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 41,000 deaths each year among adults 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.

Protect Coloradans from Secondhand Smoke and Vapor!

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Stop Tobacco Use

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References
1. Guingab-Cagmat J, Bauzo RM, Bruijnzeel AW, Wang KK, Gold MS, Kobeissy FH. Methods in tobacco abuse: proteomic changes following second-hand smoke exposure. Methods Mol Biol. 2012;829:329-48. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-458-2_22. PMID: 22231825.
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