- Second-hand smoking is dangerous, especially for children. The best way to protect loved ones is to quit smoking. At the very least make sure you have a smokefree home and car.
Smokefree Home:
- A smokefree home protects your loved ones
- Smoking in the home will have an impact on everyone living and visiting that home. Toxins within cigarette smoke can remain within the home for 5 hours and can easily spread from room to room even with the doors closed.
- By stopping smoking, you’ll help to protect your non-smoking friends and family, too.
- Breathing in secondhand smoke increases the risk of lung cancer, heart disease and stroke.
- In children, it doubles the risk of getting chest illnesses, including pneumonia, ear infections, wheezing and asthma. They also have 3 times the risk of getting lung cancer in later life compared with children who live with non-smokers.
Passive Smoking:
- When friends and family breathe in your secondhand smoke it isn’t just unpleasant for them, it can damage their health too.
- People who breathe in secondhand smoke regularly are more likely to get the same diseases as smokers, including lung cancer and heart disease.