Second-hand smoke is unsafe at any dose. This is the message of a new campaign the Health Department launched today to highlight the hazards of environmental tobacco smoke and the importance of having a smoke-free home, especially for children. The developing lungs of young children are severely affected by second-hand smoke, and kids are easily exposed because they have higher breathing rates and little control over their environments.

Smoke-free Homes and Cars

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Tobacco Control

Did you know …

• 1 million New Yorkers are still smoking
  
  
• Nearly 8,000 are dying from smoking-related illnesses every year - more than 21 per day.
  
  
• Most New Yorkers who smoked have already quit
  
  
• If you are a smoker, quitting smoking is the single most important thing you can do for your health

For help to quit smoking click here  or call 311.

Cigarettes Are Eating You and Your Baby Alive

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