This may be done through specific actions to promote equality, as well as by taking careful account of how other projects and the management of the Funds may affect men and women.

This may be done through specific actions to promote equality or to combat discrimination, as well as by taking careful account of how other projects and the management of the funds may affect women and men.

This may be done through specific actions to promote equality or to combat discrimination, as well as by taking careful account of how other projects and the management of the funds may affect women and men.

A further project seeks to reinforce networks of organisations to combat modern forms of slavery, including women and children who are trafficked for sexual purposes or exploited in the workplace.

Passive smoking, on the other hand, had been considered a mere nuisance until recently, but in the last decade numerous studies have shown that: - PASSIVE SMOKING increases the risk of lung cancer and probably that of other cancers; - PASSIVE SMOKING causes headache, respiratory problems, cough, vertigo, bronchitis and emphysema; - PASSIVE SMOKING of a pregnant mother can endanger the development of the foetus; - PASSIVE SMOKING is of particular danger to children, pregnant women, persons with chronic bronchitis, asthma, cardiovascular diseases, tobacco smoke allergies.

--------- COM(91) 232 ./. - 2 - THE RECOMMENDATION The Commission's Recommendation on the protection of the dignity of women and men at work comprises a number of recommendations to the Member States - that they take action to promote awareness that conduct of a sexual nature or other conduct affecting the dignity of women and men at work is unacceptable and may, in certain circumstances, be contrary to the principle of equal treatment within the meaning of the Equal Treatment Directive 76/207/EEC; that the Member States implement th ...[+++]e recommendations contained in the Commission's Code of Practice; and that the Member States encourage employers and employee representatives, including trade unions, to implement the recommendations contained in the Code of Practice.