Smoking ban merits the public's support
As a student in the master's of public health program at UNCG, I am excited that House Bill 259 will be voted on in the N.C. House soon.
HB 259 aims to reduce the air pollution and harmful health effects caused by secondhand tobacco smoke. Thousands of studies reviewed by the U.S. Surgeon General, the National Institutes of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency have conclusively shown that secondhand tobacco smoke has a negative impact on human health, causing, among other ailments, lung cancer and heart disease in adults, asthma and respiratory infections in children and SIDS in infants.
Please let your representative know you support this important legislation.
Sammie Autry
Greensboro
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