1. Your home environment and your health

2. WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT CONTROL
AIR QUALITY
WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT
CONTROL

3. THINGS OUT OF OUR CONTROL
- OTHER THAN MOVING OR CHANGING GOVERNMENT POLICY, WE HAVE LIMITED CONTROL OVER COMMERCIAL POLLUTION CONTROL.
- AS CITIZENS, WE NEED TO TRUST OUR GOVERNMENT TO MAKING OUR AIR SAFE.

4. THE BIGGEST THING WE CONTROL
SMOKING – impacts every system or function in body
INCREASE HEART RATE + RESTRCTING BLOOD VESSELS
RESPIRATORY ISSUES – asthma, colds, infections, pneumonia + longer recovery time
SMALLER LUNGS – teen smoker actually have smaller, under developed lungs
BAD BREATHE, SMELLY CLOTHES, POOR SKIN, DENTAL PROBLEMS

5. LONG TERM IMPACTS OF SMOKING
ADDICTION & FINANCIAL BURDEN
INCREASED CHANCES OF STROKE , HEART ATTACK AND BLOOD FLOW PROBLEMS RELATED TO THICKER BLOOD
CANCER – “The CDC identifies tobacco use as a known cause of cancers of the mouth, larynx, throat, blood, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, kidney, bladder and uterus. While not yet scientifically proven, it is thought to cause cancers of the prostate, breast, liver and colon.”
CHRONIC BROCHCHITIS & EMPHYSEMA
INCREASE RISK OF FRACTURES DUE TO LOW BONE DENSITY
VISUAL PROBLEMS
SKIN, HAIR, NAIL AND OTHER COSMETIC PROBLEMS

6. THINGS WE CAN CONTROL 2ND HAND SMOKE – 2 KINDS
SIDESTREAM – OFF THE BURNING END
MAINSTREAM – EXHALED BY THE SMOKER
CARCINOGEN - ANY SUBSTANCE KNOW TO CAUSE CANCER
LETS TALK FACTS!

7. WE CAN CONTROL 0UR HOME’S INDOOR AIR QUALITY
SIMPLE AND EASY STRATGIES TO IMPROVE INDOOR AIR QUALITY
OPEN WINDOW OR USE FANS WHEN SHOWERING
OPEN WINDOWS OR VENT THE ROOM WHEN USE HAIR & NAIL PRODUCTS AS WELL AS ART / HOBBY SUPPLIES
DRY WATER DAMAGED AREAS WITHIN 24 HOURS
SWITCH TO CHEMICAL FREE CLEANING PRODUCTS
TRY TO ELIMINATE AEROSOL CANS
VENTILATE WHILE COOKING WITH A GAS STOVE (NITROGEN DIOXIDE)
CONSIDER ADDING INDOOR PLANTS - PLANTS PRODUCE OXYGEN, HELP FILTER TOXINS, AND REDUCE POLLUTANTS
FREQUENTLY CHAN GE FURNACE/AC FILTERS

8. INDOOR ASTHMA TRIGGERS AND SOLUTIONS
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
TRIGGERS
SMOKING IN HOUSE, CAR OR OTHER CONFINED SPACE
DUST MITES / PET DANDER
DUST PARTICLES
AVOIDANCE
FREQUENT VACUMMING
WASH BEDDING USING HOT WATER
MATRESS AND PILLOW PROTECTOR
SPEAK TO DOCTOR
DAMP CLOTH DUSTING

9. RADON
Definition – Radon is odorless,colorles,tastelss,and one of the densest substances that remains a gas under normal conditions. It is also the only gas that only has radioactive isotopes, and is considered a health hazard due to its radioactivity. wikipedia.com
RADON IS THE #1 CAUSE OF LUNG CANCER AMONG NON-SMOKERS
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OR (800)23RADON