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Secondhand Toxins

More than 4,000 chemicals, including 43 known carcinogens and over 400 other toxins, can be found in cigarette smoke.

Secondhand smoke from cigars is more dangerous than pipe and cigarette smoke.

Terms of Use Agreement

Welcome to the breathe easy Christian County (beCC) website. The information provided on this site is for general informational and educational purposes only. Please read and review these Terms of Use carefully before accessing or using this Website. By accessing or using this site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agreed to the Terms of Use Agreement. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use, you may not access or use the site.

1. Use of Website. The information provided on this site is for general informational and educational purposes. Certain sections of this Website are intended for particular audiences including beCC’s supporters, as well as members of the health care community and the general public. Your access to and use of the information contained in the Website is subject to this Terms of Use Agreement. By accessing and using this Website, you accept, without limitation or qualification, this Terms of Use Agreement.

2.Content. beCC will use reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on this Website but beCC makes no warranties or representations of any kind as to its accuracy, currency or completeness. You agree that access to and use of this Website and its content is at your own risk. beCC disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability of fitness for a particular purpose. Neither beCC nor any party involved in creating, producing or delivering this Website shall be liable for any damages, including without limitation, direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages, arising out of access to, use of or inability to use this Website, or any errors or omissions in its content. This limitation includes any damage or injury to you, your computer or other personal property including but not limited to damages caused by viruses that infect your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to our Website or from your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video or audio, or other items from the Website.

3. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless beCC, its officers, directors, employees, agents, suppliers and third party partners from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fee, resulting from any violation by you of these Terms of Use.

4. Privacy. beCC respects the privacy of its Website users. Please view our Internet Privacy Policy for information as to how we collect and use information collected or received through this Website.

5. Third Party Websites and Links. This Website may contain links or references to other websites maintained by third parties over whom beCC has no control. Such links are provided merely as a convenience. Similarly, this Website may be accessed by links from websites maintained by third parties over whom beCC has no control. beCC makes no warranties or representations of any kind as to the accuracy, currency, or completeness of any information contained in such websites and shall have no liability for any damages or injuries of any kind arising from such content or information. Inclusion of any third party link does not imply an endorsement or recommendation by beCC.

6. Medical Information. This Website may contain general information relating to various medical conditions and their treatment. Such information is provided for informational purposes only and is not meant to be a substitute for advice provided by a doctor or other qualified healthcare professional. You should not use the information contained herein for diagnosing a health or fitness problem or disease. You should always consult with a doctor or other healthcare professional.

7. Non-Confidential Information. Subject to any applicable terms and conditions set forth in our Internet Privacy Policy, any communication or other material that you send to us through the internet, or post on the Website by electronic mail or otherwise, such as any questions, comments, suggestions or the like, is and will be deemed to be non-confidential and beCC shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information. beCC shall be free to use for any purpose any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such communication.

8. Copyrights. All content of this Website is owned or used by permission by beCC and is protected by applicable copyright laws worldwide. The contents of this Website may not be copied other than for non-commercial individual reference with all copyright or other proprietary notices retained, and thereafter may not be recopied, reproduced or otherwise redistributed. Except as expressly provided above, you may not otherwise copy, display, download, distribute, modify, reproduce, republish or retransmit any information, text or documents contained in this Website or any portion thereof in any electronic medium or in hard copy, or create any derivative work based on such images, text or documents, without the express written consent of beCC.

9. Void Where Prohibited. This Website and its content are intended for access and use only by residents of the United States and are intended to comply with the laws and regulations of the United States. Although the information on this Website is accessible to users outside of the U.S., nothing contained in this Website should be construed as a promotion or solicitation for any product or for the use of any product in a particular way that is not authorized by the laws and regulations of the country where the user is located. Other countries may have laws, regulatory requirements and medical practices that differ from those in the U.S. beCC reserves the right to limit provision of our products or services to any person, company, geographic region or jurisdiction and/or to limit the quantities or any products or services we provide. Any offer for any product or service made on this Website is void where prohibited. Information provided on this Website does not constitute an offer to sell any particular product or service or engage in any other commercial transaction until beCC accepts your order.

10. Governing Laws. This Terms of Use Agreement and your use of the Website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri. Any legal action or proceeding related to this Website shall be brought exclusively in a federal or state court of competent jurisdiction sitting in Missouri. If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed void but shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.

11. Miscellaneous. This Website is provided as a service to its visitors. beCC reserves the right to delete, modify or supplement the content of this Website at any time for any reason without notification to anyone.

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There is no risk-free level of secondhand smoke exposure.


U.S. Surgeon General
June 2006