Fast Facts
· The child of a parent who smokes is twice as likely to smoke as the child of a non-smoker
· Children from smoking households miss an extra six days of school a year
· Smoking by dads can be bad for an unborn fetus/increases risk of early pregnancy loss
· Dads’ smoking can cause fussiness (‘colic’) in newborns
· 80% of women who continue to smoke during their pregnancy/ after the baby is born live with a partner who smokes
· Dads’ smoking can cause low birth-weight in newborns, as well as ear infections, asthma and pneumonia in babies and children
· Smoking is the #1 cause of home fire deaths in Canada.