Benefits of creating a smoke-free home and car

What are the benefits of creating a smoke-free home and car?

• No more toxic chemicals polluting your home.
• Risk of health problems are reduced for your family, friends and pets.
• Your children’s nose, lungs and eyes are no longer irritated by tobacco smoke.
• Children are less likely to develop asthma and those children who are asthmatic have better control of their condition.
• Children will be less likely to take up smoking in their teens.
• If you or someone living in your home is pregnant, a smoke-free home will protect the developing baby from other people’s smoke.
• A smoke-free home will reduce the risk of cot death for babies.
• Your pets will be healthier and no longer irritated by tobacco smoke.
• Having healthier pets could reduce your vet bills.
• Your home and car will no longer smell of tobacco smoke
• You won’t need to decorate the home as often if you maintain a smoke-free home.
• Cars that are smoke-free are worth more money when sold on.
• You will lower the risk of accidental fires
• You may even save money by cutting down on cigarettes.

Here are a few thoughts from parents

‘Just if the kids were in the car I thought well, it’s smoking, we’re in a tiny little place and I thought – no, I just won’t do it.’

 ‘Cause I realised how badly it would be affecting her health. Obviously she’s getting colds and that all of the time and it’s because of me smoking.’

 ‘We didn’t want him to develop asthma or just to breathe in our smoke.  I didn’t want to make him ill because of us.  There’s so much things going around that can harm him anyway, I don’t want anything that we do to harm him.‘