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Fresh Start Wales aims to reduce children’s exposure to second-hand smoke by encouraging parents and relatives to stop smoking around them when they are in the car – or better still to give up smoking altogether.

It’s about making a Fresh Start for themselves and their family.

If you are a smoker, it’s natural to be worried about the effect smoking has on your family and friends. When you smoke everyone around you is at risk of breathing in the dangerous chemicals in cigarette smoke. This is called second-hand smoke.

Did you know that more than 80% of cigarette smoke is invisible? Unfortunately, you cannot control where it travels, which means your family and friends may be in danger. The only way to fully protect your loved ones is not to smoke when they are with you and the only way to ensure that is to stop smoking completely.

When you smoke in your car it is difficult for your children to escape from the cigarette smoke. They can breathe in the dangerous chemicals which can cause asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia and breathing problems. It has also been linked to cot death. Even if you open the window, or smoke when your children are not in the car the chemicals can remain in the seats and roof lining long after you’ve stubbed it out.

The only way to fully protect your loved ones is not to smoke when they are with you and the only way to do that is to stop smoking altogether.Attempting to give up is also the best single thing you can do for yourself to live a longer healthier life. If you have decided you want to make a Fresh Start by making your car smoke free or stop smoking completely then this website will offer you all the support you need.

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