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NHI BREATHE EASY An initiative to clean up the air for our children The National Health Institute
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BREATHE EASYAn initiative to clean up the air for our children
The National Health Institute
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NHI’s Breath-Easy Initiative An outgrowth of NHI’s 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
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What is Secondhand Smoke?
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
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Why Should Parents Be Concerned?
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.
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Secondhand Smoke is a Health Risk to the Unborn Child
Miscarriage Premature birth Low birth weight Sudden infant
death syndrome
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Living With a Smoker Makes a Child More Likely to Smoke
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Source: Pennsylvania Youth Tobacco Survey, 2006-7, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Tobacco Control & Prevention
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Health Risks of Secondhand Smoke
Bronchitis Wheezing
Pneumonia Coughing
Ear Infections Asthma Attacks
Behavioral & Cognitive Disorders
Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome
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Did You Know That…? 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.
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Children of Smokers Cough and wheeze
more and have a harder time getting over colds
Get more sore throats and colds
Get eye irritations and hoarseness
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What Can You Do?
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Take Three Pledges:
Make your home smoke free.
If you currently smoke, vow to
quit.
Don’t allow smoking in your
car.
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And Support NHI’s Breathe-Easy
Inititaive
Buy a Breathe-Easy Button Today!www.breatheeasy.org
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Thanks for Letting Us Breathe Easier
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