Secondhand Smoke And The Dangers it Causes
Second-hand smoke is cigarette, pipe or cigar smoke exhaled from the lungs of smokers, and then inhaled by involuntary non-smokers.
Second-hand smoke contains hundreds of chemicals known to be toxic, carcinogenic (cancer causing) and cause heart disease.
Second-hand smoke causes disease and premature deaths in children and adult non-smokers.
Second-hand smoke can trigger and worsen the symptoms of asthma dramatically.
Children are more at risk to second-hand smoke than adults, due to their developing bodies taking in more second-hand smoke as they breathe more rapidly because of their size.
Approximately 3,000 deaths from lung cancer occur each year from second-hand smoke in the United States.