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一呼一吸，这下意识的、连接着生命的律动，伴随着我们从呱呱坠地到暮年夕阳。每一口呼吸都关乎健康，你的，我的，他的，她的，孩子的，老人的，熟人的，路人的……然而，在餐厅、在商场、在写字楼的楼梯间、在那些本来用来享受公共活动的室内环境，一缕肆意飘散在空气中的二手烟，就能让健康呼吸化为泡影，让你猝不及防。

室内的二手烟究竟多有害？点开手机里的各种空气质量APP，它们会告诉你，室外PM2.5超过100就算轻度污染，出门建议戴口罩。如果PM2.5达到200，那就称为重度雾霾天气，并建议避免外出活动。但，一家餐馆内有三个人吸烟，那么室内的PM2.5值便会瞬间飙升到600。读到这里，你是吃惊呢，还是吃惊呢？

其实，科学研究早已告诉我们，烟草烟雾中含有69致癌物。二手烟有毒致命！心脏病、呼吸系统疾病、癌症，统统可以和二手烟挂上钩。而且，每吸进一口二手烟，对身体的健康就会造成伤害，对孩子尤是如此。你说开窗？通风？开抽风机？去吸烟室？殊不知只是自欺欺人。

是的，接触烟草烟雾没有安全程度可言。

那怎么办？

想要保护免受二手烟危害，唯一有效方法即为出台规定室内公共场所、工作场所和公共交通工具内全面禁烟的无烟立法。健康是每个人的权利，法律就是我们捍卫权利的武器！

如今北京、上海和深圳已经出台了严格的控烟条例，保护着生活在其中的6000多万居民免受二手烟的危害。而放眼中国，有7.4亿的非吸烟者，每周有70%的成人暴露于环境中的二手烟。无论你是否生活在北上深，呼吸健康空气的权利没有差别。西安和杭州等其他城市正在准备通过或正在修订其控烟条例，这样的进展让人振奋。我们期待，这些城市和更多的城市能够出台不留漏洞、100%全面无烟的控烟条例，并配以强有力的执法。

贡献你的力量，为健康呼吸的权利发声，支持你的城市出台同样的控烟条例，支持国家出台规定室内100%全面禁烟的无烟立法，你不能缺席！

让我们的每一口呼吸，都健康洁净！

Who protects our right to clean air?

How often do you smell cigarette smoke each day while at various indoor public places like shopping malls, sports halls, or offices?

(Please refer to the video in above)

The simple act of breathing is gifted to us from the time we are born and signals the very act of life. Every breath is about health, your health, my health, his and hers, children’s and elderly’s, the health of people you know and people you don’t know. However, the second-hand smoke drifting freely inside a restaurant, a shopping mall, the stairwells of an office building and all those indoor public places is so unavoidable and can make healthy breathing impossible.

How harmful is indoor second-hand smoke? Open all the mobile apps monitoring air quality, they will tell you that when PM2.5 level exceeds 100, it is lightly polluted and you are suggested to wear a mask for outdoor activities. When the PM2.5 level reaches to 200, we call it a heavily polluted day and you are advised to stay indoors. Did you know that if there are three smokers smoking inside a restaurant, the indoor PM2.5 level will quickly escalate to 600. What’s your feeling now by reading all these?

In reality, there are at least 69 carcinogens contained in tobacco smoke. Second-hand smoke is toxic and can cause heart diseases, respiratory diseases and cancers. Do not be deceived into thinking that opening windows, installing a ventilation system or creating special smoking rooms is a solution. None of them would effectively prevent the harms caused by second-hand smoke.

Let’s face the truth: there is no safe level of exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke.

So what can we do?

The only effective way to protect people from the harmful second-hand smoke is to have a comprehensive smoke-free law in place that bans smoking in all indoor public places, workplaces and public transportation. Health is a right for all people and the law is our weapon to protect that right!

Now the more than 60 million people who live and work in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen are protected by the strong smoke-free laws. However in China, there are 740 million non-smokers and 70% of adults are exposed to second-hand smoke regularly. The right to health is shared by everyone, not just those living in these three wealthy cities. Other cities are in the midst of passing or upgrading smoke-free laws in their cities, including Xi’an and Hangzhou – this is a very positive development and we really look forward to these cities (and others!) having 100% smoke-free laws with no loopholes and strong enforcement. 

Do your part, stand up for your right to health and clean air and support your city to pass a strong smoke-free regulation, and support efforts for a 100% National Smoke-free Law. You deserve it!

Let every breath you take be healthy, clean and, most of all, smoke-free!

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