Smoke-Free Homes
"Creating smoke-free homes in Salford"
The Smoke-Free Homes service aims to reduce the harm caused by second-hand smoke by encouraging smoke-free environments at home, by:
- reducing exposure of people, with particular regard to specified groups, to second-hand smoke
- raising awareness of the consequences of exposure to second-hand smoke
Why?
- Second-hand smoke has multiple, significant negative effects on people's health.
- People are more likely to become or remain smokers if others in their household or their peers smoke.
- Keeping either a part of, or an entire home smoke-free will reduce the effects of second-hand smoke on people's health, and may support smokers to stop smoking
What difference does it make?
"I've not had to keep him off school this year because of his asthma since I made the house smoke-free. He reminds everyone when then come in." (Mum of a 7-year-old boy)
- households that are completely smoke-free
- people with improved smoking behaviour (reduced or quit)
Where?
In these wards within the City of Salford:
- Barton
- Broughton
- Irwell Riverside
- Langworthy
- Little Hulton
- Ordsall
- Pendlebury
- Walkden North
- Weaste & Seedley
- Winton
How?
- outreach work to raise awareness of the risks of exposure to second-hand smoke and the benefits of being smoke-free
- providing support to applicants for Smoke-Free Home promises, where wanted
Commissioned by NHS Salford
For further information contact Cath Saunders (Smoke-Free Homes Manager)
This page was last updated on 26 October 2009
