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A Smoke Free Ellsworth
Everyone Has The Right To Breathe Clean Air:
Separating smokers from nonsmokers, cleaning the air, and ventilation systems are NOT effective against secondhand smoke according to the Surgeon General
Protecting our right to breathe clean air is a health and safety issue and should be no more optional than ensuring our food, water and public facilities are safe
Everyone has the right to health: Diseases caused by SHS: Stroke, heart disease, cancer, asthma, miscarriages & low birth weight, SIDS & pneumonia
Mission Statement
Our mission is to assure the health of the public, prevent disease and injury, promote healthy behaviors, and protect against environmental hazards through assessment, treatment, education, rehabilitation, and policy development.
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, CALL 911 or
715-273-5051 (24-hour dispatch center)
To contact us:
412 W. Kinne St.
P.O. Box 238
Ellsworth, WI 54011
Phone: (715) 273-6755
Fax (715) 273-6854
Secondhand Smoke Kills:
Smoking kills 400,000 people each year
Every year secondhand smoke kills 53,000 Americans in the US, including 3,000 adult non-smokers in Wisconsin
Secondhand smoke is the 3rd leading cause of preventable deaths in the US
Secondhand smoke contains 4,000 hazardous chemicals, including 43 carcinogenic chemicals
The gas phase of secondhand smoke contains poisons, such as: carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, and ammonia.
Smoke-Free Policies:
76% of the adult population in WI do not smoke.
More than 90% of American’s favor banning
smoking in public places
Smoke-free policies are the least expensive
change for businesses to implement and
enforce
A local UW-Madison study found restaurant
sales increased 24% after going smoke-free
More than 34 WI communities are currently smoke free.
The WI Smoke Free Act was passed in May of 2009 - effective July 5, 2010
Email Privacy Agreement
Please be advised that electronic communications with the department are not encrypted and confidentiality cannot be assured. Pierce County Public Health Staff will not discuss your private information through email until we have received a signed Agreement on the Use of Electronic Mail for Client Communications. Upon review, please sign and return to the department via fax or U.S. mail at the address listed on the form. By signing the Agreement we can begin to communicate with you by e-mail. Click on E-mail Agreement to see document.