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Jump to full article: KTRV Fox 12 (Boise, ID), 2009-10-05
Intro: Smoke Free Idaho is lobbying to get smoking banned from local bars, and they say they've got new data to back up the need. We all know the affects of smoking and second hand smoke, but now new numbers are showing that the air quality in local bars and restaurants may be worse than expected.
"Everybody knows that second hand smoke is bad, but you can't ignore data," said Adrean Casper with Smoke Free Idaho.
Over the summer, Smoke Free Idaho measured the air quality in 19 different bars in the Treasure Valley -- five of those were non smoking. What they found was pretty shocking.
"People that work at bars are exposed to 36 times the levels of particulates in the air that cause cancer and heart disease than somebody just walking outside," said Casper.
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