It follows that the only way these death merchants can stay in business is by marketing to children and teenagers. By becoming dependent upon tobacco money, this state has joined a partnership with the merchants of death. So you will have to take bold steps to show you are serious. If you are quite serious in eliminating child and teen tobacco use, there is one single step you can take that is the most important one, the cheapest one, and the most effective one of all. This foundation can recommend increasing protections afforded under the Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act by requiring that all workplaces ban smoking on the workplace site.
Actions speak louder than words.
Eliminating smoking at the workplace is the single most important step you can take. Philip Morris has a new website and propaganda trying to convince businesses to allow smoking in the workplace. But it is a civil rights issue as well as a health issue. When smoking is allowed in the workplace, the nonsmoker s right to a healthy environment is violated. Smokers can remain smokers while postponing their smoking behavior until they are outside the building.