- Second hand smoke is the third leading preventable cause of death in the U.S.
- Second hand smoking, known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), is a mixture of the smoke given off by the burning end of a cigarette, pipe or cigar and the smoke exhaled from the lungs of smokers.
- It can cause cancer, respiratory infections, and asthma.
- Second hand smoking causes many children deaths.
- Second hand smoke causes about 3,400 lung cancer deaths and 22,700-69,600 heart disease deaths in adult nonsmokers in the U.S. each year.
- Second hand smoke can also aggravate symptoms in 400,000 to 1,000,000 children with asthma.
- About 50-75 percent of children in the United States have detectable levels of cotinine, the breakdown product of nicotine in the blood.
- In the 1980's cigarette company Phillip Morris concluded that Second hand Smoking is very toxic.
- Short exposures to secondhand smoke can cause blood platelets to become stickier, damage the lining of blood vessels, decrease coronary flow velocity reserves, and reduce heart rate variability, potentially increasing the risk of heart attack.
- Nineteen states prohibit smoking in almost all public places and workplaces, including restaurants and bars. (Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Washington, Vermont, and the District of Columbia)
- Four states prohibit smoking in most public places and workplaces, including restaurants, but exempt stand-alone bars. (Florida, Idaho, Louisiana and Nevada)
- Fifteen states partially or totally prevent (preempt) local communities from passing smoke-free air ordinances stronger than the statewide law.
- There's no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke.
- Short exposures to secondhand smoke can cause blood platelets to become stickier, damage the lining of blood vessels, decrease coronary flow velocity reserves, and reduce heart rate variability, potentially increasing the risk of heart attack.
- Allergies, asthma, bronchitis, other respiratory diseases and heart disease all are adversely affected by second-hand smoke.
- If a women smokes while she's pregnant, then there's a chance that the baby can get very sick or even die.
- A cigarette has over 4,700 chemicals!
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24 comments:
I think that second hand smoke is really bad :(
If you want to smoke and kill your lungs, please do not include innocent people who do not have a choice. And especially do not smoke around kids/infants. It is terrible and people should get arrested for doing it.
If you want to smoke thats fine, but you shouldnt smoke near people.
People who smoke around other people are not only putting themselves in danger but they are affecting the people around them. Don't smoke around other people. Go off by yourself. We don't want to die because of you.
smoking is the most disgusting thing in the world. it smells reallyyy bad, is unhealthy, and makes you really ugly.
Second hand smoke is a bad thing, never, ever do it! If you do then...let's just say that you'll regret it.
Smoking is bad in the first place, but second hand smoke is worse and people that don't smoke can get caught near a smoker and it could mess up their lungs.
smoking kills
second hand smoke almost kills
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I think smoking is bad and people shouldn't do it because its bad for you and people around you
Second hand smoke is really bad! =[
I think second hand smoke is bad. I honestly think smoking should be banned altogether.
Its like forcing someone TO smoke if u smoke around them. Secondhand smoke is terrible for peoples health, and if someone wants to ruin their own health, they shouldn't mess up others as well.
smoking is retarted in teh first place
Second hand smoke is bad. It's bad enough if somebody wants to smoke but second hand smoke is just as damaging to an innocent person.
I hate second hand smoke. even a smart person who doesn't smoke can die from it.
i think second hand some is really bad. no one wante to be effected by someone else who is smoking.
i think smoking is disgusting to begin with
Second hand smoke is bad. Horrible, dreadful, awful, shameful, uncool, dumb, not smart, unhealthy, and several other things that I'm too lazy to list. But yeah...second hand smoke is not good and people shouldn't do it, and for people that DO do it, they should find a way to stop, there are several medications and hospital things to help.
I think second hand smoke is disgusting and sad. If your so obsessed with smoking that you have the heart to do it around kids and other people then you need to get some help.
I think that second hand smoke is really bad for your health.
i love the smell of smoke so it doesn't really bother me.
nice blog
i think that smoking is general is a dangerous and disgusting habit. secondhand smoke is also bad.
i think that smoking is bad let alone second hand smoke. i think that smoking should be banned when your around innocent people.
Smoking is synonomous to sucide.
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