If you smoke indoors, everyone around you will breathe in your second-hand smoke: babies, children and pets.
Babies and children are at greater risk from second-hand smoke than adults, because they have small lungs and breathe faster. This makes them more likely to have health problems and they may miss a lot of school.
If you are visited by relatives who smoke, you should ask them to smoke outdoors in order to protect your children.
Reducing second-hand smoke in the home will have an immediate and lasting effect on your family's health:
Smoke is more concentrated in a confined space such as a car, even with the windows open. The chemicals linger, even in a child's car seat. The good news is that smoking in vehicles with anyone under 18 years old is illegal.