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Office of Healthy Lifestyles
Smoke-Free Families
Keep it
Outside
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 Making Your Home and
Car Smoke-Free
Why is second-hand smoke a risk for kids
Second-hand smoke hurts kids!
• Ear Infections
• Bronchitis
• Asthma Attacks
• Colds, Coughs
• Greater chance of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (S.I.D.S.)
If you are a smoker:
• Don’t smoke in your house. Smoke outside instead.
• Don’t smoke in your car, even with the window or vents open.
• Air cleaners don’t work; they won’t take the smoke out of the
air in your home.
• Ask friends or family not to smoke in your home, or around
your children.
• Consider quitting! Call the Florida Quit for Life Line:
1-877-822-6669 or call the Charlotte County Health Department at
941-833-3500 ext 234 to enroll in a local quit smoking class.
If you are a
non-smoker:
• Don’t let anyone else smoke in your home or car.
• Ask friends or family not to smoke in your home or around your
children.
• Let people know if their cigarette smoke is causing you
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Register your family as a smoke-free family, and receive a free
smoke-free care package including: car decals, refrigerator magnets,
certification of commitment, and quitline information.
To register
your family, e-mail the Office of Healthy Lifestyles at
healthylifestyles@doh.state.fl.us
Under Florida law e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not
want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records
request, do not send electronic mail to this agency. Instead contact
the office or individual by phone or in writing
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