Secondhand Smoke Dangerous to Your Kid

Secondhand smoke is a combination of the smoke from the lighted end of cigar, pipe or cigarette and the smoke exhaled by the smoker. This is also called Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS). Secondhand smoke has a serious impact on health and is recognized as known cancer causing agent.

Many women stop smoking after getting pregnant, but they forget the fact that they have to protect their baby from secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke that fills the air from other people’s cigarettes is also dangerous for your baby.

Pregnant women who get exposed to cigarette smoke have more chances of:

Getting colds and headaches

More difficult delivery

Giving birth to a smaller than average baby

Having a sick baby who cries a lot

For your baby, secondhand smoke:

Makes it hard to breathe

Causes the eyes to sting

Increases the chances of getting colds, ear infections, bronchitis and pneumonia

Puts at risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

For kids, secondhand smoke:

Causes lower respiratory tract infections

Causes fluid buildup in the middle ear

Can aggravate asthma symptoms

Can cause mucus, cough, and reduction of lung function

To make people not to smoke, around you and your baby:

Put a “no smoking” board near the baby’s crib

Ask babysitters not to smoke while they care your baby

Let everyone not smoke in your house or your car.

Tell all your family members and friends that smoke cause ill health to you, the mother, and the baby.

Secondhand smoke contains about 4000 chemical, 60 of these chemicals cause cancer. Secondhand smoke is high in public places, workplaces, restaurants etc. Secondhand smoke, especially in the house, can linger for a long time and this can dangerously affect the kids. Hence, parents should take steps to protect their kids from secondhand smoke

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