Promoting a Smoke Free Environment

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Promoting a Smoke Free Environment

• Chapter 21, Lesson 3

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Vocabulary

• Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) Air that has
  been contaminated by tobacco smoke.
• Mainstream smoke Smoke exhaled from the lungs
  of a smoker.
• Sidestream smoke Smoke from the burning end of
  a cigarette.

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Risks for Smokers and Nonsmokers

• Environmental tobacco smoke is composed of
  mainstream and sidestream smoke. Sidestream
  smoke is more dangerous than mainstream because
  it has a higher concentration of carcinogens,
  nicotine, and tar.

4
Secondhand smoke effects

• 3,000 people every year are diagnosed with lung
  cancer caused by secondhand smoke.

5
Effects of smoke on Unborn children and infants

• Nicotine passes through the placenta and
  constricts the blood vessels of the fetus
• This causes low birth weight, miscarriage,
  prenatal death, deformities, and stillbirths
• Babies of smokers are 2 ½ times more likely to
  die from SIDS.
• Infants exposed to smoke are at increased risk of
  ashtma, tonsillitis, and respiratory tract
  infections.

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Effects of Smoke on Young Children

• Sore throats, ear infections, and upper
  respiratory problems
• Children who live with smokers have double the
  risk of developing lung cancer than children of
  nonsmokers.

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Reducing your Risks

• Politely ask visitors not to smoke
• If someone in your house smokes, open windows to
  allow fresh air to circulate
• Use air cleaners to remove contaminants
• Sit in smoke free areas at restaurants