You can also set down a policy of having a smoke-free home by asking guests not to light up in your house. Quitting is seldom easy, but it is possible. Smoking-cessation programs, counseling and methods such as nicotine gum or patches have helped many people give up tobacco for good. Your doctor should be able to steer you toward to help you on the road to kicking the habit and addiction. Until you quit, do not smoke within the airspace of your child, not in your home or in your car.
Children exposed to secondhand smoke are at risk of illness.
Protecting them from exposure is good preventive medicine. Your child's health depends on it. This information should not substitute for seeking responsible, professional medical care.