What Are the Dangers of Secondhand Smoke?
May 23rd, 2008 | by admin |Many people think that because they don’t smoke, they don’t have to worry about cigarettes. The truth is that breathing in secondhand smoke, which is a combination of the smoke coming from the burning end of a cigarette or cigar (sidestream smoke) and the smoke that is exhaled by a smoker (mainstream smoke), is almost as dangerous as smoking. People who smoke don’t intend to put others around them in danger, but in essence this is what they are doing.
Besides stinking up your clothes and hair, secondhand smoke has more than 4,000 chemical compounds present, many of which increase the risk of cancer and heart disease. Breathing in secondhand smoke can irritate peoples’ airways and can even trigger asthma attacks. The only safe way to avoid the effects of secondhand smoke is a completely smoke-free environment.
