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.
Children and passive smoking:
- Passive smoking is especially harmful for children as they have less well-developed airways, lungs and immune systems.
- Children who live in a household where at least 1 person smokes are more likely to develop:
- Children are particularly vulnerable in the family car where secondhand smoke can reach hazardous levels even with the windows open.
- To protect children, a ban on smoking in cars and other vehicles carrying children was introduced in October 2015. It is now against the law to smoke in a private vehicle if there’s a young person under 18 present.
Healthy Lifestyle Services – One You Walsall:
- One You Walsall is a free healthy lifestyle service dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of all residents across Walsall in making great choices for a more positive lifestyle.
- Services include: physical activity; healthy eating; weight loss; emotional wellbeing; welfare; alcohol reduction; quitting smoking; and NHS Health Checks.
- The team supports everyone - adults, families and workplaces – and also can help to find the right support.
One You Walsall: 01922 444 044 Mon to Fri 9am to 6pm
www.oneyouwalsall.com
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