Smokeless Homes

1. Smokeless Homes

2. Smokeless HomesGoal • Reduce the exposure to cigarette smoke in the homes of children with asthma

3. Why focus on children in the home? • Involuntary exposure • Children are still developing Airways are smaller Lungs are still developing • Children breathe 2 to 3 times faster and take in more air • Home is the most frequent place of exposure Source: American Lung Association

4. What is secondhand smoke?

5. What is secondhand smoke? • Breathing smoke from someone else’s cigarette or tobacco product Also known as: • Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) • Tobacco smoke pollution (TSP) • Passive or Involuntary smoking

6. Where is cigarette smoke?

7. Where is cigarette smoke? • In the Home Clothes Furniture Curtains Carpet • In the Car

8. Adverse child health effects from cigarette smoke • Asthma More severe symptoms New cases in children • Bronchitis and Pneumonia 150,000-300,000 cases every year • Ear Infections • Coughing and Wheezing • SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) Source: American Lung Association

9. Childhood Asthma Facts Nationally • Leading Cause of Missed School Days • Leading Cause of Hospitalizations 100,000 Children Each Year Source: American Lung Association

10. Childhood Asthma Facts Philadelphia • Over 12% of children have asthma. Over 40% of asthmatic children live with a smoker • Over 27% of smoking adults have asthma Source: Philadelphia Allies Against Asthma

11. Asthma Facts by Race PHMC’s Community Health Data Base (CHDB) 2002 Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey

12. What is Asthma?

13. What is Asthma?Condition that interferes with your breathing by preventing air from flowing freely into the lungs Source: American Lung Association

14. What Triggers Asthma?

15. What Triggers Asthma? • Cigarette smoke • Dust and Dirt • Pet Hair • Roaches • Stuffed Toys • Flowers • Hair Spray • Perfume

16. Name Asthma Symptoms

17. Asthma Symptoms • Dry cough • Shortness of breath • Chest pain and tightness • Whistling or wheezing sound while breathing or talking • Fatigue / Tiredness

18. National Academy of Science studies about cigarette smoke and asthma • Confirmed cigarette smoke causes children’s asthma symptoms to worsen • Children of smokers twice as likely to develop asthma than children of non-smokers • 1/3 of pediatric cases related to cigarette smoke Source: American Lung Association

19. How to protect children in the home In just three steps, you can protect your family from the dangers of cigarette smoke.

20. STEP 1 - Good • Smoke only in one room • Blow smoke out the window • Talk with family about a smoke free home

21. STEP 2 - Better • Never smoke near a child • Never smoke in a car with a child • Smoke only outside the home

22. STEP 3 - Best • Never allow smoke in your home or car • Never allow smoke around a child • Quit smoking

23. Smokeless Homes Pledge “I, _____________, pledge to protect my family from the health risks of cigarette smoke by making my home and car smokefree.” Do the right thing! Take the cigarette smoke outside.

24. Benefits of a smoke-free environment for children • Less severe asthma episodes • Fewer visits to the hospital • Fewer missed school days • Decreased risk of developing asthma

25. Health benefits of a smoke-free lifestyle • Increased lung function • Decreased risk of a heart attack • Decreased risk of a stroke • Decreased risk of getting cancer Source: American Cancer Society

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