United States Environmental Protection Agency Indoor Environments Division (6609J) Office of Air & Radiation EPA-4Q2-K-QQ-G04 April 2OOO ------- Make sure your children are not exposed to tobacco smoke at their school, pre-school, daycdre, or in cars or buses. other parents and cdregivers ''funderstand the health jisks to children'•' from secondhand smoke. Encourage frie/ids and other parents to r^...;'-j Take the Pledge and make their home a ;v "Smoke-Free Home/7 "-•'•.- Educate others through local hospitals, doctors, or community groups about health risks from secondhand smoke. For More Information Visit EPAs Website: www.-epo.gov/smokefree ------- Call our toll-free Smoke-Free Home Pledge Hotline 1-800-513-1157. . A Smoke-Free^ome Kit wil[ foe, mailed,out to you I which includes- _- ( < t '**• } > Tips on Keeping your Home Smoke-Free' I ' • ' -I 1 H Smoke-Free Home Magnet I t % Smoke-Free Home Certificate l ------- Bronchitis and pneumonia Wheezing and coughing spells More ear infections More frequent and severe asthma attacks ------- i Sudden infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) > New cases of childhood asthma » Behavioral and cognitive problems in children Breathing secondhand smoke can be harmful to your children's health. You can protect your children by making your ^me smoke-free^ Take the Smoke-Free Home Pledge and pro- tect your children from the health nsks of secondhand smoke. ------- 1 < Choose not to smoke in your home and do not permit others to do so. Choose not to smoke if children are present, especially infants and toddlers. They are especially vulnerable to the effects of second- hand smoke. . Do not allow baby-sitters or others who work in your home to smoke in the house or near young children. If you must smoke, choose to smoke outside. Moving to another room or opening a window is not enough to protect your children. Join the millions of Americans who are protecting their children from second- hand smoke. Take the Smoke-Free Home Pledge today. ------- |