Smokefree Homes

General:

• Second-hand smoking is dangerous, especially for children. The best way to protect loved ones is to quit smoking.  At the very least make sure you have a smokefree home and car.

Smokefree Home:

• A smokefree home protects your loved ones
• Smoking in the home will have an impact on everyone living and visiting that home. Toxins within cigarette smoke can remain within the home for 5 hours and can easily spread from room to room even with the doors closed.
• By stopping smoking, you’ll help to protect your non-smoking friends and family, too.
• Breathing in secondhand smoke increases the risk of lung cancer, heart disease and stroke.
• In children, it doubles the risk of getting chest illnesses, including pneumonia, ear infections, wheezing and asthma. They also have 3 times the risk of getting lung cancer in later life compared with children who live with non-smokers.

Passive Smoking:

• When friends and family breathe in your secondhand smoke it isn’t just unpleasant for them, it can damage their health too.
• People who breathe in secondhand smoke regularly are more likely to get the same diseases as smokers, including lung cancer and heart disease.

Children and passive smoking:

• Passive smoking is especially harmful for children as they have less well-developed airways, lungs and immune systems.
• Children who live in a household where at least 1 person smokes are more likely to develop:

• • asthma
  • chest infections – like pneumonia and bronchitis
  • meningitis
  • ear infections
  • coughs and colds

• Children are particularly vulnerable in the family car where secondhand smoke can reach hazardous levels even with the windows open.
• To protect children, a ban on smoking in cars and other vehicles carrying children was introduced in October 2015. It is now against the law to smoke in a private vehicle if there’s a young person under 18 present.

Healthy Lifestyle Services – One You Walsall:

• One You Walsall is a free healthy lifestyle service is dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of all residents across Walsall in making great choices for a more positive lifestyle.
• Services include physical activity; healthy eating; weight loss; emotional wellbeing; welfare; alcohol reduction; quitting smoking; and NHS Health Checks.
• The team supports everyone – adults, families and workplaces – and also can help to find the right support.

If you would like support in stopping smoking, please contact our local service One You Walsall: 01922 444 044, Mon to Fri 9am to 6pm, https://www.oneyouwalsall.com/

Links:

• https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/quit-smoking/passive-smoking-protect-your-family-and-friends/#:~:text=When%20friends%20and%20family%20breathe,lung%20cancer%20and%20heart%20disease.
• Visit nhs.uk/live-well/quit-smokingto find out about the stop smoking treatments available on the NHS and find out how to get started with stopping smoking.
• NHS stop smoking services 
• Take steps NOW to stop smoking 
• 10 self-help tips to stop smoking 
• Stop smoking without putting on weight 
• What to do if you relapse after quitting 
• Coping with cravings

• National Smokefree App – Update the smokefree app messaging at the bottom – https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking/
•  https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stop-smoking-treatments/
•  https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking/

Other:

 Smokefree Homes Campaign – West Midlands Fire Service

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jto3vNCbJRE