Effect of cigarette smoke

Cigarette smoking is a cankerworm that has eaten deeply into the society . One of the most common and toxic indoor air pollutants is cigarette smoke . Experts believe more than 87% of lung cancers are caused by cigarette smoke . Smoking , or even inhaling secondhand smoke , increases your risk of heart attack and stroke.

 

                                                                                                                                                                         Tobacco smoke is a mixture of more than 4,700 compounds. Smoke from the smoldering end of a cigarette contains more cancer-causing chemicals than the smoke exhaled by a smoker. If you are a nonsmoker and members or coworkers will not stop smoking around you, ask that they smoke only in well-ventilated or isolated areas. Never smoke around children or allow them to be exposed to cigarette smoke, especially if they have asthma or allergies. 

Exposure to cigarette smoke causes wheezing, coughing, and extra mucus in many children. Secondhand smoke also can cause fluid to build up in the inner ear, which can cause ear infections. Lower respiratory infections, such as pneumonia and bronchitis, are also risks. Sometimes these types of infections become serious enough to require hospitalization, especially when they develop in babies and young children. 

Babies who are exposed to secondhand smoke are at increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). 

Cigarette smoke may cause thousands of children each year to develop asthma. Also, children with asthma who are exposed to cigarette smoke have more attacks more severe symptoms than other children with asthma.