SECOND HAND SMOKING(PASSIVE SMOKING)

Smoking is injurious to health :

Second hand smoking is a mixture of the smoke that comes from the burning end of a cigarette , cigar , or , pipe , and the smoke breathed out by the smoker.

It contains more than 7,000 chemicals , hundreds of those chemicals are toxic and about 70 can cause cancer.

Health effects of secondhand smoke include :

Ear infections in children
More frequent and severe asthma attacks in children
Heart disease and lung cancer in adults who had never smoked

There is no safe amount of secondhand smoke. Even low levels of it can be harmful. The only way to fully protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke is not to allow smoking indoors.

Secondhand smoke is associated with disease and premature death in non smoking adults and children. Exposure to secondhand smoke irritates the airways and has immediate harmful effects on a person's heart and blood vessels.

It increases the risk of heart disease by about 25 to 30%. exposure to secondhand smoke also increases the risk of stroke by 20 to 30%.

Secondhand smoke exposure during pregnancy has been found to cause reduce fertility , pregnancy complications , and poor birth outcomes , including impaired lung development , low birth weight , and preterm delivery.

Children exposed to secondhand smoke are at increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome , ear infections , colds , pneumonia , bronchitis , and more severe asthma. Being exposed to secondhand smoke slows the growth of children's lungs and can cause them to cough , wheeze , and feel breathless.

There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. Even low levels of secondhand smoke can be harmful.

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