Welcome to Smokefree Indiana Smokefree Indiana promotes healthy, tobacco-free lifestyles through community action and advocacy. Smokefree Indiana's comprehensive tobacco programs seek to reduce disease, disability and death related to tobacco use by: Eliminating nonsmokers' exposure to secondhand smoke Preventing the initiation of tobacco use among young people. Promoting quitting among young people and adults. Identifying and eliminating the disparities related to tobacco use and its effects among population groups in Indiana. Because tobacco control has become a major public health priority, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) allocates funds to support community-based tobacco control coalitions via state health departments in every state and U.S. Territory. The Indiana State Department of Health uses those federal dollars from the CDC to fund Smokefree Indiana. Ball State University serves as the fiscal agent for Smokefree Indiana. Smoke-free businesses can reduce insurance costs Smoke-free businesses have negotiated for lower fire and property insurance premiums, with some businesses winning reductions of 25-30%. Secondhand Smoke Secondhand smoke contains more than 50 cancer-causing chemicals, including formaldehyde, cyanide, arsenic, carbon monoxide, methane and benzene.   Get the facts Copyright ©2007 Smokefree Indiana. All rights reserved.  Developed by Zent Consulting.

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