Secondhand smoke is a mixture of the smoke given off by the burning end of a cigarette, pipe, or cigar, and the smoke exhaled from the lungs of smokers. This mixture contains more than 4,000 substances, more than 40 of which are known to cause cancer in humans or animals and many of which are strong irritants. Secondhand smoke is also called environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Exposure to secondhand smoke is called involuntary smoking, or passive smoking. Protect yourself and your love ones from secondhand smoke by getting more information at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "What You Can Do About Secondhand Smoke as Parents, Decision-Makers, and Building Occupants." No amount of secondhand smoke is safe.
 

Pregnant women who are around tobacco smoke are more likely to have babies with low birth weights.
(http://www.epa.gov/iedweb00/pubs/#Environmental%20Tobacco%20Smoke)

Protect yourself and your love ones from secondhand smoke by getting more information at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency . "What You Can Do About Secondhand Smoke as Parents, Decision-Makers, and Building Occupants."
(http://www.epa.gov/iedweb00/pubs/#Environmental%20Tobacco%20Smoke)

You may look below for additional resources on reducing the impact of second hand smoke.

Florida Clean Indoor Air Act
(http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Tobacco/FCIAA.html)

The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General
(http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke)

Smoke-free Homes Program
(http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/community.html)

Tobacco Free Town Hall
This Grand Island/Hall County, Nebraska tobacco control coalition website includes an ad campaign and information on second hand smoke.
(http://www.tobaccofreehallcounty.org/)



    Tobacco - Staying Quit

Forever Free...For Baby and Me -- Ordering information for the Moffitt Cancer Center’s 10-booklet set for pregnant and postpartum women, based on the empirical literature and intensive interviews with women. The set includes a booklet for the woman’s partner. A Spanish version is also available.
(http://www.moffitt.org/foreverfreestore/)

  Tobacco - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Smoking- National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center at Georgetown University's annotated bibliography on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and smoking.
(http://www.sidscenter.org/TopicalBib/Smoking.html)



    Tobacco - You CAN Quit Smoking

Florida smokers wishing to kick the habit can now get free help by calling the Florida Quit-For-Life Line toll-free at 877-U CAN NOW. The hotline, available in English, Spanish, and TDD for the hearing impaired, provides callers with counseling and other information to help them quit smoking.

Click below to get more information on quitting.

Circle of Friends
Support for not smoking.
(http://www.americanlegacy.org/greatstart/html/whyquit_benebaby.html)

Nicotine Anonymous
(http://www.nicotine-anonymous.org/)

Quit Net
Resource for quitting tobacco and for those wishing to stay quit. Provides a place where smokers trying to quit or stay quit can connect with others for support and ideas. The site is a product of a Boston University public private partnership.
(http://www.quitnet.com)

Surgeon General
Information on the effects of tobacco use and for information about quitting.
(http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/default.htm)


(http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/)