IN YOUR HOME

There is no safe amount of secondhand smoke exposure. The home is the main place many children and adults breathe in secondhand smoke.

What is secondhand smoke?

It is the combination of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette and the smoke breathed out by a smoker. When a person smokes near you, you can be exposed to secondhand smoke.

The Surgeon General concluded: There is no safe level Cleaning the air and Secondhand smoke causes of secondhand ventilating buildings disease and early death in smoke exposure. cannot get rid of children and in adults who secondhand smoke. do not smoke.

In the United States:

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Approximately 58 million About 2 in 5 children (including 7 in The home is the main place (1 in 4) nonsmokers are 10 black children) are exposed to where children are exposed to exposed to secondhand smoke. secondhand smoke. secondhand smoke.

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Secondhand smoke exposure among babies and children can cause:

- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) - Lung problems

Secondhand smoke exposure among adults can cause:

« Heart disease - Stroke - Lung Cancer

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- Ear infections « Asthma attacks

Did You Know?

Secondhand smoke can travel through doorways, cracks in walls, electrical lines, ventilation systems and plumbing.

Opening windows using fans heating, air conditioning

and ventilation systems

cannot eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke.

In fact, these systems can distribute secondhand smoke throughout a building.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov/tobacco