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The National Health Institute (NHI) launches the Breathe Easy Initiative, a commitment to enhancing air quality for children's health. Spearheaded by concerned parents, the initiative aims to reduce indoor and outdoor air pollution through educational newsletters, seminars, and conferences. A special task force targets smokers due to the harmful effects of secondhand smoke. Research shows that secondhand smoke can lead to serious health issues in children, including respiratory problems and increased frequency of asthma attacks. Join us in creating cleaner air by supporting the Breathe Easy Initiative.
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Breathe easy An initiative to clean up the air for our children The National Health Institute
NHI’s Breath-Easy Initiative • An outgrowth of NHI’s commitment to health and wellness • Spearheaded by parents, who want cleaner air for their children • Encourage people to reduce air pollution indoors and outdoors • Newsletters • Conferences • Seminars • Promotional materials • Special task force targets smokers because of the harmful effects of secondhand smoke
What is Secondhand Smoke? • Smoke exhaled by a smoker • Smoke from the burning end of cigarettes, cigars, and pipes • Composed of nearly 4,000 different chemicals and chemical components • Often called involuntary smoking or passive smoking
Why Should Parents Be Concerned? • Effect on lungs • Children who breathe secondhand smoke are more likely to suffer from pneumonia, bronchitis, and other lung diseases. • Ear infections • Children who breathe secondhand smoke can have more ear infections. • Asthma • Children who breathe secondhand smoke have more asthma attacks and the episodes can be more severe. • Secondhand smoke causes healthy children to develop asthma each year.
Secondhand Smoke is a Health Risk to the Unborn Child • Miscarriage • Premature birth • Low birth weight • Sudden infant death syndrome
Living With a Smoker Makes a Child More Likely to Smoke Source: Pennsylvania Youth Tobacco Survey, 2006-7, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Tobacco Control & Prevention
Did You Know That…? • Infants whose mothers smoked were 38 percent more likely to be admitted to the hospital for bronchitis and pneumonia. • Children living in households where more than three packs of cigarettes were smoked per day were four times more likely to be hospitalized for ear tubes. • Children younger than one year whose mothers smoked were four times more likely to be hospitalized.
Children of Smokers • Cough and wheeze more and have a harder time getting over colds • Get more sore throats and colds • Get eye irritations and hoarseness
And Support NHI’s Breathe-Easy Inititaive Buy a Breathe-Easy Button Today! www.breatheeasy.org
