| Smokefree Homes |
Join Manchester Smokefee Homes Scheme and protect your baby and children from breathing in other people’s smoke (second hand smoke).
- Second hand smoke causes illness including asthma, heart disease and cancer
- Cigarette smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals, such as ingredients of ant poison, rocket fuel, and floor cleaner. These spread around the room and house – even if the windows are open.
- Babies and children are most at risk from second hand smoke. If you smoke around your children, they can breathe in the equivalent of 150 cigarettes per year.
Many people are choosing to make any babies and children safe and step outside to smoke – and to ask visitors to do the same.
Manchester’s Smokefree Homes Scheme encourages you to me your home smokefree. When you register your home smokefree, you’ll get all the health benefits and we’ll send you send you a certificate and smokefree stickers, signs etc to help you. We’ll also enter you into a free prize draw.
Register today and protect the people in your home that you love and care about. Click here to complete the online form or call Manchester Stop Smoking Service on 0161 205 5998. |
| Last Updated 19-04-10 |
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| Benefits of a home smokefree |
When your home is smokefree the benefits start immediately – your children are likely to be healthier, with less risk of:
- Cot death
- Coughing, wheezing and chest infections
- Asthma
- Behavioural problems
- Learning difficulties
- Middle ear infection
- Being one of the 50 children admitted to a UK hospital each day as a result of breathing second hand smoke
- Missing school through illness
If you are pregnant:
- You can protect your developing baby from other people’s smoking.
Your home will be:
- Cleaner – no more ash or cigarette burns
- Full of fresh air – 4,000 polluting chemicals gone!
- Less likely to catch fire – smoking is a major cause of house fires.
Your pets
Your pets are likely to be healthier and live longer. |
| Last Updated 19-04-10 |
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| Smokefree Homes/Pregnancy Video Link |
| Manchester Stop Smoking Service has produced a video about the Smokefree Homes Scheme and the benefits of stop smoking during pregnancy; to view please click on the link below.
http://www.younghealthymanchester.nhs.uk/yhm/video/ |
| Last Updated 03-08-10 |
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