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Besides the obvious (cardiovascular disease, stroke, and cancer), secondhand smoke exposure has been linked to increased risk of hospital asthma readmissions, type 2 diabetes, and aggressiveness and antisocial behavior in kids

With more than 42 million Americans smoking, causing approximately half a million deaths a year, smokers will clog our medical system and drain it of resources as they face a spectrum of diseases

Cynthia Ferguson, executive director of Delaware NORML, says she has seen an upswing in interest in her group's parties and fundraising concerts, which have featured performances by comedians, magicians and Wilmington music acts such as jam rockers Xtra Alltra and reggae band Kooligans

It also would result in about 223,000 fewer premature deaths