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Tips to avoid smoking in your vehicle:

  1. Make the decision to go smoke-free in your car(s).
  2. Ask that anyone riding in your car respects your smoke-free decision.
  3. Remove the ashtray and lighter from your car… avoid temptation.
  4. Place a no smoking sign in your car.
  5. Celebrate each smoke-free drive.
  6. Quit smoking! Help is available.
    Find a Public Health Office near you
Benefits of a smoke-free vehicle:

  1. Fresher, cleaner air in your car.
  2. Higher resale value of the car.
  3. You will be a healthier role model for your children and passengers.
  4. Less distraction while driving.
  5. No risk of cigarette burns or marks in the car.
  6. A cleaner car, no ashes or package garbage.
More facts:

  1. Opening the window does not protect passengers from the dangerous chemicals of second-hand smoke.
  2. Children are less likely to smoke if they are not exposed to others smoking.
  3. Second-hand smoke contains the same 4,000+ chemicals that are inhaled by a smoker. About 50 if these chemicals are associated with, or are known to cause cancer.
  4. Some of the toxic and cancer causing agents found in second-hand smoke include hydrogen cyanide, formaldehyde and benzene.
  5. Children’s lungs are small and still growing. Second-hand smoke stops proper lung growth in children.
  6. Children breathe faster and inhale more second-hand smoke than adults.
References:
Canadian Cancer Society, www.cancer.ca, Health Canada, Make your home and vehicle smoke-free, 2005, www.pregnets.org, www.mb.lung.ca, www.secondhandblows.com, Ontario Lung Association, ww.on.lung.ca

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Last updated: Jan 2009

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