GROUP 2

Passive smoking
 1. Why is this a health hazard?
 In a regular cigarette contains more than 4,000 different chemicals,
typically nicotine, carbon monoxide, acetone, arsenic, methane,
polonium ...
 Tobacco smoke also has a serious effect on fetal development
 Harm of tobacco smoke to the fetus and pregnant mothers:
 Increased risk of birth defects
 Increases the likelihood of preterm birth
 Pregnant women with placental abruption due to cigarette smoke
 Smoking women are prone to miscarriage or stillbirth
 Increased risk of ectopic pregnancy
 Pregnant women who breathe in secondhand smoke increase their risk
of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
 SIDS syndrome, also known as crib death, cot death, is a sudden and
unexplained death in a child less than one year old.
 2. What is the soure?

Family: in Public Workplace:

the family places: The
there are cafes, like workplace is
members bars and primarily a
who smoke, restaurants place of
such as inhalation of
father, tobacco
brother ... smoke in
3. WHO IS AT GREATEST RISK
Infan
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People with
cardiovascular
and
Pregnan
Respiratory
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disease
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Adult n
 4. HOW CAN RISK EXPOSURE BE
REDUCED
 The government can allow and encourage smokers to
switch to smoke-free products
 Building areas for smokers in public places
 Smoking is strictly prohibited in some places, such as
schools, hospitals, etc.
 Pregnant women should avoid places where people
smoke
 Encourage smokers to quit smoking
 5. What sort of education or rirk
communication is needed?
 promote communication and health education on prevention
and control of tobacco harms on the system of radio, public
transport, banners, posters, school system, ward health ...
 strengthen the management of trading and production of
sources of tobacco goods in accordance with regulations.
 making the training of tobacco control officials an important
goal.
 have telephone system to advise on tobacco, all living and
health issues.
 strengthen the management of cigarette trading and
production strictly according to the provisions of law.
6. HOW CAN THIS BE PREVENTED?
31/05 is choosed is world no tobacco day by WORLD HEALTH
ASSEMBLY to attract global attention to the tobacco epidemic
and its lethal effects.
 Education, media, training and public awareness:
 Communication education about harmful effects
of tobacco
 Communication education to change behaviour.
 Take care of the children in the environment with
no smoking: Focus the pregnant and the children
 Counseling and help the smoker with
detoxification.
 Using fobidden sign about NO SMOKING.
 Punishment to smokers who are not in the right
place, the seller tobacco for the children.
 High taxes on tobacco goods.
7. What are the nursing implications
• The role of nursing interventions to prevent passive smoking
in mothers1. Providing pregnant mothers and husbands with
the harmful effects of cigarette smoke seriously affecting the
health of pregnant mothers and fetuses such as miscarriage
and stillbirths of low birth weight.
• Sudden infant mortality (SUDI), including sudden infant
death syndrome (SIDS) and fatal sleep accident resulting
from birth complications .
• Encourage the husband to quit smoking
• Counseling on husband some medications to support
smoking cessation
• Do not smoke indoors, cars, air-tight places without
circulation
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