If you would like to quit smoking, contact your
local American Lung Association for more
information on their Freedom From Smoking®
programs. This is the most important step you
can take to protect yourself and your family
from the dangers of secondhand smoke.
Funding provided through a cooperative agreement
with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
We need your support to fight lung disease,
the.third leading cause of death in the U.S.
Call your local American Lung Association
to find out how you can help.
         Call 1-800-LUNG-USA
            (1-800-586-4872)

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 ECONDHAND SMOKE is the smoke
 breathed out by smokers and the
 smoke from the burning end of a
    cigarette, cigar or pipe. The smoke
    from the burning end of a cigarette
      has many harmful chemicals.

         Secondhand smoke is also
         called environmental
        tobacco smoke (ETS);
      exposure to secondhand smoke
    is called involuntary smoking, or
  passive smoking.

     It is not easy to avoid
      secondhand smoke because
       about one in four people
        smoke. This brochure will
         give you tips on how to
           protect yourself and your
           family.
      IF YOU.SNIOKET

• NEVER SMOKE AROUND CHILDREN.

• Children are especially sensitive to the
 dangers of secondhand smoke.

9 If you smoke, try to smoke only in an
 open area away from your family.

9 Many of the substances stay in the air even
 after the cigarette, cigar, or pipe is gone.
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8 Let family, friends and people you work
  with know that you do care if they smoke
  around you.

9 In your car, do not smoke or allow others to
  smoke while the windows are rolled up.

• In restaurants and bars, ask to sit in the
  non-smoking area.
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* Make sure your child's day-care, school and
  after-school, programs are smoke free.

0 Ask your employer to make sure you do no1
  have to breathe other people's smoke at
  work.
                 * 1994 AMERICAN LUNS ASSOCIATION

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                                              HOW      YOU PHOTiOT YOORSELF
                                              YOUR FAMILY FHOIM1
• SECONDHAND SMOKE causes about
  3,000 deaths each year from lung cancer in
  people who don't smoke.
• SECONDHAND SMOKE causes irritation
  of the eyes, nose, and throat.
• SECONDHAND SMOKE can also irritate
  the lungs, leading to coughing, excessive
  phlegm and chest discomfort.
• SECONDHAND SMOKE has been linked
  with the onset of chest pain and may affect
  the heart, according to some studies.
• Children who breathe SECONDHAND
  SMOKE are more likely to suffer from
  pneumonia, bronchitis, arid other lung
  diseases.

« Children who breathe SECONDHAND
  SMOKE have more ear infections.

• Children who breathe SECONDHAND
  SMOKE are more likely to develop asthma.

6 Children who have asthma and who breathe
  SECONDHAND SMOKE have more
  asthma attacks.

9 There are an estimated 150,000 to 300,000
  cases every year of infections, such as
  bronchitis and pneumonia in infants and
  children under 18 months of age who
  breathe SECONDHAND SMOKE These
  result in between 7,500 and 15,000
  hospitalizations!
Here are some ways to protect yourself and
your family from secondhand smoke:
8 Don't smoke in your home.
• Ask other people not to smoke in your
  home — like baby-sitters or others who
  may care for your children.
e Ask smokers to go outside while they
  smoke.
8 If someone must smoke inside, limit them
  to rooms where windows can be opened or
  fans can be used to send the smoke outside.
9 Help people who are trying to quit
  smoking.

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