Free from secondhand smoke
by Torres on Dec.08, 2009, under Health Tips
Do you know what is the second-hand smoke? It is a mix of smoke exhaled by smokers and sidestream smoke discharged from the tips of burning cigarettes.
I hate smoke and dislike people smoke around me. I feel disgusted to smell the smoke. For several years, people did so many research to convey smoke dangers people, second-hand smoke even more dangerous.Second-hand smoke contains more than 4000 chemicals.It’s poisonous. 50 chemicals in second-hand somke can cause cancer.Breathing second-hand smoke would have twice as much nicotine and tar than inhaling smoke directly through a cigarette.
There are thousand of harms on the second-hand smoke to people. For adult expose to second-hand somke for a long term, has a greater risk of causing lung cancer, nasal sinus cancer, hart disease, stroke and breathing problems and so on.
Women who are pregnant exposed to the second-hand smoke would have a higher risk of miscarrige and babies with low birth weight.
Infants breathe second-hand smoke would die from SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). Children breathe second-hand have a greater risk of bronchitis and pneumonia. Second-hand smoke also affect the behaviour of children and their ability to understand and reason,such as slow reaction, unable to do certain kinds of action.
Now you’ll get a certain idea about the harm would second-hand to adult or children or infants. Do you want to know how to avoid the harm from second-hand smoke.
Try not to smoke at all and make your house smoke-free.
Not to smoke in your car, or some airtight place.
Keep your baby away from second-hand smoke.
If you or your family who smoke, share smoke effects with them and try to give up smoking.
Ask your family and your friend respect you and not to smoke in your house.
Hope everyone have a healthy life.
December 12th, 2009 on 11:15 am
Interesting and informative. But will you write about this one more?