Smoking Kills Non-smokers

1. ALmost 85% of tobacco smoke comes from the burning end of the cigarette (sidestream smoke). Compared to mainstream smoke directly inhaled by a smoker, sidestream smoke contains three times more tar, five times more carbon monoxide and twice as much nicotine.

2. One bartender, waiter or club worker dies from tobacco smoke inhaled during work every week.

3. Second-hand smoke levels in pubs and bars are 450% higher in a home with at least one smoker.

4. Current ventilation systems still leave the air with up to 2500 times the acceptable risk levels for hazardous air pollutants.

5. A Singapore Medical Journal study showed healthcare payments and lost production due to smoking-related disease and death amounts to $839 million yearly.