Pennsylvania Clean Indoor Act One Year Anniversary
Recent study finds 52 lives in the hospitality industry are saved each year
HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Pennsylvania’s Clean
Indoor Air Act has significantly increased the number of businesses where
customers and employees enjoy a healthy, smoke-free environment, Secretary of
Health Everette James said today.
The law took effect Sept. 11, 2008, and prohibits smoking in most public
places, including restaurants, workplaces and a portion of casino floors.
“Secondhand smoke has a deadly impact on workers and costs our healthcare
system billions of dollars,” said Secretary James. “This law protects the
health of millions of Pennsylvanians from the well-do*****ented dangers of
secondhand smoke.”
Secondhand smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals, including at least 60
known to cause cancer. In a 2006 report, the U.S. Surgeon General said it is
indisputable that secondhand smoke causes premature death and serious diseases
in nonsmoking adults and children.
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