STEP 5 : KEEP YOUR HOME SMOKE-FREE

This step is all about making your home smoke-free! Your pledge day is the start date for your smoke-free home. From this day, you should be firm and make sure that no one smokes inside your home.

Keeping your home smoke-free may not always be easy. Congratulate yourself each week that you keep your home smoke-free.

Keeping your home smoke-free will be an ongoing process. This may be a big change for you and your household members. It may take several tries before you make your home smoke-free, but keep taking as many steps as you can and don’t give up on the idea.

TIPS TO CONTINUE KEEPING A SMOKE-FREE HOME:

• Mark your official start date on the calendar and celebrate your success weekly or monthly until it becomes routine.
• Keep a list of reasons for having a smoke-free home in a place where it will be easily seen by everyone in your home.
• Follow-up with another family talk to check-in with your household members about the changes in the home.

SUPPORT SMOKERS!

Support smokers and help them think of other things to do if they want to smoke or remind them to go outside. If you or other smokers in the home are interested in quitting, contact the free tobacco quitline at 1-800-QUIT NOW (784-8669). CLICK HERE for additional smoking cessation resources.