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Tobacco Prevention & Control Program
Reducing Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
A few basic actions can protect children from secondhand smoke
- Choose not to smoke in your home or car.
- Do not allow others to smoke in your home or car.
- Do not allow childcare providers or others who work in your home to
smoke.
If you can't quit smoking right now you can protect your children by:
- Smoking outside. Moving to another room or opening a window is
not enough to protect your children.
- When smoking, wear a designated smoking jacket and hat and remove them
before you reenter the home.
- Wash your hands after smoking to keep the chemicals and toxins off your
and your children's clothes, hair and skin.
- Remember, even after a cigarette, cigar, or pipe has been put out,
highly toxic secondhand smoke remains in the environment (clothes, carpets,
seat cushions, drapes, air) and circulates all over the house or car. In
fact, it takes more than three hours for 95 percent of the smoke from one
cigarette to clear a room once smoking has ended.
Local secondhand smoke statistics
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