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Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke

By Anonymous


Secondhand smoke is the combination of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette and the smoke breathed out by smokers. secondhand smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals. Hundreds are toxic and about 70 can cause cancer. since the 1964 surgeons general's report, 2.5 million adults who were nonsmokers died because of the breathed secondhand smoke.


there is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke. secondhand smoke causes numerous health problems in infants and children, including more frequent and ever asthma attacks, respiratory infections, ear infections, and sudden infant death syndrome. smoking during pregnancy results in more than 1,000 infants death annually. Some of the health condition caused by secondhand smoke in adults coronary heart disease stroke, and lung cancer.

Secondhand Smoke Causes lung cancer in adults who have never smoked
  • Nonsmokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke at home or at work increase their risk of developing lung cancer by 20-30% 
  • Secondhand smoke causes more than 7,300 lung cancer deaths among U.S 
  • Nonsmokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke are inhaling many of the same cancer-causing substances and poisons as smokers. 
  • Even brief secondhand smoke exposure can damage cells in a way that set the cancer process in motion. 
  • As with active smoking, the longer the duration and the higher the level of exposure to secondhand smoke, the greater of developing lung cancer. 
Secondhand smoke can cause serious health problems in children.
  • Studies show that older children whose parents smoke get sick often. Their lungs grow less than children who do not breathe secondhand smoke, and they get more bronchitis and pneumonia 
  • Wheezing and coughing are more common in children who breathe secondhand smoke. 
  • Secondhand smoke can trigger an asthma attack in a child. Children with asthma who are around secondhand smoke have more severe and frequent asthma attacks, A severe asthma attacks can put a child' life in danger. 
  • Children whose a=parents smoker around them get more ear infections. They also have fluid in their ears more often and have more operation to put in ear tubes for drainage. 
Parents can help to protect their children from secondhand smoke by taking the following actions
  • Do not allow anyone to smoke anywhere in or near your home. 
  • Do not allow anyone to smoke in your car, even with window down. 
  • male Sure your children's daycare centers and schools are tobacco free 
  • If our state stills allow smoking in public look for restaurants and other places that do not allow smoking. "No-Smoking Sections" do not protect you and your family from secondhand smoke
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