This last decade has yielded significant progress toward eliminating smoking in the workplace, restaurants, and bars. Each year in the U.S. 46,000 deaths from heart disease occur in non-smokers from second-hand smoke according to CDC researchers. There are still seven states with no smoke-free laws: Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
PositiveTip: Completely banning smoking in all public areas is the only way to fully protect non-smokers. Do your part in this effort by supporting smoke-free laws.