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Why the Law is Needed
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- The law is designed to protect workers from secondhand smoke, which can cause life-threatening disease:
- Heart Disease
- Lung Cancer
- Poor Respiratory Health
- The law will reduce the economic toll smoking exacts on Oregon:
Tobacco use cost Oregonians approximately $1.5 Billion in 1996
| Indirect costs of lost productivity due to illness: 1 million lost days of work |
$100 million |
| Direct medical expenditure paid for by public funds (federal and state) |
$350 million |
| Direct medical expenditures paid for by private individuals and businesses |
$450 million |
| Indirect costs of lost productivity due to premature deaths |
$600 million |
| Source: Smoking-Attributable Morbidity, Mortality and Economic Costs (SAMMEC II), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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