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BREATHE LA invites you to stand up to speak out about Second Hand Smoke in outdoor public places in the City of Glendale. If you live in Glendale, or know someone who does, help educate the Glendale City Council about the issues related to Second Hand Smoke in Public Places.

Attend Glendale City Council Hearing on March 25th, 2008

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Van Nuys, has introduced legislation to that allows landlords to ban smoking inside rental units. "The goal here is to try to provide smoke-free housing for folks who live in multiunit buildings in California," Padilla said. "More than 30 percent of California residential units are multifamily dwellings. So if you're a family hoping to live in a smoke-free environment, it's currently next to impossible to find a smoke-free unit."

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"Smoking could kill 1 billion people this century because countries aren't doing enough to combat the deadly epidemic, according to a World Health Organization report funded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg." reports New York Daily News. "As a global community, we can't allow this to happen," said WHO director Margaret Chan. "The tobacco epidemic is entirely man-made."

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Learn everything you need to know about the dangers of secondhand smoke. The bad news: even brief exposure is dangerous. The good news: everyone’s health quickly improves after going smokefree. Read more.