TY - JOUR T1 - Australia: campaign gets smoking parents to cut down JF - Tobacco Control JO - Tob Control SP - 363 LP - 363 VL - 14 IS - 6 AU - LIAN YIOW Y1 - 2005/12/01 UR - http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/14/6/363.1.abstract N2 - A campaign to protect children from environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has achieved a significant level of behaviour change by smoking parents. The “Car and home: smoke free zone” campaign resulted in a 55.7% increase in the number of reported smoke-free homes occupied by smokers with children aged under 6. There was also a 41.8% increase in the number of reported smoke-free cars. ETS exposure can cause children problems from asthma, lower respiratory tract infections such as pneumonia and bronchitis, coughing, wheezing, middle ear infections, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). It has also been linked to an increased risk of bacterial meningitis, learning difficulties, autism, behavioural problems, and heart disease. The ETS and Children Project was launched in 2002 in New South Wales (NSW) to limit the exposure of children aged 0–6 to ETS in the car and home environment. Campaign activity was funded by a $A2.4 million (US$1.8 million) grant … ER -