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How do people cope with second hand smoke?
How can secondhand smoke be avoided?
- Don’t allow smoking in your home. Opening windows and using fans and ventilation systems doesn’t eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke.
- Don’t allow smoking in your vehicle, even with the windows down.
- Choose smoke-free care facilities.
- Patronize businesses with no-smoking policies.
What are the symptoms of second hand smoke?
Exposure to secondhand smoke causes multiple health problems in infants and young children, including: Ear infections. Respiratory symptoms (coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath) Acute lower respiratory infections, such as bronchitis and pneumonia.
What are the effects of passive smoking?
Passive smoking means breathing in other people’s tobacco smoke. Passive smoking increases the risk of respiratory illnesses in children, including asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia. If you live with someone who smokes, you have a higher risk of diseases such as lung cancer, heart disease and stroke.
What are 2 negative effects of secondhand smoke?
Secondhand smoke causes numerous health problems in infants and children, including more frequent and severe asthma attacks, respiratory infections, ear infections, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Smoking during pregnancy results in more than 1,000 infant deaths annually.
Which is worse smoking or second hand smoke?
Secondhand smoke was generally believed to be more harmful than primary smoke. Mechanisms for the potency and health effects of secondhand smoke involved the smell of secondhand smoke, secondhand smoke being an infection and affecting the immune system, and personal strength being protective of secondhand smoke.
What do you call a person who smokes a lot?
The term chain smoker often also refers to a person who smokes relatively constantly, though not necessarily chaining each cigarette. The term applies primarily to cigarettes, although it can be used to describe incessant cigar and pipe smoking as well.