Secondhand smoke and vapor are dangerous, at any level.

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Learn What You Are Inhaling

Exposure to secondhand smoke causes an estimated 19,600 deaths each year in the United States.1 Cigarette smoke contains more than 4,000 dangerous chemicals, including 69 that cause cancer. And the vapor emitted from e-cigarettes and other vaping devices contains cancer-causing agents, heavy metals and ultrafine particulates.2

Learn more about the toxic chemicals you could be inhaling when you’re around someone who is smoking or vaping.

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References
1. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disease and Death: Addressing Disparities—A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2024.
2.  Colorado Tobacco Attitudes and Behaviors Survey, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of Colorado Cancer Center, 2018.
3. Harmful Chemicals in Tobacco Products, American Cancer Society, 2017. Retrieved from https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/tobacco-and-cancer/carcinogens-found-in-tobacco-products.html