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Health Dept. to give results of Indoor Air Quality Survey in Adair

ON REVELATION DAY, MONDAY, June 18, 2012: Identities of the specific restaurants won't be given, but comparisons will be made of conditions in the Adair County Hospitality venues to those in smoke free cities. Progress is being made in Adair County, where, the Lake Cumberland Health Department List of Smoke Free Restaurants now lists two new smoke free establishments in Columbia, Dickey's BBQ and its next door neighbor, Taco Bell in the 900-1000 block of Jamestown Street, as Smoke Free, bringing the number of smoke free eateries to 14 in Adair. Casey County has three; Cumberland, two; Green, two; Russell County, 17; and in Taylor County - Thanks to a proactive public health ordinance passed by the Campbellsville City Council - all restaurants in Campbellsville are smoke-free!

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Adair Countians will have a chance to hear first hand, what the results of the air quality readings are for restaurants in Adair County, KY at a press conference at 11amCT, June 18, 2012, at the Adair County Health Department Conference Room, in the basement of the Dr. J.C. Salato Building, 801 Westlake Drive, Columbia, KY. While the meeting is primarily for the media, it is public, and everyone is welcome, provided there is room.



Is the air inside local restaurants safe? The results won't name names, but there will be 10 readings for 10 hospitality venues in Adair County, KY. The readings were taken by Adair County advocates for smoke-free air using a specially designed machine to take air quality readings randomly in the 10 venues. The air quality readings were then analyzed and compared to similar measures from smoke free cities around Kentucky.

Speakers will be Dr. Roger D. Smith, DMD, Chairman of the Adair County Board of Health; Dr. Aijaz A. Yazdani, MD, Pulmonology and Internal Medicine physician; and Hilarie Sidney7, Air Quality Coordinator, Clean Indoor Air Partnership, Kentucky Center for Smoke-Free Policy.

Those in attendance will be given information about the dangers of poor indoor air quality from secondhand smoke, how secondhand smoke can affect workers and the benefits of a smoke-free workplace.

According to the Lake Cumberland Area District Health Department, there are some statistics restaurant owners, workers, and their guests should be aware of:
  • In a single 8-hour shift in a smoky place, a worker is exposed to levels of cancer-causing chemicals equivalent to smoking 16 cigarettes
  • 30 minutes of exposure to secondhand smoke is enough to increase your risk of heart attack and stroke.
  • 28 percent of Kentucky adults smoke--the highest average in the United States.
  • Secondhand Smoke contains more than 4,000 chemical compounds and 60 of these are known to cause cancer.
  • Secondhand smoke knows no boundaries--760 to 1,360 Kentuckians will die from secondhand smoke exposure this year.
Similar air quality tests to those performed in Columbia, KY, have been performed in Letcher County, Louisville and Lexington.


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