Start Conversations: Talk to your friends, family, and neighbors about the dangers of secondhand smoke. Awareness is the first step toward prevention. Set Clear Boundaries: Create smoke-free zones at home, in your car, and at family gatherings. Encourage others to … Read More
Children exposed to secondhand smoke are more likely to develop asthma, ear infections, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Teens who grow up around smokers are more likely to become smokers themselves. Marijuana smoke, like tobacco smoke, contains toxic and … Read More
Secondhand smoke is the smoke exhaled by a smoker or released from the burning end of a cigarette, cigar, pipe, or marijuana joint. It contains over 7,000 chemicals—hundreds are toxic, and about 70 can cause cancer. And guess what? Even … Read More
June is for Fresh Starts—Let’s Make the Air Cleaner for Everyone. As summer kicks off in June, families and friends come together for barbecues, pool parties, and outdoor celebrations. But while we enjoy the sunshine and fresh air, it’s important … Read More
Vapes contain a number of chemicals, metals and ultrafine particles that are poisonous when they are heated to form an aerosol and then inhaled. For example carcinogens have been found in the metals that appear in the e-liquids and aerosols, … Read More
Teens and young adults who vape are significantly more likely than those who do not vape – about four times as likely – to end up smoking traditional cigarettes. This is true of young people who never smoked cigarettes and … Read More
The tobacco industry needs to replace older smokers. Like cigarette companies, vape companies have focused their efforts on young people. Why? Getting a person to start as a teen can make a lifetime customer. It’s well known among health professionals … Read More
What Types of Problems Should I Report to the FDA? FDA is interested in reports from consumers, manufacturers, clinical investigators, and health professionals about tobacco products that: are damaged are defective are contaminated smell or taste wrong FDA wants to … Read More
A cigar is a roll of tobacco wrapped in leaf tobacco or in a substance that contains tobacco. Most cigars are combustible tobacco products. They vary in size—from smaller cigars, such as little filtered cigars or cigarillos, to larger ones, … Read More
