The home is the place where children are most exposed to secondhand smoke and a major location of secondhand smoke exposure for adults.

Smoke-free rules in homes and cars can reduce secondhand smoke exposure among children and nonsmoking adults.  Some studies indicate that these rules can also help smokers quit and can reduce the risk of adolescents becoming smokers.

You can protect yourself and your loved ones by:

• Making your home and car smoke-free.
• Asking people not to smoke around you and your children.
• Making sure that your children’s day care center or school is smoke-free.
• Teaching children to stay away from secondhand smoke.
• Avoiding secondhand smoke exposure especially if you or your children have respiratory conditions, if you have heart disease, or if you are pregnant.
• Talking to your doctor or healthcare provider more about the dangers of    
  secondhand smoke.

If you are a smoker, the single best way to protect your family is to quit smoking. 
In the meantime, you can protect your family by making your home and cars smoke-free and only smoking outside.  A smoke-free home rule can also help
you quit smoking.

Join the national trend.  Take the Smoke-free Home Pledge by calling the toll-free Smoke-free Home Pledge Hotline at 1-866-SMOKE-FREE (1-866-766-5337) or visiting www.epa.gov/smokefree.

To access the Hawaii Tobacco Quitline, call 1-800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669) or visit www.CallitQuitsHawaii.org.