Second hand smoke

Anyone, even a burned smoker who has not let go of a cigarette since childhood, knows: smoking is harmful, as this leads to lung diseases, worsens the immune system, adversely affects the psyche - all the negative aspects of smoking are listed for a long time. In some cases, smoking ended in lung cancer, throat cancer and other unpleasant consequences. It is known because a drop of nicotine, which is contained in tobacco smoke, disables a healthy horse. Many people decided not to smoke, many could give up this habit, saving money and health on smoking. However, not everyone knows that simply not smoking - it does not mean not to suffer from smoking, not everyone knows that smoking is of two kinds: active and passive. With active smoking everything is clear: he took a cigarette and smoke. And what is passive smoking? And really, in fact, you can smoke without even touching a cigarette? And if someone smokes, does it not only hurt yourself?

Passive smoking is the inhalation by non-smokers of smoke coming from cigarettes of a smoker. You can not smoke, but just stand by with a companion, a tightened cigarette. If you inhale the smoke, then the effect of this for your health can be as if you smoked a portion of the cigarette. It is worth saying that in an hour passive smokers can absorb into their body half the carbon dioxide, toxins and other poisons than the active smoker for a smoked cigarette. However, they still absorb these substances, which is important for his health; For the specified time the non-smoker can inhale about 14 mg of harmful carcinogenic substances that are in the resin. A burning cigarette is the source of two smoke streams: main and side. The main stream is inhaled by a smoker. A side smoke stream can "enjoy" passive smokers from among those standing next to each other. In addition, it's one thing when, for example, you stand next to a smoker in the fresh air, and the wind blows smoke in the other direction, and quite another - when you are in an enclosed area where you have smoked a lot. In such rooms, the air is usually soaked in tobacco smoke.

If you are a supporter of a healthy lifestyle, you should be well aware of what passive smoking is. After spending a few minutes in a smoking room or some other room for a few minutes, you actually did the same thing that any smoker does - inhale a portion of smoke. And this smoke is unsafe for your health, because it contains a high concentration of harmful substances, which are often the cause of various oncological diseases. Therefore, we can say that passive smokers are actually the same smokers, only saving on cigarettes and suffering from the harm of tobacco are less than active smokers. However, they are also affected by tobacco smoke.

Harm of passive smoking is unequivocal. Its consequence are: respiratory, cardiovascular and other diseases, including cancer. In a word, all the same illnesses, which are often inflicted on the avid lovers of cigars, cigarettes and cigarettes.

However, the harmful effects of passive smoking on children are particularly obvious. Because of the effect of tobacco smoke in a child exposed to it, the likelihood of ever getting cancer of the brain increases several times - and even if his mother does not use tobacco products. Small passive smokers, exposed to the harmful effects of tobacco smoke, are much more likely to suffer from allergy, respiratory, asthma, middle ear, caries and even serious illnesses like tuberculosis. Harm of passive smoking for children is also that for such a child who often inhales harmful cigarette smoke, the probability of becoming an "active" smoker is much higher. It is likely that a child who inhales tobacco smoke from time to time will suffer from a developmental delay. Child passive smoking - often the result of the stupidity and irresponsibility of parents. To protect the health of children, parents should not smoke in an apartment, with children, or take children to premises with "smoke-filled" air.

Separately it is necessary to say that the big harm of passive smoking exists for pregnant women and especially for the fetuses in their wombs. Substances of tobacco smoke can be the cause of the birth of an inferior child, who may seriously lag behind in development a significant part of his life, or even be born an invalid. In addition, this may well be the cause of miscarriage. It is worth saying that for families planning to have a child, it is important to break with smoking - excluding both active and passive varieties, especially if one of the couple is a smoker. First of all, it sways to the future mother, since the harm of passive smoking exists even for an unborn child.