DID YOU KNOW?

By Daniel Millward, Age 10, Victoria Road School

For information about the smokefree cars law, contact:

Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture (DEFA)Environment, Safety and Health DirectorateThie Slieau WhallianFoxdale RoadSt John’s IM4 3AS

Web www.gov.im/smokinglegislationTel 685894Fax 685773

FREE LOCAL SERVICESQuit4You is the Island’s FREE Stop Smoking Service.

It provides practical advice, support and encouragement to anyone who wants to quit.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)Public Health DirectorateQuit4You Stop Smoking ServiceCronk CoarNoble’s HospitalStrang Douglas IM4 4RJ

Web www.Quit4You.gov.imTel 642404Email tobacco@gov.im

For information about help to quit smoking and secondhand smoke, contact:

it will be illegal to smoke in vehicles with someone

under 16 present.

30 March 2016FromCLINICS

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Book an appointment with the Practice Nurse.

Ballasalla Medical Centre 823243Finch Hill Health Centre 656050Hailwood Medical Centre 686949Laxey Health Centre 861350Palatine Group Practice 623931Village Walk Health Centre 656020

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Department of Health and Social CarePublic Health Directorate

Tel 642639 or Email publichealth.dh@gov.im

Copyright: Public Health Directorate 2016.

SMK39 20160216 www.Quit4You.gov.im642404 tobacco@gov.im

642404 tobacco@gov.im

What does the new law mean for me? Why the new law?

Your Smokefree Pledge

• Smokefree Home• Smokefree Car• Smokefree Me

Visit Quit4You website or contact Quit4You to make your Pledge and receive a certificate,

car sticker or Quit Kit (details overleaf).

By pledging to make your home, car or self smokefree today you will be:• Taking a really positive step towards a

healthier lifestyle• Helping to protect your whole family,

including pets, from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke

• Encouraging the children in your life to become the non-smokers of the future

By not smoking in the home you will:• Allow the children in your life to breathe

smokefree air• Create a cleaner fresher environment• Save money on tobacco as you will

naturally smoke less• Find it easier to quit when you feel you

are ready

The new law only applies to smoking in private vehicles with someone under 16 present.

From 30 March 2016, both the driver and the smoker can be fined £50 if anyone smokes in the vehicle, with a maximum fine on conviction of £5,000.

The new law will help protect children from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke.

• Secondhand smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, more than 50 of which cause cancer.

• There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke.

• Secondhand smoke is particularly harmful to children as they breathe more rapidly and have less developed airways, lungs and immune systems.

• In addition to coughs and colds, breathing in secondhand smoke puts children at risk of bronchitis, asthma, ear infections and cancer.

• Smoking in cars is particularly dangerous due to the small confined space and high concentration levels.

• Although parents try to protect their children by opening windows or using the car fan or air-conditioning, these measures are not effective.

• When people smoke in the car, poisons settle on all the surfaces and linger long after the smoke has disappeared.

The law includes all cigarettes, cigars and pipes, but it does not include electronic cigarettes or vaporisers.

A person is still considered to be smoking in the vehicle even if they are holding the cigarette out of the window, or leaning out of the vehicle.

The law applies even if doors, windows and sun-roofs are open. However, convertible cars with the roof completely down and stowed, are not included in the new law.

Motorcycles and scooters are not included in the law unless they have covered passenger side cars, or are two-person mobility scooters with a roof and side covers. When a motor caravan is being driven on the roads, it is a vehicle and must be smokefree if someone under 16 is present. The law does not apply if caravans or motor caravans are stationary and being used as living accommodation.

For more information visit www.gov.im/smokinglegislation

What does the new law include?

FACT

FACT

FACT

By Pat McGeown, Age 7, St Mary’s Primary School

Over 80% of cigarette smoke is invisible

One cigarette smoked in a car can create concentrations of smoke 11 times

greater than a smoky pub

23.5% of young people aged 11-18 years old are exposed to smoke in their own or

someone else’s car in the Isle of Man (Children’s Services Partnership BIG Youth Survey, 2015)