No Smoking Please Pennsylvania

Children and otherwise healthy people are being exposed to harmful secondhand cigarette smoke everyday. Recent news reports have revealed that secondhand smoke is more harmful that previously thought.

FACTS:

Over 50,000 people a year die from secondhand smoke in the US alone.
(source: thetruth.com)

How do infants avoid secondhand smoke? "At some point they begin to crawl." -- Tobacco Executive 1996
(source: thetruth.com)

A baby's exposure to second-hand smoke during the postnatal period (up to six months) is a risk factor for SIDS."
(source: motherisk.org)

People, especially children, have a right to live in a healthy environment. We would like to see smoking banned in all indoor public places in Pennsylvania, unless enclosed and separetly ventilated space is provided for smokers.

We need your support!

If you are in favor of smoke-free public spaces in Pennsylvania, especially restaurants and bars, to make Pennsylvanians healthier, please sign this petition.

If you are no longer willing to sit in the 'non-smoking section' which still smells like second hand smoke, please sign this petition.

If you are tired of knowing that children are at risk for secondhand cigarette smoke related disease and illness, please sign this petition.

Thank you for your support!