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Research: Freedom to Breathe helping hospitality workers 

A new study from the University of Minnesota Cancer Center and ClearWay Minnesota has found that since the Freedom to Breathe Act went into effect last October, hospitality workers have significantly reduced exposure to a tobacco-specific cancer causing chemical.

The study measured workers exposure to cotinine (a measure of nicotine exposure) and NNAL, a by-product of a potent lung cancer-causing toxin, before and after the law took effect.

The study included nonsmoking employees of bars, restaurants and bowling alleys throughout the state. Each participant submitted urine samples taken before and after the law was enacted, as well as a detailed questionnaire, to the University of Minnesota research team for analysis.

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