Asbestos and the Harlem smoke-free-home campaign

If you have been exposed to asbestos and you are a smoker, you should learn about the Harlem Smoke-Free-Home Campaign.

The Health Department announced the launch of the Harlem Smoke-Free-Home campaign to address the issue of secondhand smoke in East and Central Harlem.

Children in Harlem are hospitalized for asthma at twice the rate of children citywide. According to a 2005 study, 32 percent of Central Harlem kids enrolled in a Harlem Children Zone Asthma Initiative program live with a smoker.

And though New York City’s smoking rate reached a low in 2006, the problem is worse in some parts of Harlem. Last year, the East Harlem rate was nearly twice as high as the citywide rate (31 percent vs. 17 percent).

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