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No Safe Level of Secondhand Tobacco SmokeCountries around the world are taking action to adopt smoke-free laws that ban smoking in all indoor public places, workplaces, and public transport.Public health authorities worldwide have concluded that there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand… Read More

Fact Sheets

Smoke-Free Environments: Essential Facts

Smoke-Free Environments: Health Harms of Secondhand Smoke

Smoke-Free Laws Benefit the Economy

Smoke-Free Laws Improve Public Health

Partial Smoke-Free Laws Do Not Work

Smoke-Free Environments: Countering Industry Arguments

Smoke-Free Success Stories: Ireland

Smoke-Free Success Stories: Scotland

Smoke-Free Success Stories: Uruguay

Tobacco Industry Tactics Used to Undermine Smoke-free Policies

Reports and Studies

Lessons Learned Globally: Secondhand Smoke Mass Media Campaigns

WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2009: Implementing smoke-free environments

The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Smoke-Free Policies

Global Map of Smoke-Free Policies

Press Releases

New Survey Shows Turkey Has Significantly Reduced Smoking, Exposure to Secondhand Smoke

Landmark for Global Health: With Addition of Paraguay, All of South America Is Now Protected by Comprehensive Smoke-Free Laws

Mexico’s Revision of the General Law on Tobacco Control Will Drive Down Tobacco Consumption and Protect Nearly 130 Million People

World’s Largest Tobacco Use Study Shows Vast Scope of Tobacco Epidemic and Urgent Need for Countries to Act

Bloomberg Philanthropies: China Smoke-Free Policy a Major Development for Public Health

India’s Action on E-cigarettes Will Prevent a Youth Epidemic

Reuters Exposes Massive Philip Morris Scheme to Fight Global Tobacco Control Efforts – Shows Company’s Claimed Commitment to a “Smoke-Free Future” is a Sham

Ukraine Reports Dramatic Drop in Cigarette Smoking, Further Action Needed to Continue Life-Saving Progress

Nearly 60 Million Mexicans Are Now Protected from Exposure to Secondhand Tobacco Smoke

Ethiopia’s Historic Public Health Law Will Save Lives and Stem a Growing Tobacco Epidemic in Africa

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Approves a Strong Law to Save Lives and Protect Youth from Tobacco

Uganda’s Constitutional Court Soundly Rejects British American Tobacco Suit, Upholds Tobacco Control Regulations

Tobacco Use Survey Shows Romania Has Dramatically Reduced Secondhand Smoke Exposure – But Must Redouble Efforts to Stop Rising Tobacco Use Rates

New Study Finds 20 Million Fewer Adults Use Tobacco Thanks to Global Action

Kenya’s Supreme Court Rejects British American Tobacco Suit in Resounding Victory for Public Health

Bolivia Approves Landmark Law to Reduce Tobacco Use and Provide Its People a Healthier Future

Key Websites

Going Smoke-Free

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights

European Smokefree Partnership