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UNDO, parte del Departamento de Salud Pública de California, es uno de los principales programas de salud pública del país que lucha para poner fin a la epidemia mortal de la Industria del Tabaco en California. Trabajamos cada día para reparar el daño causado por la Industria del Tabaco y restablecer el derecho a la salud y bienestar de los californianos. Porque merecemos una vida saludable, costos de salud más bajos, comunidades libres de tabaco y un medio ambiente libre de desechos tóxicos de la Industria del Tabaco. Nuestros niños deberían poder crecer sin una industria envenenando su infancia.
Por más de 30 años, hemos liderado la batalla para proteger a los californianos del veneno, contaminación, y prejuicio de la Industria del Tabaco. Únete.
Llevamos más de 30 años poniendo fin a la epidemia de la Industria del Tabaco.
La tasa más baja
de vapeo en jóvenes de los EE.UU.1
El 2do estado
en darle fin a la venta de casi todo el tabaco con sabores.2
2.7 millones de latinos
viven en viviendas libres de humo.3
Disminución del 60%
en la tasa de fumadores adultos.4
Reducción de un 37%
en la incidencia de cáncer de bronquios y pulmones entre los hispanos en California.5
Más de 1 millón
de vidas salvadas.6
$500 mil millones
ahorrados en costos de servicios de salud.7
$51.4 mil millones
eliminados de los bolsillos de la Industria del Tabaco y 15.7 mil millones menos paquetes de cigarrillos vendidos en los últimos 30 años.7
Vender tabaco con sabores es ilegal
Una ley prohíbe la venta de casi todo el tabaco con sabores en California, incluyendo vapes y mentolados. Cúmplela, evita multas y salva vidas.
La nicotina es un veneno adictivo y una neurotoxina1011
La nicotina es especialmente peligrosa para los cerebros de los niños y jóvenes, y puede amplificar la ansiedad, la depresión, cambios de ánimo, y dificultades de aprendizaje.121314
La fantasía de la Industria del Tabaco es una pesadilla
La Industria del Tabaco quiere vendernos un futuro sin humo de cigarillos. Sus engaños son mentiras peligrosas y mortales.
La Industria del Tabaco contamina el mundo15
Las colillas de cigarrillo están hechas de microplásticos. Los microplásticos son fibras tóxicas muy pequeñas que contaminan nuestro medio ambiente.16171819
La ley de venta de mentolados salva vidas
Poniendo fin a la venta de cigarillos mentolados detiene la matanza estratégica de las comunidades de color, mejorando la equidad en salud para todos. La ley del tabaco con sabores de California se limita a los vendedores de tabaco, no a la gente que la Industria del Tabaco hace adictos.
Sin tabaco con sabores se salvarán vidas.
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