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• ITA
• 2008

Restaurantes livres de fumo em Illinois

A Listing of The Illinois Smoke-free Restaurant Recognition Program recognizes those restaurants that have gone entirely smoke- Illinois Smoke-free free and raises public awareness to the dangers of exposure to second-hand smoke. Establishments choosing to Restaurants participate in the program receive a certificate designating them as smoke-free restaurants and are listed on the Department’s Web site. Patron Brochure (PDF) 65K Second-hand smoke is a combination of the smoke from a burning cigarette and the smoke exhaled by the smoker. It contaminates the air and is retained in clothing, curtains and furniture. More importantly, it represents a dangerous Restaurant Owner health hazard. Brochure (PDF) 68K The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concluded that second-hand smoke causes lung cancer in adult nonsmokers and impairs the respiratory health of children. The EPA classifies second-hand smoke as a group A Smoke-free carcinogen, a designation that means there is sufficient evidence that the substance causes cancer in humans. More Restaurant Certificate than 4,000 different chemicals have been identified in second-hand smoke, and at least 43 of these chemicals cause cancer. EPA estimates that approximately 3,000 American nonsmokers die each year from lung cancer caused by Illinois Clean second-hand smoke. Indoor Act The restaurants participating in this voluntary program have taken a progressive position by recognizing the need to go smoke-free to protect the health of their employees and patrons and by encouraging other restaurants across Illinois to participate.

http://www.idph.state.il.us/tobacco/ilsmkfree.htm Data da visita ao site: 26/06/2007

Fonte: Illinois Department of Public Health.

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1. A A) Todos os restaurantes de Illinois são filiados ao Programa de Reconhecimento de Restaurantes para não-fumantes, embora este seja um programa de adesão voluntária.
2. B B) A fumaça do cigarro pode causar câncer de pulmão em não-fumantes e problemas respiratórios em crianças.
3. C C) A fumaça exalada por fumantes e provocada por cigarros acesos é considerada um elemento cancerígeno do grupo A.
4. D D) O Illinois Smoke-free Restaurant Recognition Program tem como um de seus objetivos conscientizar o público sobre os riscos ao fumante passivo.
5. E E) O Illinois Smoke-free Restaurant Recognition Program é uma das iniciativas do Departamento de Saúde Pública de Illinois.