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Anyone who lives with a smoker is put at risk because of secondhand smoke. Children are especially at risk. Secondhand smoke affects everyone in the family because it causes cancer and asthma. Fires caused by cigarettes hurt everyone. Having a smoke-free home is the best way to protect your family from the dangers of secondhand smoke.
Steps for Success:
- Distribute Home Contracts’ for parents to promise to provide smoke-free homes, at schools and community groups.
- Work with doctors and health professionals to promote smoke-free homes through day care centers and doctor offices.
- Post quick facts at community boards in stores, shops, schools, break-rooms and other public places about fires in the home and the medical effects of secondhand smoke on children.
- Involve day-care centers and teachers to educate parents about secondhand smoke.
- Call the local fire department to see what programs and information they use to educate people about cigarettes and fires. Work with the fire department to educate parents and kids about secondhand smoke and fires in future fire truck demonstrations.
- The American Cancer Society (ACS) has a program for families with a smoker who is trying to quit, including how-to-stop tools for the smoker and ways the family can support her/him. Check out their web site (www.cancer.org) and look for Fresh Start Families in the Cancer Resource Center.
