What is Passive Smoking?

Non-smokers, quite similar to smokers, also get exposed to cigarette or cigar smoke. They may not want to do so, but they have no choice but to inhale the secondhand smoke of smokers. Smoke exhaled by the smoker as well that of the cigarette or cigar is secondhand smoke and is known as passive smoking. Those inhaling secondhand smoke are also at health risks. Children are extremely vulnerable to secondhand smoke. Why is passive smoking bad for health?

Bad Effects of Passive Smoking

One may enjoy a cigarette or two, but one fails to realize that one is damaging the health of another person, a non-smoker. After all, a non-smoker also has every right not to inhale the smoke. Next time, you lit a cigarette, just think what damage it can cause to another person who has never even smoked a cigarette!

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