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Related Links
For more topics-based links
- General Indoor Air Quality Links
- Asthma Links
- IAQ Tools for Schools Links
- Radon Links
- Mold-related Links
EPA Regional and State IAQ Coordinators
- For more state and regional contact information, see EPA's Indoor Air Quality Where You Live Pages (just click on your state)
EPA's Office of Children's Health Protection
American Lung AssociationIn May of 1997 EPA established the Office of Children's Health Protection (OCHP) to ensure the implementation of the President's Executive Order as well as the National Agenda to Protect Children’s Health from Environmental Threats. The mission of the Office is to make the protection of children’s health a fundamental goal of public health and environmental protection in the United States. The Office supports and facilitates Agency efforts to protect children's health from environmental threats.
- For more information, see www.epa.gov/children
The American Lung Association publishes a wide variety of materials on topics relating to lung health, including secondhand smoke, asthma, and environmental health.
- Visit www.lungusa.org/tobacco
- For more information or call 1-800- LUNG-USA (1-800-586-4872) for a complete listing of materials.
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services - Office of the Surgeon General
"The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General"
The Surgeon General office released this major report on the health effects of secondhand smoke in 2006 and released a follow-up excerpts report concentrating on children's exposure in 2007.
- View the report, executive summary, fact sheets, consumer publications and more at www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke
| Allergy & Asthma Network
Mothers of Asthmatics, Inc. (AAN*MA) 2751 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 150 Fairfax, VA 22031-4397 phone: (703) 641-9595 or (800) 878-4403 website: www.aanma.org 
American Academy of Pediatrics American Lung Association
Environmental Health Asthma and Allergy
Foundation of America |
Association of State and Territorial
Health Officials (ASTHO) 1275 K Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 phone: (202) 371-9090 website: www.astho.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) National Safety Council's Environmental Health Center |
Related Resources
Training Module for Child Care Providers
The Secondhand Smoke Training Module for Child Care Providers was developed in 1994 by the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care (NRCHSCC) and the National Safety Council's Environmental Health Center (NSC/EHC). It contains information about the dangers of secondhand smoke, resources to increase your knowledge, and ideas for using the materials with parents, children, and your co-workers. The objective of the training module is to provide caregivers with information that can be used to inform parents about the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, and thereby reduce children's exposure in the home. The module is available as a series of nine Adobe Acrobat PDF files.
- To learn more about the module, visit www.nsc.org/ehc/indoor/abc.htm
The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS)
You can view a 12 minute video called Poisoning Our Children: The Perils of Secondhand Smoke. This informative video emphasizes the health consequence of secondhand smoke and features interviews with former Surgeon General, Joycelyn Elders, pediatricians, and a pollution expert.
- View the video at www.entnet.org/ent-press/visualENT/Smoke.cfm
AAO-HNS offers a wide range of health information including secondhand smoke.
- To learn more visit www.entnet.org/healthinfo/tobacco/secondhand_smoke.cfm