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Article: Pennsylvania's Clean Indoor Air Act Marks One Year Anniversary.
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- Pediatrics Week
- Article date:
- September 26, 2009
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Pennsylvania's Clean Indoor Air Act has significantly increased the number of businesses where customers and employees enjoy a healthy, smoke-free environment, Secretary of Health Everette James said.
The law took effect Sept. 11, 2008, and prohibits smoking in most public places, including restaurants, workplaces and a portion of casino floors.
"Secondhand smoke has a deadly impact on workers and costs our healthcare system billions of dollars," said Secretary James. "This law protects the health of millions of Pennsylvanians from the well-documented dangers of secondhand smoke."
Secondhand smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals, including ...