WEBVTT NOTE Machine transcript of the film's sound; not yet checked. 1 00:00:39.460 --> 00:00:40.860 We used to think smoking was glamorous. 2 00:00:42.340 --> 00:00:43.520 Now we know the truth. 3 00:00:44.580 --> 00:00:47.860 Smoking is a leading cause of disease in this country. 4 00:00:49.340 --> 00:00:51.440 If you started to smoke 10 or 20 years ago, 5 00:00:51.500 --> 00:00:52.600 you were doing the in thing. 6 00:00:53.660 --> 00:00:55.780 So if you smoke or you have smoked, 7 00:00:56.460 --> 00:00:57.840 don't feel guilty about it. 8 00:00:59.040 --> 00:01:01.720 But our attitudes have changed now 9 00:01:01.720 --> 00:01:03.940 that we have the facts about smoking and health. 10 00:01:05.320 --> 00:01:07.260 Smoking is no longer in. 11 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:13.840 And non-smokers, including more than 20 million who have quit, are 12 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:16.880 beginning to force more and more restraints on smokers. 13 00:01:18.240 --> 00:01:23.320 If you smoke, I'm sure you've been encouraged to quit by your family, 14 00:01:23.520 --> 00:01:27.100 friends, your doctor, and a lot of strangers. 15 00:01:28.320 --> 00:01:30.260 Maybe even badgered. 16 00:01:31.460 --> 00:01:32.960 Well, now there's a new twist. 17 00:01:32.960 --> 00:01:38.620 Your employer, Johns-Manville, is joining the campaign to 18 00:01:38.620 --> 00:01:41.100 encourage you to kick the habit. 19 00:01:42.160 --> 00:01:45.400 Why? Look at these figures. 20 00:01:45.880 --> 00:01:51.780 The excess deaths caused by smoking are about equal to the combined deaths 21 00:01:51.780 --> 00:01:53.720 from all kinds of infections, 22 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:59.000 all accidents, diabetes, suicide, and homicide. 23 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:04.950 Smokers at all ages are dying at much 24 00:02:04.950 --> 00:02:08.730 higher rates than non-smokers from all types of cancer 25 00:02:08.730 --> 00:02:14.610 the lung cancer risk is ten times higher for smokers and 26 00:02:14.610 --> 00:02:16.590 smokers also have higher rates of 27 00:02:16.590 --> 00:02:21.830 death from heart disease strokes emphysema bronchitis and so on 28 00:02:21.830 --> 00:02:25.590 if you are 30 years old 29 00:02:25.590 --> 00:02:31.350 now and smoke a pack a day your life expectancy is 37 more 30 00:02:31.350 --> 00:02:36.010 years and is to age 67 on the other 31 00:02:36.010 --> 00:02:41.710 hand the nonsmoker of the same age will live to 73 six 32 00:02:41.710 --> 00:02:45.670 more years smoking two packs a day cuts 33 00:02:45.670 --> 00:02:51.290 eight years off your life and those life expectancy losses continue regardless of 34 00:02:51.290 --> 00:02:53.750 your age it has been 35 00:02:53.750 --> 00:02:59.210 medically proven that the death rate from most causes is higher for smokers 36 00:02:59.210 --> 00:03:03.810 that's it facts 37 00:03:05.430 --> 00:03:08.710 think about everything that's happened in your life in the last eight years 38 00:03:09.250 --> 00:03:16.210 and then try to imagine not having that much more time in the future if you smoke facts 39 00:03:17.370 --> 00:03:22.570 that's why Johns-Manville has gotten involved not only do smokers have shorter 40 00:03:22.570 --> 00:03:24.070 lifespans but 41 00:03:24.070 --> 00:03:25.170 they get sick more often. 42 00:03:25.230 --> 00:03:28.430 Everything from bad coughs to more heart attacks. 43 00:03:29.290 --> 00:03:31.430 And there's still another important reason. 44 00:03:32.370 --> 00:03:34.970 Medical researchers have found that people 45 00:03:34.970 --> 00:03:37.890 in certain occupations, where they might be exposed 46 00:03:37.890 --> 00:03:41.690 to other materials, face an even greater health risk 47 00:03:41.690 --> 00:03:42.690 if they smoke. 48 00:03:44.420 --> 00:03:47.680 For example, people who are occupationally exposed 49 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:51.860 to asbestos and who also smoke have 50 00:03:51.860 --> 00:03:55.060 a risk of getting lung cancer that is 92 times 51 00:03:55.460 --> 00:03:56.860 greater than the nonsmoker. 52 00:03:57.940 --> 00:04:01.560 The person who does not smoke, even though he's also 53 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:05.160 exposed to asbestos, is at no greater risk 54 00:04:05.160 --> 00:04:08.700 of developing lung cancer than any nonsmoker 55 00:04:08.700 --> 00:04:09.820 in the general population. 56 00:04:11.260 --> 00:04:14.020 If you are exposed to asbestos, you 57 00:04:14.020 --> 00:04:18.080 increase your chances of getting lung cancer 92 times 58 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:19.480 by smoking. 59 00:04:19.180 --> 00:04:25.070 That's a fact. This increased risk is not 60 00:04:25.070 --> 00:04:27.810 associated only with asbestos. Uranium 61 00:04:27.810 --> 00:04:32.850 miners, people exposed to other pollutants, even people with unrelated health problems 62 00:04:32.850 --> 00:04:36.270 have a greater risk of disease if they smoke. 63 00:04:37.710 --> 00:04:40.510 One of the reasons smoking promotes other 64 00:04:40.510 --> 00:04:46.130 diseases is that cigarette smoke damages the body's natural protection systems. 65 00:04:47.230 --> 00:04:48.230 This is 66 00:04:48.110 --> 00:04:51.510 a representation of the lungs most important defensive system. 67 00:04:52.170 --> 00:04:53.250 It consists 68 00:04:53.250 --> 00:04:58.750 of a sticky mucus carpet resting on the lining cells of the bronchial tubes 69 00:04:58.750 --> 00:05:04.270 acting as a protective barrier. It also acts as an escalator system 70 00:05:04.270 --> 00:05:05.370 by being 71 00:05:05.370 --> 00:05:10.770 constantly propelled upwards on tiny whip- like hairs called cilia. 72 00:05:11.770 --> 00:05:12.770 The 73 00:05:12.530 --> 00:05:17.830 function of this mucociliary system is to trap inhaled particles and sweep 74 00:05:17.830 --> 00:05:19.330 them back up away from the lungs. 75 00:05:20.370 --> 00:05:26.330 This moving carpet extends from deep in the lungs to your nasal passages, and it 76 00:05:26.330 --> 00:05:27.330 is your 77 00:05:26.550 --> 00:05:28.590 body's primary line of defense. 78 00:05:30.130 --> 00:05:32.830 Smoking does two things to damage that system. 79 00:05:33.650 --> 00:05:39.070 It changes the mucus carpet, destroying its effectiveness, and it 80 00:05:39.070 --> 00:05:40.350 paralyzes the cilia. 81 00:05:40.350 --> 00:05:46.670 The total effect is that the system can no longer remove irritants effectively. 82 00:05:48.410 --> 00:05:51.750 Smoking also damages another protective system in the lungs. 83 00:05:52.510 --> 00:05:58.390 If an invading particle gets past the mucociliary system, it will be subject 84 00:05:58.390 --> 00:05:59.690 to attack by tiny 85 00:05:59.690 --> 00:06:00.850 cells in the lungs. 86 00:06:01.530 --> 00:06:05.370 These cells engulf the particle and make it harmless. 87 00:06:05.370 --> 00:06:10.090 But smoking also destroys those cells. 88 00:06:12.700 --> 00:06:15.700 It should be easy to see why smokers face a greater 89 00:06:15.700 --> 00:06:21.540 risk of disease. With these defensive systems inoperable, the smoker's lungs are 90 00:06:21.540 --> 00:06:22.540 subject to a 91 00:06:22.260 --> 00:06:28.200 continuous onslaught of irritants. But if you stop smoking, your body will 92 00:06:28.200 --> 00:06:29.520 immediately begin to repair 93 00:06:29.520 --> 00:06:34.700 the damage. And after some time, these protective systems will once again be doing 94 00:06:34.700 --> 00:06:35.700 the job they were 95 00:06:35.500 --> 00:06:41.240 supposed to do. So when you put it all together, you understand that even if we 96 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:42.240 could provide 97 00:06:41.700 --> 00:06:47.280 the purest of living and working environments for all people, smoking 98 00:06:47.280 --> 00:06:49.100 would still be causing 99 00:06:49.100 --> 00:06:54.760 disease and death. And not just for smokers. 100 00:06:55.380 --> 00:06:58.520 Studies show that smoking places non- smokers 101 00:06:58.520 --> 00:07:04.400 at risk as well. In fact, the gases from a smoking cigarette that get into the air other 102 00:07:04.400 --> 00:07:09.400 people are breathing are even more dangerous than the tars, nicotine, and 103 00:07:09.400 --> 00:07:15.210 gases a smoker inhales into his own body. J-M is aware 104 00:07:15.210 --> 00:07:17.750 of all this. That smoking 105 00:07:17.750 --> 00:07:23.210 affects smoker and non-smoker. That smoking can change a safe exposure to a 106 00:07:23.210 --> 00:07:29.010 material into a hazardous one. That the combination of smoking and exposure to 107 00:07:29.010 --> 00:07:32.050 asbestos greatly increases health risks. 108 00:07:32.950 --> 00:07:35.870 That quitting can lead to repair 109 00:07:35.870 --> 00:07:41.790 of damage and a lessening of health risks, and that the increased probability 110 00:07:41.790 --> 00:07:42.890 of lung cancer, 111 00:07:43.070 --> 00:07:49.130 the most serious health threat to asbestos workers, can be eliminated by keeping those 112 00:07:49.130 --> 00:07:54.730 exposed to asbestos from smoking. The company must use all its resources 113 00:07:54.730 --> 00:07:56.590 to meet its responsibility 114 00:07:56.590 --> 00:08:01.110 of providing a non-hazardous work environment for all people. 115 00:08:02.270 --> 00:08:04.390 That's why J-M has instituted 116 00:08:04.390 --> 00:08:08.810 a no smoking policy in this entire facility the 117 00:08:11.340 --> 00:08:15.600 way J-M sees it this is not an entirely new idea 118 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:21.720 no one would expect a company to keep on the job or hire as a bridge painter a 119 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:22.720 person who had 120 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:28.340 frequent dizzy spells no matter what safety precautions were taken such a person still 121 00:08:28.340 --> 00:08:34.080 would be a threat to himself and fellow workers with all the evidence 122 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:35.780 about multiple exposures 123 00:08:36.920 --> 00:08:42.060 J-M almost has to eliminate the smoker, the high-risk person, 124 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:44.140 from certain operations. 125 00:08:46.730 --> 00:08:52.690 All the technology in the world is not going to protect 100% of the people 100 126 00:08:52.690 --> 00:08:53.690 % of the time. 127 00:08:54.530 --> 00:08:58.570 Equipment fails. People forget safety and work procedures. 128 00:08:59.310 --> 00:09:03.050 Workers become careless and overlook safety hazards and so on. 129 00:09:03.050 --> 00:09:08.880 J-M will not use this program as an excuse to ignore its other 130 00:09:08.880 --> 00:09:11.300 responsibilities to provide a safe workplace. 131 00:09:12.300 --> 00:09:16.800 Engineering efforts to prevent hazardous exposures are constantly expanding. 132 00:09:17.340 --> 00:09:20.840 The industrial hygiene monitoring program is intensifying. 133 00:09:21.160 --> 00:09:26.460 The medical surveillance program is growing to include more preventative and early 134 00:09:26.460 --> 00:09:27.460 warning procedures. 135 00:09:27.220 --> 00:09:32.400 and the company's emphasis on safe work practices 136 00:09:32.400 --> 00:09:36.000 will continue to take precedence over production 137 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:41.780 rates J-M is doing everything feasible to protect its employees 138 00:09:41.780 --> 00:09:44.200 from any health risk in the workplace 139 00:09:45.220 --> 00:09:49.440 prohibiting smoking in this facility is just another step in that direction 140 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:53.080 J-M will not be 141 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:58.440 hiring any person who smokes for work in any operation where asbestos is used 142 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:00.200 smoking will 143 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:03.920 be prohibited in this and other facilities at all times. 144 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:09.320 For those who do smoke now, the company 145 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:10.840 is not going to be heartless. 146 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:14.120 We all know quitting is difficult. 147 00:10:15.340 --> 00:10:18.700 Therefore, J-M will help provide professional counseling 148 00:10:18.700 --> 00:10:22.240 to those who want to kick the habit, to both workers 149 00:10:22.760 --> 00:10:23.760 and their spouses. 150 00:10:25.850 --> 00:10:29.230 J-M also understands that it can stop smoking on company 151 00:10:29.230 --> 00:10:32.570 premises, but it can't stop a person from smoking elsewhere. 152 00:10:32.570 --> 00:10:37.590 at home but by prohibiting smoking on the job 153 00:10:37.590 --> 00:10:42.710 your body's dose of tar nicotine and gases will 154 00:10:42.710 --> 00:10:48.570 be cut by one half or more and in so doing you'll be giving your body a chance to 155 00:10:48.570 --> 00:10:49.570 repair some of the 156 00:10:49.350 --> 00:10:54.850 damage and you'll be lessening the disease risk a little in addition smokers who 157 00:10:54.850 --> 00:10:55.850 are able to cut 158 00:10:55.470 --> 00:11:00.150 down on their consumption are the ones who find it easier to quit altogether. 159 00:11:01.830 --> 00:11:07.370 J-M wants to look after all of our best interests, your productivity, and the 160 00:11:07.370 --> 00:11:12.230 health of you and your family. This is a rather unique program. 161 00:11:13.030 --> 00:11:14.230 No other company 162 00:11:14.230 --> 00:11:18.270 of J-M's size and complexity has attempted a similar one. 163 00:11:19.390 --> 00:11:20.390 But 164 00:11:20.290 --> 00:11:25.890 Johns-Manville is convinced that its employees are worth every effort.