Stop smoking - start living!
If you'd like help and advice to stop smoking, then the Somerset NHS Stop Smoking Service are the best people to help you. The service they provide is free and confidential and is tailored to you. Did you know - you're up to 4 times more likely to stop smoking and stay stopped with their help compared to wilpower alone?
To find out more about the services and options they can offer you, visit their website www.somersetstopsmoking.nhs.uk or click on the picture.
You can also give them a call on 0303 033 9840 for a chat to see how they can help!
42% of children in the UK live in a home where someone smokes.
Babies and children exposed to other peoples tobacco smoke are more likely to suffer from:
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Serious respiratory illness such as bronchitis and pneumonia
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Asthma
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Middle ear infections
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Sudden infant death syndrome (cot death)
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Premature birth, low birth weight and / or more complicated births if exposed during pregnancy
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Learning difficulties and behaviour problems
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Meningitis
By making your home and car smokefree you will help to:
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Reduce your children's risk of coughs and chest infections
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Reduce the risk of serious illness such as asthma, meningitis and ear infections
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Protect your pets from serious disease
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Your home and clothes will smell fresher and cleaner
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Your walls and ceilings won’t be coated with tar
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The risk of cot death is greatly reduced
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Your children will have fewer sick days off school
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You won't have 4,000 chemicals polluting the air
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Your children will be less likely to start smoking
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You will reduce the risk of fire in your home
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Your car will be cleaner, fresher and more comfortable
Tips to protect your family from secondhand smoke
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Make it a rule for all your family and friends that your home and car are smokefree. Ask people who want to smoke to always go outside
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Place smokefree homes and cars stickers in prominent places around your home and car
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Set up an outside smoking area and leave an umbrella by the door
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Remove all ashtrays and lighters from your house and car
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Freshen up your home. Clean curtains, bedding, paintwork, carpets and windows
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Ask other people who may be looking after your children in their homes not to smoke when your children are there
Smokefree Homes and Cars has now been launched in Yeovil, Taunton, Minehead, Bridgwater and Glastonbury. We are now preparing to take the project countywide.
For more information, advice or a window sticker for your car, please contact:
