There are an estimated 150,000 to 300,000 cases every year of infections, such as bronchitis and pneumonia in infants and children under 18 months of age who breathe secondhand smoke. Ask other people not to smoke in your home, especially baby-sitters or others who may care for your children. Ask smokers to go outside while they smoke. If someone must smoke inside, limit them to rooms where windows can be opened or fans can be used to send the smoke outside. Help people who are trying to quit smoking.
Children are especially sensitive to the dangers of secondhand smoke.
If you smoke, try to smoke only in an open area away from your family. Many of the substances stay in the air even after the cigarette, cigar, or pipe is gone. Let family, friends and people you work with know that you do care if they smoke around you. In your car, do not smoke or allow others to smoke while the windows are rolled up. In restaurants and bars, ask to sit in the non-smoking area.