The City of Compton has passed a landmark comprehensive multi-unit housing and outdoor air policy that will limit smoke exposure and promote a healthier environment for its 97,000 residents and its visitors from neighboring communities.



As of January 1, 2013, all apartments will be smoke-free and all leases will have to include a smoke free provision. For many California landlords, banning smoking is both a health and safety concern. It saves owners from substantial cleaning costs… Continue

Callers to 1-800-NO-BUTTS Can Receive a Free 2-Week Starter Kit



For a limited time, the California Smokers' Helpline is sending free nicotine patches to callers from 34 counties in California. Eligible tobacco users who call 1-800-NO-BUTTS and enroll in the free telephone-based quitting program will receive a free two-week starter kit of patches, while supplies last.



"The Helpline has already served over half a million smokers," said Christopher Anderson, the Helpline's… Continue

Although California has made great progress in getting secondhand smoke out of workplaces, for many Californians breathing secondhand smoke at home and in public has become a real health problem.



When a nonsmoker breathes in secondhand smoke, the body begins to metabolize or break down the nicotine that was in the smoke. During this process, a nicotine byproduct called cotinine is created. Exposure to nicotine and secondhand smoke can be measured by testing saliva, urine, or blood… Continue

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The adverse health effects from cigarette smoking account for an estimated 443,000 deaths, or nearly one of every five deaths, each year in the United States. More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined.

 

This fact is repeated by many anti-smoking campaigns, Center for Disease Control &…

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