Features Happenings Movie Review Lifestyles Births Obituaries Amer. Wendy Swain, director of the County Health Department and, hiding behind a balloon, Diane Koops were caught delivering a cluster of balloons and a plant to Nature's Bounty on Court Street. By Bill Sheehy First held in 1988, and observed annually on May 31, World No Tobacco Day is the only global event established to call worldwide attention to the impact of tobacco use on public health and reduce individual tobacco-independence. Let's clear the air. Supported by two decades of evidence, the scientific community now agrees that there is no safe level of exposure to second-hand smoke.
Tobacco smoke is also an important source of indoor air pollution, posing a threat in the workplace.
Toxins and carcinogens spread quickly throughout offices, hotels, restaurants and other indoor places of work contributing to a noxious environment, and causing eye irritation, sore throat, cough, and headache. Most workers are not in a position to change their work environment or leave their jobs to protect their health. Therefore, employees find themselves obliged to spend the majority of their waking hours in a health-threatening situation. The best place to begin is right at home. Make your home smoke-free.