If children live in a home where people do not smoke while the children are present, but do smoke a lot when they are not, how dangerous is the smoke that is in the carpet and furniture to their lungs?
Tobacco smoke that is released into the air by a cigarette, cigar, or pipe is known as second-hand smoke or Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS). It comes from the actual burning of the cigarette or the smoke that is exhaled (breathed out) by the smoker. This smoke contains several toxic parts that can lead to medical problems, including cancer.
Infants and children are most at risk from these toxins because their lungs are still developing and are considered more delicate. Children whose parents smoke have a higher chance of showing breathing problems. ETS has been associated with asthma, tonsillitis, bronchitis, pneumonia and other upper respiratory and lung infections. In addition, parents are very powerful role models for their kids. Children whose parents smoke are more likely to begin smoking themselves in adolescence.
How much harm does exposure to second-hand smoke
cause? This depends on how much smoke is in the air and for how much time a person is exposed. The amount of ETS is affected by the size of the space, the number of people smoking in it and whether there is proper ventilation. After the smoking in an area has ended, it can take upwards of 3-4 hours to remove the smoke from just one cigarette and even then some of it may still linger.
There is a great amount of research to be done about the effects of second-hand smoke, including how harmful the leftover residue in places such as the carpet is. Currently the only known way to prevent these harmful effects of second-hand smoke is to never expose children. Not smoking at all is best for both the smokers and their children.
Henry H. Bernstein
Tobacco smoke that is released into the air by a cigarette, cigar, or pipe is known as second-hand smoke or Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS). It comes from the actual burning of the cigarette or the smoke that is exhaled (breathed out) by the smoker. This smoke contains several toxic parts that can lead to medical problems, including cancer.
Infants and children are most at risk from these toxins because their lungs are still developing and are considered more delicate. Children whose parents smoke have a higher chance of showing breathing problems. ETS has been associated with asthma, tonsillitis, bronchitis, pneumonia and other upper respiratory and lung infections. In addition, parents are very powerful role models for their kids. Children whose parents smoke are more likely to begin smoking themselves in adolescence.
How much harm does exposure to second-hand smoke
cause? This depends on how much smoke is in the air and for how much time a person is exposed. The amount of ETS is affected by the size of the space, the number of people smoking in it and whether there is proper ventilation. After the smoking in an area has ended, it can take upwards of 3-4 hours to remove the smoke from just one cigarette and even then some of it may still linger.There is a great amount of research to be done about the effects of second-hand smoke, including how harmful the leftover residue in places such as the carpet is. Currently the only known way to prevent these harmful effects of second-hand smoke is to never expose children. Not smoking at all is best for both the smokers and their children.
Henry H. Bernstein
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Secondhand smoking is also known as passage smoking.For me the only way to prevent this harmful effects of secondhand smoking is educate the parents about this matter so parents will be aware of it.
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