Consequences of being a passive smoker
It is called as passive smoker the person who does not smoke, but who is close to that person does, so that in reality that individual is smoking unwittingly.
In this sense, we are faced with two opposing positions: while smokers complain that there are more and more places where they can not smoke, why should the person who does not smoke have to "consume" the cigarette smoke?
However, even if we do not smoke if we meet daily near a person who does consequences for health they are almost the same as if we were actually smoking. In fact, in the United States alone, more than 55,000 passive smokers die each year each year.
Let's take an example: according to different studies, being in a closed room of 30 square meters with people who smoke at least two cigarettes per hour, is equivalent to the non-smoker has actually smoked a cigarette.
Health consequences of passive smoking
As we mentioned in the previous lines, passive smoker is understood as the non-smoker who sucks the smoke of the tobacco from those smokers around him.
To realize how dangerous is the passive tobacco, we must be aware that while 15% of the smoke that comes from the cigarette is inhaled by the person who smokes, 85% is dispersed in the air. While the smoke that comes from the tip of the cigarette contains carcinogenic substances 100 times higher than the smoke that the active smoker aspires to.
Like the active smoker, the person who does not smoke and is exposed to cigarette smoke can be a victim of lung cancer, respiratory tract infections, asthma and cardiovascular diseases.
The consequences are even worse in the smallest
In addition to adult passive smokers, the consequences for the health of the little ones when a person smokes around them is even worse, and much more serious.
And we must not forget that their organs are not yet fully developed, so that the damage caused is even greater, suffering from respiratory tract diseases, asthma and otitis.
Therefore, the question is clear: if you do not smoke, stay away from those people who do smoke and have no respect for you or your health in the moments when they light their cigarettes. Your health is at stake.
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