Tobacco Fact
With every puff on a cigareete, you breathe in 4,700 different chemicals, including ammonia, arsenic, cyanide, acetone, polonium-210, and carbon monoxide. Disgusting but true!




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SmokeFree Dutchess is a community partnership with the American Cancer Society (ACS); the American Heart Association (AHA); the American Lung Association (ALA); the Dutchess County Department of Health; the Dutchess County Medical Society; Council on Addiction Prevention & Education of Dutchess County, Inc (CAPE); Vassar Brothers Medical Center; Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers; community based organizations, physicians, businesses, schools, and Dutchess County residents.