Note to all those in the hospitality industry that if you work around a bunch of smokers, even if you don’t smoke, the second hand smoke is 45% more likely to kill you.

My favorite quotes from this article:

“…individuals with the highest levels of exposure to passive smoking of 22 hours or more a week may increase their risk of heart attack by about 45%.”

“…if current trends in smoking continues, a billion people will die this century from tobacco-related illnesses…”

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According to the August 7, 2006 edition of Business Week a new law in India makes it the first country to ban images of smoking in TV and film.

In the US, the 20% of adult smokers will be outraged by this infringement on freedom. But in India (one of the poorest nations on the planet), where half of the men and 21% of women smoke, they’ve got an epidemic and they need to do something about it.

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