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Be a quitter:
Do it for your kids
If you smoke,
the best thing
you can do for yourself—and your
children—is quit.
Secondhand smoke (the smoke
you exhale and the smoke from a lit
cigarette, pipe or cigar) has more than
250 harmful chemicals, including at
least 69 that cause cancer.
“There is no safe level of
exposure to secondhand smoke,”
says Emily Peterson, DO, FAAP,
pediatrician. “Kids who breathe
smoke have more health problems
Emily Peterson, DO,
FAAP
Pediatrician, Dignity Health
Medical Group Nevada
than kids who don’t, including
asthma and ear infections, and
respiratory infections, such as
bronchitis and pneumonia.”
“Secondhand smoke also raises
an infant’s risk of sudden infant
death syndrome, or SIDS,” says
Dr. Peterson.
Clear theair
Help protect your kids from the
harmful effects of secondhand
smoke bymaking your home and car
smoke-free zones. Other things to do:
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Make sure no one smokes around
your child.
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Make sure your child’s day care or
school is smoke-free.
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Go to smoke-free restaurants.
Quit for good
Talk to your doctor about
ways to quit smoking. You can also
call the Nevada Tobacco Quitline at
800.QUIT.NOW (800.784.8669
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Calculate
the cost
Use our Cost of Smoking
Calculator to see how much
you spend on cigarettes every
week, month, and year. Visit
StRoseReach.org .Girls on the Run! Join the fun
Girls on the Run
is a non-
profit organization dedicated to
inspiring and motivating girls to
see their limitless potential.
And it
’
s proud to be in
the Las Vegas area.
Girls on the Run
Over 10 weeks, third- to
fifth-grade girls learn to
Learn about our
F
reedom From Smoking
class on page 9.
recognize their inner strength and
build their confidence.
Girls on theRun:
Heart&Sole
Over 10 weeks, sixth-
to eighth-grade girls
develop life skills to
help them as they grow
and thrive, such as team
building, developing a support
system, and decisionmaking.
These fun programs integrate
running and games and end with a
Girls on the Run 5K event. (This is a
fee-based program.)
To learn more and enroll a girl—or to
become a Girls on the Run mentor,
visit
girlsontherunlv.org .For information,
call
702.616.4922
.