Somerset
Heart Health
is involved in many tobacco related education and support programs.
Quitting tobacco will improve the health, finances, self-esteem and
everyday life of the tobacco user– immediately and over the long term –
in ways you may never have imagined.
Communities
make a difference! All
indoor public places in Maine are free from secondhand smoke. Residents
and visitors enjoy clean, healthy air in train stations, airports,
information and visitor centers, restaurants, malls, and movie
theaters. Our children are protected against secondhand smoke in cars,
in indoor spaces, and in undesignated outdoor areas. Signs around Maine
and in high-traffic tourist areas proudly promote the state’s
smoke-free status and support our goal of making Maine the healthiest
state in the nation.
Parents can make
a difference! Each
day, more than 3,500 kids try their first cigarette; and each day about
1,000 other kids, under 18 years of age, become new regular, daily
smokers. That is more than 350,000 new underage daily smokers each year
– and roughly one-third of them will eventually die prematurely from
smoking-caused disease.
