23.7% still smoke indoors The doctor pointed out nicotine. Genetic effect on offspring easy to get addicted Tobacco smoke affects the health of children more than adults.
On December 19, 2022) at the Grand Fortune Ratchada Hotel, Learning Community Development Network Association Smoke-free family network The creative media network for social mobilization (Media Move) and the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) organized a seminar “Returning home for the new year. without cigarette smoke”
Ms. Rungaroon Limlahapan Director of the Support Office for the Control of Major Risk Factors, ThaiHealth. He said a 2019 World Health Organization survey found that around the world, 65,000 children died before the age of five from lower respiratory tract infections caused by exposure to secondhand smoke. While the survey results of the National Statistical Office in 2021 found that 23.7 percent of Thai people aged 15 years and over still smoke in the house, of which 67.5 percent have the habit of smoking in the house every day. There are children under 5 years old. There are 5 households with smokers. Of these, 3 households smoke in the house.
Ms. Rung Arun went on to say that ThaiHealth attaches importance to promoting smoke-free homes Because it reduces the risk of exposure to secondhand smoke. third hand of members in the house and contributes to members of the household who smoke to reduce and quit smoking successfully Importantly, it also protects young people from experimenting with smoking. Because family members who do not smoke will be role models in loving their own health and those close to them. On the occasion of the upcoming New Year’s festival
Ms. Rung Arun Said that ThaiHealth invites smokers to spend the New Year’s resolutions on quitting smoking. As a gift instead of caring for yourself and your loved ones. If smokers need help to quit smoking, they can call for a free consultation at the smoking cessation line 1600.
Mrs. Anyamanee Boonchue Leader of the Awareness Development Project for Knowing Risk Factors for Smoking and Alcohol (Volunteer project) sponsored by ThaiHealth. Said that young children are at risk of being directly exposed to the dangers of smoking due to their lower immunity than adults. Therefore, when receiving toxins from Secondhand cigarettes are cigarette smoke. andThird hand cigarettes are cigarette ashes. will affect health more than adults Because this group of children are in the house and in the car up to 85 percent of each day.
Mrs. Jewel said that the World Health Organization recommends that Smoking and alcohol prevention Should start from childhood that has never been realized. Or have this habit before, the project therefore designs activities for children to cope with the dangers of smoking through 5 strategies: 1. Drama creates awareness of the dangers. 2. Activities to diagnose risk groups through drama games 3. Self-stress management activities instead of using cigarettes 4. Creative self-care activities and 5. Child idol creation activities Let children be the voices for parents to think regarding the effects of smoking on their families. Teachers act as a connector between home and school to look following children.
While Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suriyadew Tripati Director of Moral Center Said that people who get second-hand cigarettes The nicotine in cigarettes enters the bloodstream. even if not a smoker himself as well as the fetus Nicotine can easily enter a child’s blood stream. Medical information indicates that Nicotine affects predisposition genes in the sex glands of the mother. when married have children Children will have a gene that predisposes them to addiction. easy to get addicted Like diabetes, predisposition genes are passed down from generation to generation. and there are even more risks when being in an environment where nicotine is addicted
Mrs. Thanicha Limpanich The director of the Institute for the Promotion of Parents for Society said that from the experience of working in a smoke-free family. by creating knowledge regarding the dangers of smoking and the impact that will occur on family members 208 participants found that there was a change in smoking behavior, namely 171 people did not smoke in their homes and around their homes, 135 of whom were able to reduce the amount of smoking and 24 people might quit smoking. One of the reasons for wanting to quit smoking is to make your children proud. and aware of the impact on family members
Miss Panjarat Kulma or Nong Organ 10 years old, said that his father had quit smoking for more than 3 years when his father was still smoking. Go out and smoke outside or in front of your house several times a day. Because my mother doesn’t let me smoke in the house. Because the mother has SLE allergy symptoms, and she has asthma. When smelling cigarettes or touching them, they cough and itchy. When dad finishes smoking, he comes home with the smell of cigarettes on his clothes or on the couch. What everyone receives is the health of the people in the house. causing dizziness and allergies all the time
“The turning point that made my father quit smoking That is, I went to ask him to ask his father to stop smoking. for the health of you and your mother I don’t want my father to get cancer. So the father decided to quit smoking. It took regarding 3 months to fight with myself, gradually losing weight until I successfully quit. Make our homes without the smell of cigarettes. Dad doesn’t smell bad. no bad breath no body odor Father’s health began to improve. And no more arguing regarding the smell of cigarettes.” Ms. Pancharatsay
