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Arrowhead Youth Soccer strongly encourages encourages players and families to pledge smoke-free homes and cars.
We want all our soccer players to grow up as healthy as possible. That's why AYSA and our partners, St. Lukes and the American Lung Association, is offering a free first aid kit or set of practice discs to teams whose entire roster pledges smoke-free homes and cars.
  AYSA, in partnership with The American Lung Association and St. Lukes, asks players and coaches to pledge smoke-free homes and cars.
Thanks to the generous support of St. Lukes and the American Lung Association, AYSA is able to provide a team first aid kit or set of practice discs to each team that provides us with completed pledge forms for their entire roster. Click here to download a pledge form for players to take home and complete. Collect the forms for your entire team and send them and a copy of your team roster to:
Arrowhead Youth Soccer
3501 Grand Avenue
Duluth, MN 55807
We will make arrangements with your coach to get you your first aid kit or practice disc set. This is our way of saying Thanks for going smoke-free!
Why smoke-free vehicles? In the car an increased concentration of smoke can be produced quickly due to the small interior space. Opening a window or aiming smoke out a window isn't enough. The smoke often blows right back into the car, and the chemicals in secondhand smoke can linger for hours, even when the windows are open.
This level of air pollution in a vehicle caused by smoke from a cigarette is dangerous for everyone, especially children whose bodies are still developing. Nearly 76 percent of Northeastern Minnesotans already do not allow smoking in their vehicles. By making a rule not to allow smoking in your vehicle, you can reduce exposure. To pledge your smoke-free car and receive a FREE smoke-free kit, please click here.
Why smoke-free homes? In the first two years of life, children who are exposed to secondhand smoke by their parents have more than a 50% increased risk of getting bronchitis and pneumonia.
Exposure to secondhand smoke can lead to buildup of fluid in the middle ear, the most commonly diagnosed illness in children.
Secondhand smoke doesn’t just linger in the air, it settles onto drapes and sofa cushions, carpets, clothing, and toys, exposing your children to toxic chemicals even when no one is smoking.
Opening a window isn’t enough. The deadly gases in secondhand smoke can linger for hours even when windows are wide open.
 
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