html myth-of-second-hand-smoke http://yourdoctorsorders.com/2009/01/the-myth-of-second-hand-smoke BS Alert: The 'third-hand smoke' hoax http://www.examiner.com/public-policy-in-louisville/bs-alert-the-third-h... The thirdhand smoke scam http://velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.com/2010/02/thirdhand-smoke-scam.html Heart attacks Frauds and Myths.. http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7451/ New study: No evidence linking SHS and lung cancer http://fightantismokertyranny.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-study-no-evidence-linking-shs-and.html Surgeon General's Office Again Misrepresents and Distorts the Science in Report Press Release; Why the Need to Lie to the American Public? http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html
Thomas Laprade
Tue, Dec 14, 2010 : 12:34 a.m.
An alternative to smoking bans If the public was honestly and truthfully informed about the effects of second-hand smoke, there would be fewer no-smoking laws in this country. A little smoke from a handful of crushed leaves and some paper that is mixed with the air of a decently ventilated venue is going to harm or kill you? There has never been a single study showing that exposure to the low levels of smoke found in bars and restaurants with decent modern ventilation and filtration systems kills or harms anyone. As to the annoyance of smoking, a compromise between smokers and non-smokers can be reached, through setting a quality standard and the use of modern ventilation technology. Air ventilation can easily create a comfortable environment that removes not just passive smoke, but also and especially the potentially serious contaminants that are independent from smoking. Thomas Laprade for more info: http://thetruthisalie.com http://fightingback.homestead.com
Thomas Laprade
Mon, Dec 13, 2010 : 3:06 p.m.
n alternative to smoking bans If the public was honestly and truthfully informed about the effects of second-hand smoke, there would be fewer no-smoking laws in this country. A little smoke from a handful of crushed leaves and some paper that is mixed with the air of a decently ventilated venue is going to harm or kill you? There has never been a single study showing that exposure to the low levels of smoke found in bars and restaurants with decent modern ventilation and filtration systems kills or harms anyone. As to the annoyance of smoking, a compromise between smokers and non-smokers can be reached, through setting a quality standard and the use of modern ventilation technology. Air ventilation can easily create a comfortable environment that removes not just passive smoke, but also and especially the potentially serious contaminants that are independent from smoking Thomas Laprade Thunder Bay, Ont. Canada For additional info: http://thetruthisalie.com http://fightingback.homestead.com
Speechless
Mon, Dec 13, 2010 : 9:21 a.m.
Serve tobacco brownies.