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Public‑health group urges Clear Lake to consider multi‑unit smoke‑free policies citing second‑ and third‑hand harms
Summary
A state‑funded tobacco‑prevention program briefed the council on health risks from tobacco, cannabis and e‑cigarette aerosols and urged consideration of multi‑unit smoke‑free policies to protect children, seniors and tenants in shared‑wall housing.
Gina Veil Griffin, project liaison for the Health and Social Policy Institute, told the council that recent studies show emissions from burning cannabis and conventional tobacco contain many of the same toxins and that electronic‑smoking‑device (ESD) aerosols include ultrafine particles and metals such as chromium and nickel.
Griffin said some studies found cannabis secondhand smoke contained…
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