The Risks of Outdoor Secondhand Smoke
Exposure to secondhand smoke is unhealthy, even if you are outdoors. Recent changes in laws, policies and practices have concentrated on indoor exposure. But these alterations have not eliminated exposure to secondhand smoke. This short video (1:54 minutes) discusses an air quality study by Stanford University conducted at park benches, sidewalk cafes and other public places.
In fact, a study released this month, finds exposure to outdoor secondhand tobacco smoke from ONE lit cigarette that is 29.5 feet away.
Prescription Drug Abuse: number one cause of injury death in the US
Video from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Prescription drug abuse is a major health epidemic. Fifty Americans die each day from Rx pain killer overdoses. That outnumbers the death rate from heroin and cocaine combined, but only one in ten Americans who have a problem are being treated.
Please join us at the next Sullivan County Anti-Drug Coalition Meeting (November 14, 10 AM to Noon, at the Sullivan County Regional Health Department) to learn more about recovery.
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