Valentine’s Day..Protect the Heart of the ones you Love!!
This Valentine’s Day and every day protect the heart of the ones your love by becoming informed about Tobacco smoke and Woodsmoke Pollution.
The Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation states:
Smoking, heart disease and stroke
“Smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke have many negative health effects that increase your risk of developing heart disease and stroke. Smoking contributes to the buildup of plaque in your arteries, increases the risk of blood clots, reduces the oxygen in your blood, increases your blood pressure and makes your heart work harder. Smoking also nearly doubles your risk of ischemic stroke.
Did you know?
Being smoke-free has enormous benefits for your health and the health of the people around you. More than 47,000 Canadians will die prematurely each year due to tobacco use, and almost 8,000 non-smokers die each year from exposure to second-hand smoke.
The good news
Once you become smoke-free and avoid exposure to second-hand smoke, you will immediately reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke. The sooner you become smoke-free, the sooner your body can start to recover and it doesn't take long to see the effects.
Within 48 hours, your chances of having a heart attack start to go down and your sense of smell and taste begin to improve.
Within 1 year, your risk of suffering a smoking-related heart attack is cut in half.
Within 15 years, your risk of heart attack is the same as someone who never smoked at all.”
The Bad News
Millions of Canadians are living in urban areas that are continually polluted with Woodsmoke. Woodsmoke is even worse for our health than tobacco smoke and stays active in the body 40 times longer than tobacco smoke. Woodsmoke pollution is associated with cardiovascular disease, stroke and mini-stroke. Wood burning stoves, Wood burning fire places, pellet stoves, OWBs and all outdoor open air burning harm our heart health.
Knowing the facts about tobacco smoke and the danger to our heart, Canadians are demanding the same protection from a deadly form of airborne pollution that also has a negative impact on our heart. Woodsmoke is a Public Health Issue that must be addressed in every Canadian community.
Exposure to fine particulate matter in Woodsmoke (PM 2.5) means the possibility of immediate risk of sudden heart attack, stroke, heart arrhythmia and other heart related events that could result in sudden death or long term heart disease.
Woodsmoke contains many of the same toxic chemical compounds as tobacco smoke, yet millions remain exposed to this deadly form of pollution. Our community leaders can no longer neglect, ignore or dispute the facts that Woodsmoke is a grave threat to everyone in our Nation.
Banning tobacco smoke has saved millions of lives. Now is the time to ban all urban residential Wood burning. Become wisely informed today about the grave dangers of Woodsmoke!
This Valentine’s Day and everyday protect the hearts of the ones you love!
Submitted by: Linda Baker Beaudin
Cornwall Ontario, Canada
Webmaster....Unless we work and succeed to end/ban/prohibit all wood burning in 2012, and the resulting woodsmoke, this will be the last Valentine's Day for many people. Let's make sure we do succeed. Take action now!!!!
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