What do you bring home to your family? As a union member
you bring home a
good paycheck.
You bring home health benefits.
You take care of your family. When you confront Lead, Carbon
Monoxide, Toluene, and MEK on
the job, you know that you should
take special precautions. Tobacco
contains these very same ingredients.
In fact, tobacco smoke contains more
than 4,000 chemicals — at least 50 of
these are carcinogenic.
Asthma
Respiratory Infections
SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
Kids become smokers
Benefits of a smoke free home
1-800-NO-BUTTS This free and confidential service helps you find the most effective way for you to quit. This material was made possible by funds from the Tobacco Tax Health Protection Act of 988—Proposition 99, through the California Department of Health Services (contract #99-85070). Sources: 1 California EPA, Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Final Report, September 1997. 2 Baumann KE, Foshee VA, Linzer MA, Koch GG. Effect of parental smoking classification on the association between parental and adolescent smoking. Addictive Behaviors 1990;15(5):413-22 3 University of Massachusetts, (2000, September) Tobacco Control 4 Gallup Poll, September 2000 This brochure is being distributed by your Health and Welfare Trust Fund. It was produced by BUILT — a project of the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California that works directly with construction unions, apprenticeship programs and Health and Welfare funds. Our staff has developed educational resources about the health impacts of tobacco and toxics on construction sites and we provide resources to help construction workers and their family members quit if they choose to. For more information about BUILT call us at 916-442-8368. This paper appears in the eLCOSH website with the permission of the author and/or copyright holder and may not be reproduced without their consent. eLCOSH is an information clearinghouse. eLCOSH and its sponsors are not responsible for the accuracy of information provided on this web site, nor for its use or misuse. eLCOSH | CDC | NIOSH | Site Map | Search | Links | Help | Contact Us | Privacy Policy |