This brochure is based on The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke:  A Report of the Surgeon General and its summary, Secondhand Smoke:  What It Means to you.

 Are your children in danger from seconhand smoke?

• Does anyone smoke near your children?
• Do you allow people to smoke anywhere in your home?
• Do you live in a building where neigbors smoke?
• Do you allow smoking in your car?
• Do your children visit places where people are smoking?
• Is smoking allowed outside your day care, school, or church?

If you said "Yes" to any of the above, your children are not safe from tobacco smoke?

Take these simple steps to protect your children from secondhand smoke:

• Ask people not to smoke around your children.
• Support family and friends who also want to stop smoking.
• Decide to have a smoke-free home and car, and ask family and friends to respect your decision.
• Get rid of all ashtrays in your home.
• Teach your children to stay away from secondhand smoke.  Encourage your teens not to smoke.