Protect your health and the health of your friends and family. This is particularly important if you or your friends and family are considered sensitive individuals
	Avoid excersise or heavy exertion during hours of high pollution. In the summer, this tends  to be during the afternoon of high-pollution days.   In the winter, this tends to be in the morning of high-pollution days.
	Try to spend more time in a cool environment, preferable air conditioned, when pollution levels are high.
	Check with the elderly and the other sensitive individuals on a regular basis to make sure they're OK.
	Monitor pollution levels using this website or the AirBeat hotline (617-427-9500) to determine when the pollution is at its worst and when it returns to healthy conditions.
	Tell a friend, family member, or neighbor about the current levels of air pollution and what they should do.
	Bring any lung disease symptom to a doctor's attention early. Then follow the doctor's advice.
	Make sure medications are readily available (e.g., asthma inhalers, heart medication, etc.).
	Sign up with AirBeat's pollution notification system to recieve emails, faxes, or pages when pollution reaches ( or is predicted to reach) unhealthy levels.
Help reduce air pollution:
	Avoid smoking indoors or in the presence of children and other non-smokers.
	Avoid driving and filling your gas tank on high pollution days.
	Keep your car well-tuned and the tires properly inflated.
	Try to save energy on high pollution days, but don't shut off your air conditioner or heater  to do so.
Get involved with local efforts to improve Boston's air quality:
	Join the Environmental Justice Network or simply register with its email news service.
	Attend local meetings on transportation, air quality, and land use development.