Nobody does. Second hand smoke is not a certifiable cause of death. Any figures quoted are merely conjecture and pure Propaganda.
over 54,000 people a year
Every year there are about 53,800 people that die from secondhand smoke exposure. That is about 1 in 100 people around the world.
Smoking is a very unhealthy habit. It is estimated that 53,800 people die every year from secondhand smoke exposure every year.
Zero. Second-hand smoking is just a myth created by lawyers and anti-corporate/smoking people as an excuse to tie the cases of individuals with lung cancer who spend large amounts of time in the vicinity of smokers.
most likely u if ur checking this question
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), secondhand smoke causes approximately 41,000 deaths from heart disease and 7,300 deaths from lung cancer in non-smoking adults each year in the United States. This highlights the serious health risks associated with exposure to secondhand smoke.
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around 50000 people die a year from second hand smokeActually there is conflicting numbers from the WHO (World Health Organization)Their original study showed NO Statistically Significant Corellation to Lung Cancer and Second Hand Smoke; conducted over 7 years, in 12 centers in 7 countries for 7 years. Ref: http:/www.davehitt.com/facts/who.HTMLThe British Press Documented the issue:More InformationAn abstract of the study is available here. The entire study can be found here. (.pdf file)The WHO's press release is located here.This article, from the British Wall Street Journal, discusses this study and the EPA study.FORCES has lots of links to articles and editorials on this subject.Not getting the desired results, the study was quickly pulled.Currently the WHO states 200,000 people die of Second Hand smoke each year: Ref: http:/www.who.int/features/factfiles/tobacco/en/index.HTMLOne needs to wonder whay type of study and statistical rigour went into this conclusion.
It depends on how you define "affected" and whom you ask! It's a very small fraction of those "affected" by traffic pollution. However, both figures are impossible to calculate.
Secondhand smoke is poisonous and has over 4000 chemicals, including 50 that can cause cancer. Breathing secondhand smoke can be more dangerous than inhaling smoke through a cigarette. It has twice as much nicotine and tar as the smoke that people smoking inhale and five times more carbon monoxide, a deadly gas that starves your body of oxygen. It's technically worse than normal smoking; which doesn't make sense. But if someone that doesn't smoke breaths in your smoke, it's slightly worse; because they might not be used to it.
It might depend on how much you smoke... Light, heavy..??
About 5.4 million