TACFL Team member Tracy Brown-Simmons spoke at a recent Seneca Housing Coalition (website) meeting on the benefits of smoke-free multi-unit housing—and the risks landlords and multi-unit housing complexes face without smoke-free/vape-free policies in place.

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Tracy Brown-Simmons presents to the Seneca Housing group on the benefits of SFMUH

Secondhand & Thirdhand Smoke

Secondhand smoke exposure occurs when people breathe in smoke that has been breathed out by those who smoke and use other tobacco products. There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. Even brief exposure can cause serious health problems.

Secondhand smoke from neighbors can seep through vents, gaps under doors or windows, cracks in walls, floorboards, ventilation systems, plumbing—and even through electrical outlets.

Thirdhand smoke occurs when tobacco smoke leaves residual nicotine and other chemicals (toxic!) on indoor surfaces, skin, fur, and furniture, even after the air has cleared. It can be inhaled, absorbed through skin, or ingested. Thirdhand smoke causes damage to floors, drapery, appliances, ceilings, and painted surfaces.

E-cigarettes (vapes) produce an aerosol by heating a liquid that usually contains nicotine and other harmful chemicals. When the aerosol is exhaled by the user, bystanders can involuntarily breathe in this aerosol.

Scientific evidence indicates that the aerosol emitted by e-cigarettes (vapes) may expose nonusers, including children and infants, to aerosolized nicotine and other potentially harmful substances which are not as safe as clean air.

Source: American Lung Association

FIRE!

“The shape and construction of electronic cigarettes can make them (more likely than other products with lithium-ion batteries) behave like ‘flaming rockets’ when a battery fails.”

E-cigarettes (vapes) can catch on fire or explode and seriously hurt people. Lithium-ion batteries power these devices. Vape fires and explosions are dangerous to the person using the vaping product and others around them.

Source: FDA & U.S. Fire Administration (under FEMA)

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