Smoking and Infant Safe Sleep Bulletin Board Kit Instructions

The purpose of this bulletin board kit is to increase client education and awareness of the

impact of smoking on safe sleep and as well as increase knowledge of the benefits of keeping

babies in a smoke-free environment. The bulletin board is titled Smoking and Infant Safe Sleep.

This kit can be printed, cut to fit and displayed in your office. The kit comes with sets of pictures

of dads and moms, grandparents, babies in a safe sleep environment and no-smoking images.

Choose one picture of each set and display as suggested in the template below. If you have any

questions about the bulletin board kit or if you’d like to send us a picture of your bulletin board,

email the Infant Safe Sleep Program at MDHHS-InfantSafeSleep@michigan.gov.

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Smoking & Safe Sleep

Smoking during pregnancy increases your baby’s risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and sleep-related infant death.

Being born too small or too early can increase your baby’s risk of SIDS and sleep-related infant death.

Secondhand smoke also increases your baby’s risk of SIDS and sleep-related infant death.

Quitting smoking can be hard, but it is one of the best ways you can protect yourself and your baby’s health.

Even if you smoke, keep your baby safe by putting your baby to sleep on his or her back in a crib, bassinet,

portable crib, or play yard with a firm sleep surface.

Smoking It is best to keep your baby in a smoke-free environment before and after birth. Make sure that friends and family do not smoke around your baby.

Smoking can cause you to deliver too soon.

Smoking can cause your baby to be born too small.

If your baby regularly breathes secondhand smoke, his or her lungs can be permanently damaged.

Chemicals in secondhand smoke can affect your baby’s brain and interfere with how your baby’s breathing is regulated.

What about e-cigarettes?

• E-cigarettes have many names: vapes, vape pens,e-hookahs, mods, JUULs, or tanks.

• They give off aerosol that is full of chemicals. Some of these chemicals are known to cause birth defects.

• Secondhand aerosol can be dangerous to your baby.

Safe Sleep

Always place your baby on his or her back for all sleep times – naps and night, until your baby’s first birthday.

Place your baby in a crib, bassinet, portable crib, or play yard with a firm mattress and tight-fitting sheet.

Keep pillows, blankets, soft toys, and crib bumpers out of your baby’s sleep area.

Do not use wedges and positioners in your baby’s sleep area.

Dress baby in a sleep sack or pajamas to match the temperature of the room.

Photo Credit: Image courtesy of the Safe to Sleep® campaign, for educational purposes only; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, http://safetosleep.nichd.nih.gov; Safe to Sleep® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Photo Credit:

Photo Credit:

Photo Credit: Image courtesy of the Safe to Sleep® campaign, for educational purposes only; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, http://safetosleep.nichd.nih.gov; Safe to Sleep® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Photo Credit: Federal SUID/SIDS Workgroup. Get more information and free materials on safe sleep at safetosleep.nichd.nih.gov.

Photo Credit: Federal SUID/SIDS Workgroup. Get more information and free materials on safe sleep at safetosleep.nichd.nih.gov.

Resources

michigan.gov/tobacco

The MDHHS Tobacco Control Program is dedicated to changing the negative health and economic impact of tobacco.

The American Indian Commercial Tobacco Program offers American Indians free access to online tools, support from other commercial tobacco users, and other information to help you achieve harmony and balance. Call 1-855-372-0037 or visit http://keepitsacred.itcmi.org/quitline/.

http://keepitsacred.itcmi.org/quitline/

The MDHHS Infant Safe Sleep Program provides resources on infant safe sleep practices.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) offers information on the health effects of smoking during pregnancy and the health effects of secondhand smoke on babies. The CDC also provides a variety of resources to help with smoking cessation.

cdc.gov/tobacco

michigan.gov/safesleep

Visit smokefree.gov for tools and tips to help you quit smoking. For 24/7 support, download their free smoke free apps for your smartphone—QuitGuide and quitSTART.

The best gift you can give your child is to quit smoking. Call the free Michigan Tobacco Quitline at 1-800-784-8669 or visit https://michigan.quitlogix.org/en-US/ for the resources and support for helping you to quit! For resources and support in Spanish, call 1-855-335-3569 or visit https://michigan.quitlogix.org/es-ES/.

https://michigan.quitlogix.org/en-US

https://michigan.quitlogix.org/en-ES/ (Spanish)