Have you been in public recently and been forced to breathe in a cloud of e-cigarette smoke? That cloud is an aerosol and it’s not harmless.
As a heart and stroke survivor at the age of 51, my health is my top priority and I deserve to breathe clean air. Secondhand smoke increases the risk of acute coronary events, strokes and a variety of other serious diseases and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responses. As I worked 32 years as a paramedic and now am a stroke survivor, I fought to survive and now refuse to be a bystander as our air is polluted with harmful chemicals.
Thanks to the people of Florida who passed a constitutional amendment in 2002, smoking isn’t allowed in most indoor workplaces. Amendment 9 would modernize that amendment by prohibiting the use of e-cigarettes in Florida workplaces where smoking isn’t allowed — this includes public places like restaurants and indoor shopping malls.
We’ve made great strides in public health policy, but a lot has changed since 2002 including the development of technology, like e-cigarettes, that weren’t considered at the time.
Vote yes on Amendment 9 to ensure smoke-free workplaces are truly smoke-free.
