Stop Smoking for Your Children

Almost half of British children are secondhand smokers at home, and more than 17,000 children under the age of five are taken to hospital every year because of the effects of passive smoking.

Stop Smoking: Children and Asthma

Children of smokers grow more slowly and are more likely to suffer from asthma and respiratory infections, meningitis, partial deafness, colds, colic, a cleft palate, lung cancer in later life and even webbed or missing fingers or toes – and because limbs develop early on in pregnancy, the damage here could be done even before a mother knows she is pregnant.

Stop Smoking Information: What are the Effects of Secondhand Smoke?  

Some children of smokers also find it harder to excel intellectually at school, many experiencing decreases in cognitive skills like reading, math, logic and reasoning. This may be because smoking during pregnancy slows the foetus’ mental development, and even the growth of its head, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.

Stop Smoking: Children and Behavioural Problems

Studies have also shown that even low exposure to secondhand smoke is linked to behavioural problems in children and teens.

Stop Smoking: Read More on why and how to stop smoking:

Five Easy Steps to Quit Smoking

Smoking and Heart Disease

Smoking and Pregnancy

Smoking and Cancer

How Your Smoking Affects Your Children

Secondhand Smoke

The Benefits of Quitting

Smoking: The Statistics

Smoking: An Addiction As Strong As Heroin!