For parents, carers and families

These pages provide information on how you and your family can reduce your smoking in the home and help protect your family’s health.

Reducing smoking in the home will be healthier for your children, family, visitors and pets. In fact creating a smoke-free home will create a fresher, cleaner home and save you money. Your home will no longer smell of smoke, you won’t have to decorate as often and reducing your smoking in the home might save you money on cigarettes.

Indeed, if you reduced your cigarette consumption by just 5 cigarettes a day you would save around

£11 per week
£44 per month
£528 per year

On these pages you will find lots of information, including some of the chemicals found in tobacco smoke, hints and tips on creating a smoke-free home and some of the most common questions parents ask about when trying to reduce their smoking in the home.

This site isn’t about quitting smoking but about taking your smoking outside however if you do want help to quit smoking click here for help.