An outgrowth of NHI’s commitment to health and wellness

Spearheaded by parents, who want cleaner air for their children

Encourage people to reduce air pollution indoors and outdoorso Newsletters

o Conferences

o Seminars

o Promotional materials

Special task force targets smokers because of the harmful effects of secondhand smoke

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Smoke exhaled by a smoker

Smoke from the burning end of

cigarettes, cigars, and pipes

Composed of nearly 4,000 different

chemicals and chemical components

Often called involuntary smoking or

passive smoking

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Effect on lungso Children who breathe secondhand

smoke are more likely to suffer from pneumonia, bronchitis, and other lung diseases

Ear infectionso Children who breathe secondhand

smoke can have more ear infections

Asthmao Children who breathe secondhand

smoke have more asthma attacks and the episodes can be more severe.

o Secondhand smoke causes healthy children to develop asthma each year.

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Miscarriage

Premature birth

Low birth weight

Sudden infant death syndrome

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0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Ever

Smoked

Smoked

Before

Age 13

Currently

Smokes

Smokes

Everyday

31

611

2

57

17

37

9

No other smoker in

household

Other smoker in

household

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Bronchitis Wheezing

Pneumonia Coughing

Ear Infections Asthma Attacks

Behavioral &

Cognitive

Disorders

Sudden Infant

Death Syndrome

Infants whose mothers smoked were 38 percent more likely to be admitted to the hospital for bronchitis and pneumonia.

Children living in households where more than three packs of cigarettes were smoked per day were four times more likely to be hospitalized for ear tubes.

Children younger than one year whose mothers smoked four times more likely to be hospitalized.

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Cough and wheeze more and have a

harder time getting over colds

Get more sore throats and colds

Get eye irritations and hoarseness

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Make your home smoke free.

If you currently smoke, vow to

quit.

Don’t allow smoking in your

car.

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