On October 1, 2007, the Tennessee Nonsmoker Protection Act went into effect and made most workplaces across the state of Tennessee smoke-free. Smoke-free laws are proving to be an effective way to improve public health by reducing people's exposure to secondhand smoke, which has been proven harmful to both adults and children and causes more than 50,000 deaths per year in the U.S. In fact, the Surgeon General concluded that there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke and that eliminating smoking in indoor places protects everyone from secondhand smoke exposure.
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the smoke-free law, the Smoke-Free Nashville coalition will be taking to the streets to thank those music venues that chose to go smoke-free. Due to exemptions in the smoke-free law, venues could have chosen to allow smoking by declaring themselves to be “21 and up” venues. The coalition will be delivering “Thanks for not smoking” t-shirts to patrons and staff of smoke-free venues, as well as, handing out information about the Tennessee Tobacco Quitline for any persons interested in ending their tobacco use.
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