A 2019 World Health Organization survey found that worldwide, 65,000 children die before the age of 5 from lower respiratory tract infections caused by exposure. second hand smoke While the National Statistical Office survey results in 2021 found that 23.7% of Thai people aged 15 and over still smoke at home, of which 67.5% are in the habit of smoking at home every day. there were 5 families with smokers, of which 3 families smoked at home.
death at home
Dawn Limlafan Director, Major Risk Factor Control Support Office Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) addressed the seminar. “Come Home for the New Year Smoke Free,” organized by the Learning Community Development Network Association. Smoke-free family network Creative Media Network for Social Movement (Media Move) and ThaiHealth giving guidance to reduce people affected by cigarettes in the past Thai Foundation for Health Promotion or ThaiHealth Emphasize promoting smoke-free homes. Because it reduces the risk of exposure to secondhand smoke. or thirdhand smoke of house members and contributes to house members to smoke able to successfully cut down and quit smoking Importantly, it also protects young people from experimenting with smoking. Because family members who don’t smoke will be role models in loving their own health and that of those close to them.
“On the occasion of the upcoming New Year, ThaiHealth invites smokers to use this year’s New Year. commit to stop smoking as a gift instead of taking care of yourself and your beloved family If a smoker needs help to quit smoking You can call for a free consultation on the quit smoking helpline 1600″ said the dawn
Aroon said the concept of promoting smoke-free homes is an activity that ThaiHealth and partners have been operating for some time. There is an experiment to work in the sample target community to hear information about cigarettes. and the second group to work with is the local government because it was felt that there should be a ban or joint measure to allow families to smoke freely Another group is a child development center who will provide a positive communication to pass on to parents.
positive communication
Thanicha Limpanich Director, Institute for the Promotion of Parents for Society Share the experience of working as a smoke-free family. Creating knowledge about the dangers of smoking and the effects it will have on family members. 208 participants found that there was a change in smoking behavior i.e. 171 people did not smoke in and around the house, 135 of them were able to reduce the amount of smoking and 24 people were able to quit smoking. One of the reasons for wanting to quit smoking is I want you to be proud and aware of the impact on family members
“Accept that doing this activity is really hard. In working with many families, emotions were found to be an important factor in quitting or reducing smoking. We should communicate with good intentions, good intentions and tell about our feelings. But don’t swear, complain, compare, blame. But when I talk, my heart hurts, for example, if you can’t stop, go die, something like that. Therefore, what I want to leave my family is Lower expectations, understand, give time and encourage words and actions to help reduce, stop and quit.” Thanicha said
Easy to access, easy to attack, deeply rooted in genes and chromosomes
Prof. Assoc. Dr. Suriyadew Tripati, MD Director of the Moral Center told the parents that to smoke Even though he smoked outside, he had to run home and change his clothes. Because when we hold or touch our children, there is a possibility that it will affect our health, such as allergies, sensitivity to stimuli. Nowadays, we are facing the problem of non-passive smoke exposure. such as people who buy second-hand cigarettes nicotine in cigarettes it will enter the bloodstream even if you are not a smoker as well as the fetus Nicotine can easily enter the bloodstream of a baby. Medical information indicates that Nicotine affects predisposition genes in the mother’s sex glands. when married they have children. The child will have a gene that predisposes to addiction. easy to become addicted Like diabetes, predisposition genes are passed down from generation to generation. and there are even more risks when you are in an environment where you are addicted to nicotine
“Nicotine is in particles smaller than 5 microns, it can pass through the trachea and lower airways. Resulting in pneumonia, pleurisy, emphysema, and ten seconds to the brain. Therefore, pregnant mothers who are exposed to smoke or come into contact with the infection on the clothes of family members who smoke, such as husbands, eyes will pass through. To the placenta and blood flow in the baby. It’s easy to access, attached, deeply embedded in genes and chromosomes. Therefore, the house must be truly smoke-free. It is the mother who prevents secondhand smoke. and not passed down from generation to generation to great-grandchildren Associate Prof. Dr. Suriyadel said
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suriyadel further stated that the stop smoking It’s hard to have a reason why nicotine causes dopamine to have a greater centrifugal force. When you quit or quit smoking, there are red symptoms, for example, after quitting for the first 6 months, high centrifugal forces have a chance to return. But after quitting for three years, the chances of quitting completely are very high. The recommended solution is to give information that Nicotine affects health and harms the body. But when addicted to nicotine, the heart has to retreat. We have medical staff to help you quit. As for the house itself, we need to understand and encourage each other. Be friendly instead of adding to your stress. And they need to find stress management activities to compensate for smoking, such as doing volunteer work that makes them feel valued. But it’s important to make a decision to protect third- and fourth-hand smokers by not bringing cigarettes into the home.
Gemmanee Boonsue Head of Awareness Development Project for Knowledge of Smoking and Alcohol Risk Factors (Volunteer Project) sponsored by ThaiHealth. He said that young children are directly at risk from the dangers of smoking. because they have lower immunity than adults Therefore, when you get toxins from secondhand smoke is cigarette smoke and thirdhand cigarettes is cigarette ash will affect health more than adults Why is this group of children in the house and in the car until 85% of every day.
From work in various pilot areas Parents need the motivation that they are their own children. that is very effective for smoking cessation led to activities designed to provide both knowledge about attitude change AND how to take care of yourself through 5 activities in line with the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation on smoking and smoking prevention alcohol It should start from childhood who never realized or never had this habit. The project therefore thought of activities for children to cope with the dangers of smoking through 5 strategies: 1. Drama to raise awareness of Dangers Theater play, 3. Self-stress management activity instead of using cigarettes, 4. Creative self-care activity, and 5. Child idol-making activity. To enable children to be a voice for parents to reflect on the effects of smoking on their families. Teachers act as a connector between home and school to take care of the children.
it can be changed by the power of love
Miss Panjarat Kulma 10 years old, said he had asthma. When they smell or touch cigarettes, they cough and itch. When Dad finishes smoking, he comes home with the smell on his clothes or sofa. What they all got was people health in the house causing dizziness and allergies all the time
“One day, I decided to walk and tell ask father to quit smoking for your and your mother’s health. I don’t want my father to get cancer. So the father decided to quit smoking. It took about 3 months to battle with myself, gradually losing weight until I successfully quit Making our homes cigarette-free smell Dad doesn’t smell bad no bad breath no body odor Father’s health began to improve And no more arguments about the smell of cigarettes.” Lady Pancharat say goodbye
