Having the technical support of health departments, as well as their ability to have different types of conversations internally with elected officials, allowed us to pass the torch to other team members and keep the momentum toward policy change going. By having the business community and foundations lead the charge, it shifted the conversation from focusing solely on the individual health aspects, to emphasizing the collective cost of employing smokers and why it makes sense from a business standpoint to ensure a healthier workforce
Our family walks through the woods were often spent in the singular pursuit of learning animal tracks, but looking back, I see that my brother and I were actually learning to love the land, waters, and wildlife around us
Smoking when pregnant restricts oxygen to your baby, making their heart beat faster and increasing the risk of complications
By including waterpipe tobacco smoking in all levels of tobacco control from individual providers to large-scale public information campaigns we may be able to halt and eventually reverse its spread among American youth
This can make it difficult for business owners or their CPAs to succeed in their appeal without additional guidance
