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An initiative to clean up the air for our children The National Health Institute Slide 2 An outgrowth of NHIs commitment to health and wellness Spearheaded by parents, who want cleaner air for their children Encourage people to reduce air pollution indoors and outdoors Newsletters Conferences Seminars Promotional materials Special task force targets smokers because of the harmful effects of secondhand smoke 12/12/20102 Slide 3 Smoke exhaled by a smoker Smoke from the burning end of cigarettes, cigars, and pipes Composed of nearly 4,000 different chemicals and chemical components Often called involuntary smoking or passive smoking 12/12/20103 Slide 4 Effect on lungs Children who breathe secondhand smoke are more likely to suffer from pneumonia, bronchitis, and other lung diseases. Ear infections Children who breathe secondhand smoke can have more ear infections. Asthma Children who breathe secondhand smoke have more asthma attacks and the episodes can be more severe. Secondhand smoke causes healthy children to develop asthma each year. 12/12/20104 Slide 5 Miscarriage Premature birth Low birth weight Sudden infant death syndrome 12/12/20105 Slide 6 6 Source: Pennsylvania Youth Tobacco Survey, 2006-7, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Tobacco Control & Prevention Slide 7 BronchitisWheezing PneumoniaCoughing Ear InfectionsAsthma Attacks Behavioral & Cognitive Disorders Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 12/12/20107 Slide 8 Infants whose mothers smoked were 38 percent more likely to be admitted to the hospital for bronchitis and pneumonia. Children living in households where more than three packs of cigarettes were smoked per day were four times more likely to be hospitalized for ear tubes. Children younger than one year whose mothers smoked were four times more likely to be hospitalized. 12/12/20108 Slide 9 Cough and wheeze more and have a harder time getting over colds Get more sore throats and colds Get eye irritations and hoarseness 12/12/20109 Slide 10 10 Slide 11 Make your home smoke free. If you currently smoke, vow to quit. Dont allow smoking in your car. 12/12/201011 Slide 12 12/12/201012 Slide 13 13 12/12/2010