Second Hand Smoke and Effects
And what it will do to you
What is it?
It is when you inhale smoke from someone else who is smoking and it gets in your lungs and does harm to your body.
Fact
It is not as bad as direct smoking but you still get effected by it.
The Effects
- If you live with a smoker and you are a non-smoker that will increase your chances for lung cancer 20-30 %
- It will cause you to have a different voice because the voice box gets changed
- If we stop smoking we can save 40,000 + lives
- There is no safe level of exposure to second hand smoke which means a little will still affect you
- Can cause lung cancer
- Can also cause heart disease, ear infections, and asthma attacks
- Called passive smoking when someone isn’t used to SHS
- Increases chance of breast cancer, and nasal sinus cavity cancer, and leukemia
- Increases chances of colds, bronchitis, and more severe asthma
More Effects Of It
- 53,800 people die every do to second hand smoke
- Banning smoking in bars will make community health better
- Annual cost of second-hand smoking cost is 6 billon dollars
- Second hand smoke makes you more likely to get asthma
- Lung cancer comes from second hand smoke
- Short exposure to second hand smoke can raise the risk of heart attack.
A few more effects of it
- Can cause lung cancer
- Can also cause heart disease, ear infections, and asthma attacks
- Called passive smoking when someone isn’t used to SHS
- Increases chance of breast cancer, and nasal sinus cavity cancer, and leukemia
- Increases chances of colds, bronchitis, and more severe asthma
Works Cited
"Second Hand Smoke." Second Hand Smoke. N.p., 19 Feb. 2013. Web.
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"Secondhand Smoke." Secondhand Smoke. American Cancer Society, 17 Jan. 2013. Web. 23 May 2013.
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"Smoking and Cancer: Second-hand Smoke." : Cancer Research UK. N.p., 24 Apr. 2012. Web. 23 May 2013.