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Smokeless Homes
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Smokeless HomesGoal

• Reduce the exposure to cigarette smoke in the
  homes of children with asthma

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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

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What is secondhand smoke?
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What is secondhand smoke?

• Breathing smoke from someone elses cigarette or
  tobacco product
• Also known as
• Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)
• Tobacco smoke pollution (TSP)
• Passive or Involuntary smoking

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Where is cigarette smoke?
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Where is cigarette smoke?

• In the Home
• Clothes
• Furniture
• Curtains
• Carpet
• In the Car

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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)

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Childhood Asthma Facts

• Nationally
• Leading Cause of Missed School Days
• Leading Cause of Hospitalizations
• 100,000 Children Each Year

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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

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Asthma Facts by Race
PHMCs Community Health Data Base (CHDB) 2002
Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey
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What is Asthma?
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What is Asthma?Condition that interferes with
your breathing by preventing air from flowing
freely into the lungs
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What Triggers Asthma?
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What Triggers Asthma?

• Cigarette smoke
• Dust and Dirt
• Pet Hair
• Roaches
• Stuffed Toys
• Flowers
• Hair Spray
• Perfume

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Name Asthma Symptoms
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Asthma Symptoms

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

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National Academy of Science studies about
cigarette smoke and asthma

• Confirmed cigarette smoke causes childrens
  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

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How to protect children in the home
In just three steps, you can protect your family
from the dangers of cigarette smoke.
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STEP 1 - Good

• Smoke only in one room
• Blow smoke out the window
• Talk with family about a smoke free home

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STEP 2 - Better

• Never smoke near a child
• Never smoke in a car with a child
• Smoke only outside the home

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STEP 3 - Best

• Never allow smoke in your home or car
• Never allow smoke around a child
• Quit smoking

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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.
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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

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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

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