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

• It causes lung cancer
• Many children suffer from respiratory diseases such as asthma
• Infants can develop heart problems on account of it
• Secondhand hand smoke contains nicotine and many toxins and carcinogens, which are bad for health
• Cot death is possible in the case of an infant exposed to second hand smoke
• Children exposed to second hand smoke do not perform so well at reasoning and reading skills as compared to those who are not exposed to it
• For pregnant mothers, it is not safe to inhale the smoke
• Many deaths occur due to exposure to secondhand smoke

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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