Smoke Free Homes

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Smoke Free Homes

• Wendy Kirkpatrick
• Health and Well-being Officer
• April 2008

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Background

• In the UK, it is estimated that 42 of children
  are exposed to second hand smoke every day. This
  figure rises to 60 in areas of social
  deprivation.
• Everyday in the UK, 50 children are taken to
  hospital everyday due to exposure the second hand
  smoke.
• 3500 deaths of adults each year are blamed on
  exposure to second hand smoke.

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What is second hand smoke?

• Second hand smoke is a mixture of
• Side stream smoke that flows directly from the
  burning end of a cigarette
• Mainstream smoke that smokers inhale then
  exhale
• More than 85 of a burning cigarette goes into
  the room atmosphere where it takes up to 3 hours
  to disperse

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Health Risks

• Asthma and bronchitis
• Admission to hospital
• Cot death
• Coughs, colds and chest infections
• Ear infections
• Meningitis

• Cancer
• Heart disease
• Behaviour and learning difficulties
• Time off school can effect education
• 3 times more likely to start smoking themselves

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Why dangerous to children?

• Their bodies are still growing
• Their lungs are very sensitive to harmful
  chemicals
• They have smaller lungs so they breathe faster
• They breathe in the 4000 chemicals in the
  cigarette too!

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What is smoke free homes?

• Its a promise system where people make a pledge
  to take steps to protect other people who live in
  their home from the effects of second hand smoke
• The homes is the most common place for second
  hand smoke exposure. An estimated 90

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What is the aim of Smoke Free Homes?

• When you smoke at home everyone under your roof
  is exposed to harmful second hand tobacco smoke
• The aim of Salford Smoke Free Homes is to reduce
  the harmful effects of second hand smoke in the
  home
• The secondary aim of the scheme is to encourage
  smokers to think about cutting down and quitting

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Goals Smoke Free Home Promises

• Gold make your home totally smoke free at all
  times
• Silver never smoke in the presence of children
  and smoke only in one well ventilated room
• Bronze never smoke in the presence of children
  and other non-smokers within the house

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The Scheme to date (December 2006 February
2008)

• Total number of promises 2982
• Gold 2279 (76)
• Silver 550 (19)
• Bronze 153 (5)
• Total number of children involved 4052
• Homes involved who have a smoker 1382 (46)

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Why it works.

• It works because its an appealing guilt-free,
  non confrontational scheme with low potential for
  negative reaction
• Its not about telling people to stop smoking
  its about where people smoke!
• Its for anyone who has children in their home
  e.g parents, grandparents, smokers and non-smokers

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The Benefits

• Improved health of children and adults
• The house will smell fresher and cleaner
• Food will taste better
• Less frequent cleaning/redecoration
• Pets will be healthier
• Decreased risk of house fire
• First step towards a possible quit attempt

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Delivery

• Local Smoke Free Advisors, employed through
  Community Health Action Partnership, community
  based in the 10 wards in Salford with the highest
  smoking prevalence rates.
• Salford Primary Care Trust and City Council
  commissioned the social enterprise to deliver the
  service.
• Visiting community groups, mother and toddler
  groups to do small presentations and raise
  awareness whilst signing people up.
• All local people.

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Training

• Training will also be provided for key partners
  anyone who has contact with people in their
  homes.
• These include, the fire service, midwives,
  health visitors, housing staff, Sure Start staff
  and many more!
• Tackling the issue from different angles makes
  sure we get coverage of all the varied
  communities of Salford

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Key Outcomes

• Set target rates achieved and trebled in first
  year
• Local people rolled out the scheme with a focus
  on the most deprived areas this was recognised
  as best practice
• Partnership working between key staff in City
  Council, PCT and Fire Service

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Next steps.

• Increase scope of work, building capacity of
  current advisers, targeting more areas
  fostering services, adoption services, childrens
  centres
• Recruitment of more advisers if necessary
• Completion and distribution of evaluation and
  implementation of any recommendations
• Target for next year is 2000 promises, and 50 of
  these homes should have a resident smoker
• Smoke free cars..

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What do people think of Smoke Free Homes?

• Our lives have been changed since we joined the
  Smoke Free Homes Scheme
• I have learnt of the disadvantages of smoking.I
  have also learnt about the benefits I have
  promised to my child and myself
• I used the pack and goody bag to encourage
  others to go smoke free

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What can you do?

• Make the Smoke Free Homes promise yourself
• Encourage others to make the Smoke Free Homes
  promise
• Link Smoke Free Homes to areas of you current
  work
• Anything else??

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Thank you

• Wendy Kirkpatrick
• Health and Well-being Officer
• Public Health Directorate
• 1st Floor, St Jamess House
• Pendleton Way
• Salford
• M6 5FW
• 0161 212 4928
• wendy.kirkpatrick_at_salford-pct.nhs.uk