Ways to avoid exposure to secondhand smoke include: visiting only places that have banned smoking, if your state still allows smoking in public places using smoke-free restaurants, rental cars, and hotels moving away from others who are smoking not allowing people to smoke indoors, such as in your home or car, even with the windows open advocating for your workplace to become smoke-free making sure that places where people you care for spend time are smoke-free, such as day care and residential homes teaching children to avoid smoke quitting smoking, if you smoke, to protect others while quitting, reducing tobacco or nicotine use with nonsmoking methods, such as nicotine patches, and aiming to reduce their use altogether Contact your doctor promptly if you develop symptoms of illness after secondhand smoke exposure
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