Any person, even a burnt smoker who has not pulled cigarettes from childhood, knows: smoking is harmful, as it leads to lung diseases, worsens immunity, adversely affects the psyche - to list all the negative aspects of smoking for a long time. In some cases, smoking ended in lung cancer, throat cancer and other unpleasant consequences. It is well known, after all - a drop of nicotine, which is contained in tobacco smoke, destroys a healthy horse. Many people decided to never smoke, many were able to abandon this habit, saving money and health on smoking. However, not everyone knows that simply not smoking - this does not mean not to suffer from smoking, not everyone knows that there are two types of smoking: active and passive. With active smoking, everything is clear: he took a cigarette and smoked. What is secondhand smoke? And is it really possible to smoke without even touching a cigarette? And if someone smokes, does he really harm not only himself?
Passive smoking is the inhalation of non-smokers of smoke coming from cigarettes by a smoker. You can not smoke, but just stand next to a friend who drags on a cigarette. If you breathe in smoke, the effect of this for your health may be as if you smoked a part of a cigarette. It is worth saying that in an hour passive smokers can absorb half as much carbon dioxide, toxins and other poisons into their body as an active smoker for one smoked cigarette. However, they still absorb these substances, which is important for his health; during the specified time, a non-smoker can inhale about 14 mg of harmful carcinogens that are in the resin. A burning cigarette is the source of two smoke streams: main and side. The main stream is inhaled by the smoker. And passive smokers from among those standing nearby can "enjoy" the sidestream smoke stream. In addition, it is one thing when, for example, you are standing next to a smoker in the fresh air, and the wind blows the smoke in the other direction, and quite another when you are indoors, where you smoked a lot. In such rooms, usually the air is simply saturated with 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 several minutes, you actually did the same as any smoker does - inhaled 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 less than active ones. However, they are also affected by tobacco smoke.
The harm of second-hand smoke is clear. Its consequence is: respiratory, cardiovascular and other diseases, including cancer. In a word, all the same diseases that are often sick by avid lovers of cigars, cigarettes and cigarettes.
However, the harm of second-hand smoke to children is especially evident. Due to the effects of tobacco smoke in a child exposed to it, the likelihood of ever getting a cancer of the brain increases several times — 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 allergies, respiratory infections, asthma, middle ear diseases, tooth decay, and even such a serious illness as tuberculosis. The harm of passive smoking for children is also in the fact that for a child who often breathes in 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 a developmental delay. Passive smoking for children is often the result of stupidity and irresponsibility of parents. To protect the health of children, parents should not smoke in the apartment, with children, as well as take children to rooms with "smoked" air.
Separately, it is worth mentioning that there is a great harm to secondhand smoke for pregnant women and especially the fetuses in their womb. Substances of tobacco smoke can be the cause of the birth of an inferior child, who, perhaps, will seriously lag behind in development a hefty part of his life, or even be born disabled. In addition, this may well cause a miscarriage. It is worth saying that for families planning to have a baby, it is important to break with smoking - excluding both its active and passive species, especially if one of the married couple is a smoker. First of all, it sways the expectant mother, because the harm of second-hand smoke exists even for the unborn child.