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    Secondhand smoke harms children's health in many ways. It can cause asthma attacks, respiratory infections, and even Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. While most Hispanic adults do not smoke, 14 million children are still exposed to secondhand smoke at home and in public places. The document urges protecting children by making homes, cars, daycares and schools completely smoke-free. It also encourages caregivers to talk to children about the dangers of secondhand smoke and to consider quitting smoking.

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    Secondhand smoke harms children's health in many ways. It can cause asthma attacks, respiratory infections, and even Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. While most Hispanic adults do not smoke, 14 million children are still exposed to secondhand smoke at home and in public places. The document urges protecting children by making homes, cars, daycares and schools completely smoke-free. It also encourages caregivers to talk to children about the dangers of secondhand smoke and to consider quitting smoking.

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    Secondhand smoke harms children's health in many ways. It can cause asthma attacks, respiratory infections, and even Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. While most Hispanic adults do not smoke, 14 million children are still exposed to secondhand smoke at home and in public places. The document urges protecting children by making homes, cars, daycares and schools completely smoke-free. It also encourages caregivers to talk to children about the dangers of secondhand smoke and to consider quitting smoking.

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    CHILDREN

    How We Can Protect Our

    from
    Secondhand Smoke
    (Humo de Segunda Mano)

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    Secondhand smoke is a danger to our
    children and our families.
    Secondhand smoke comes from lit cigarettes and cigars. It also
    comes from smoke breathed out by smokers. When children
    breathe secondhand smoke, it is like they are smoking, too.
    Secondhand smoke is made of thousands of chemicals. Many
    are poisons that stay in your body. What do these poisons do?
    The U.S. Surgeon General asked scientists to find out. They
    found that secondhand smoke harms everyone, especially
    children. They also learned that
    • An estimated 58 million nonsmoking Americans, including 14 million
    children aged 3-11 years, are exposed to secondhand smoke.

    • They breathe it at home, day care, and in cars.


    • Most Hispanic adults do not smoke. But our children pick up
    habits from people around them. Our teens now smoke as much as
    other teens.

    Here are just a few of the chemicals and poisons in tobacco smoke.

    Ammonia
    Used in
    household Toluene
    cleaners Found in paint
    Butane thinners
    Used in lighter
    fluid
    14 million children aged
    3-11 years are exposed to Cadmium
    Used in making
    secondhand smoke. batteries

    Benzene
    Found in gasoline

    Hydrogen
    cyanide
    Used in chemical
    weapons

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    How does secondhand smoke hurt
    our children?
    Tobacco smoke harms babies, even before they are born. It
    harms children, too, because their lungs and bodies are still
    growing.
    • Babies who
    breathe
    secondhand
    smoke are more
    likely to die
    unexpectedly
    from sudden
    infant death
    syndrome (SIDS),
    also called crib
    death.
    • Babies and
    children
    who breathe
    secondhand
    smoke are sick Smoking during pregnancy can cause your
    more often baby to be born too early and have low birth
    with bronchitis, weight. If you smoke, your baby is more
    pneumonia, and likely to become sick or die.
    ear infections.
    • For children with asthma, breathing secondhand smoke
    can trigger an attack. The attack can be severe enough to
    send a child to the hospital. Sometimes an asthma attack
    is so severe that a child dies.

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    2
    Children can’t hide from secondhand
    smoke at home. Here’s why...
    Smoking in another room like a bathroom or bedroom
    pollutes all the air in your home. In an apartment, smoke in
    one room can go through the whole building.
    • Smoking outside in a hall or stairwell does not protect
    children inside. Smoke goes under doors, windows, and
    through cracks.
    • To protect the children inside, homes and apartment
    buildings must be smoke-free.
    No amount of secondhand smoke is safe. Even when you
    can’t smell it, cigarette smoke can still harm your child.
    • Opening a window or using a fan does not protect
    children.
    • Air purifiers and air fresheners do not remove smoke’s
    poisons.
    • Smoke from one cigarette can stay in a room for hours.
    Don’t smoke at home, even when children aren’t there.

    Allowing people to smoke


    in only one room does not
    protect children. Smoke
    from halls and stairs gets
    inside, too.

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    We must protect children from
    secondhand smoke everywhere.
    At Home. If you take care of children in your home, do not
    allow anyone to smoke inside. Do not let babysitters, family
    members, or friends smoke around your children.
    In Day Care. Make sure smoking is not allowed in your
    child’s day care.
    At School. Make sure your child’s school is smoke-free
    inside and out. All school events should be “No Smoking.”
    In Public. Choose restaurants and businesses that are
    smoke-free. “No Smoking” sections in restaurants do not
    protect children from secondhand smoke.
    In Your Car. Do not allow anyone to smoke if children are
    riding in your car. Rolling down a window does not protect
    them.

    Our children are so important that we should ask family members and
    visitors not to smoke around them.
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    4
    Take simple steps to protect your
    children from secondhand smoke.
    Children respect and learn from your actions and words.
    As caregivers, we teach our children by the choices we make.
    • Ask people not to smoke around your children.
    • Support family and friends who want to stop smoking.
    • Decide to have a smoke-free home and car. Put an “Aquí
    no se fuma” sign where everyone can see it. Ask family
    and friends to respect your decision.
    • Get rid of all ashtrays in your home.
    • Teach your children to stay away from secondhand
    smoke. Encourage your teens not to smoke.
    • If you smoke, quit. Ask your doctor, family, and friends
    to help. Call this free quit-line: 1-800-QUIT-NOW
    (1-800-784-8669) in English, en Español 1-855-
    DÉJELO-YA (1-855-335-3569) .

    Hispanic adults smoke less than most other groups in the United States.
    But our teens need our help to choose good health and not start smoking.

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    What happens now can change our
    children’s future.

    To order and download copies of this brochure, go to


    https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/order-pubs.

    For more information on protecting children


    from secondhand smoke, please visit
    www.cdc.gov/tobacco

    For free information on how to quit smoking, call


    1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669)
    or visit
    www.smokefree.gov

    Tips From Former Smokers® campaign


    https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/

    This brochure is based on information in the following publications:


    Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Among Nonsmokers—United States,
    1988–2014
    The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke:
    A Report of the Surgeon General,
    and its summary, Secondhand Smoke: What it Means to You.
    To download the two latter publications, go to
    www.cdc.gov/tobacco and click on “Surgeon General’s Report.”
    To order free copies, go to
    https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/order-pubs.

    Revised, January 2019 Print Only

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    CHILDREN
    How We Can Protect Our

    Are your children in danger from


    secondhand smoke?
    YES NO

    Does anyone smoke near your children?


    Do you allow people to smoke anywhere
    in your home?
    Do you live in a building where
    neighbors smoke?
    Do you allow smoking in your car?
    Do your children visit places where
    people are smoking?
    Is smoking allowed outside your day
    care, school, church, or tienda?

    If you checked “Yes” to any of the above, your


    children are not safe from tobacco smoke.

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    CS280992C

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