Help reduce fires caused by discarded smoking materials: - Extinguish any and all smoking materials before you leave an area - Douse smoking materials in water before tossing them out - Make sure proper cigarette disposal canisters are available in areas where smoking is allowed

It's time to put an end to the unnecessary single-use plastic of cigarette filters and #INC2 for the #PlasticsTreaty is the mechanism to do it. #PlasticPollution #PlasticsCrisis #BreakFreeFromPlastics

Cigarette butts are the #1 most-littered item in the world. They are also toxic, plastic waste that offer NO health benefit. #INC2 #PlasticsTreaty - Let's end the unnecessary single-use plastic of cigarettes by banning filters.

WATCH! In one minute, learn why plastic cigarette filters are so harmful! 8 million cigarette butts are discarded EVERY MINUTE! buff.ly/42TBap0

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Although disposable e-cigarettes were the most-used device type among young people in 2022, the FDA has only issued a marketing order on one disposable product, the tobacco-flavored NJOY Daily. buff.ly/3sgw0GZ

St. Joseph County Department of Health--- WANTS YOUR INPUT!!!

Thirdhand smoke is what smells and it's full of poison! It's as bad, if not worse, than secondhand smoke! sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/…

Smokeless tobacco products such as chew or spit tobacco are not a safer alternative to smoking cancer.org/cancer/risk-pr…

Even ONE cigarette is risky! buff.ly/3YQbgEh

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You can quit and there is help available!

REASSESSING VAPING LUNG INJURY Providers should be aware that vaping-associated illness presents with a multitude of symptoms outside of lung injury, such as abdominal pain, headache or even fever. buff.ly/4cPy8Hh

Keep trying to quit vaping but can’t? 5 women share how they finally managed to stop (and how you can too) buff.ly/4cUdwxs

"Nearly all e-cigarettes are sold in violation of federal law, yet 2 million kids report vaping," Durbin tweeted. buff.ly/3Th5VSH

We're starting to learn longer term effects of vaping. Pretty gross! buff.ly/4eKNTRp

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We predicted this would happen! Nicotine is nicotine and addiction is addiction! buff.ly/3N6zZwO

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