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It not only hurts you but every innocent person around you who doesn't want to smoke. Every one who breathes in second-hand smoke is endangering their health, but young children are particularly at risk as their lungs are smaller and more delicate. They are, therefore, seriously affected by tobacco smoke and the chemicals it contains. Young people exposed to second-hand smoke at home are seven times more likely to smoke. Second-hand smoke contains cancer-causing and other toxic substances that are often in greater concentrations than in the smoke inhaled by the smoker. Some chemical compounds found in smoke only become carcinogenic after they've come into contact with certain enzymes found in many of the tissues of the human body, so the smoke that is breathed out may be worse than the smoke breathed in by the smoker through the cigarette.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoMy guess is that people exposed to 2nd hand smoke have longer exposure.
Example. A bar tender works 8 hours in a smoke-filled bar. The smoker is there only 1 hour and smokes say 3 cigarettes. Who has higher exposure?
It not only hurts you but every innocent person around you who doesn't want to smoke. Every one who breathes in second-hand smoke is endangering their health, but young children are particularly at risk as their lungs are smaller and more delicate. They are, therefore, seriously affected by tobacco smoke and the chemicals it contains. Young people exposed to second-hand smoke at home are seven times more likely to smoke. Second-hand smoke contains cancer-causing and other toxic substances that are often in greater concentrations than in the smoke inhaled by the smoker. Some chemical compounds found in smoke only become carcinogenic after they've come into contact with certain enzymes found in many of the tissues of the human body, so the smoke that is breathed out may be worse than the smoke breathed in by the smoker through the cigarette.
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Which is worse for a singer's throat second hand smoke or whiskey?
Smoke. Booze is a close second.
Why should not smoke around Small children or babies?
They could get lung cancer by second hand smoke or even worse die.They could get lung cancer by second hand smoke or even worse die.
What are the type of smokes?
first hand smoke and second hand smoke
What are the two types of tobacco smoke?
first hand smoke and second hand smoke
What are the types of smoking tobacco?
first hand smoke and second hand smoke
Is second hand marijuana smoke harmful to pregnant women?
I dont believe second hand Marijuana does anything bad to the baby when you are pregnant. Second hand smoke from Tobacco is infinitely worse for you than second hand Marijuana.
What happens if you live with smokers but you breathe in the Smoke?
its called second-hand smoking, and its worse for you than smoking (because you breathe the tobacco smoke).
What is second hand?
second-hand smoke is where you breathe in smoke so its like smoking a second time.
Is it harmful for you to hang out near people who use second hand smoke?
If they willingly except to second hand smoke, then yes. If they don't like to second hand smoke, then no.
How many people get second hand smoke?
Everyone who is around someone who smokes is exposed to second hand smoke. There are millions of people who are exposed to second hand smoke.
Does second hand cigarette smoke kill more than first hand cirgarette smoke?
Smoking, but the number killed by second hand smoke is significant, and since these are usually our loved ones, it should give us pause. In fact, it should make us quit.
Is tobacco smoke worse than wood smoke?
Wood smoke is much worse than tobacco second hand smoke. Wood smoke contains more than twelve times as many carcinogenic compounds, and is chemically active up to forty times longer in the lungs than tobacco.
