What Long-Term Affects Does Second Hand Smoke Have On Children

What Long-Term Affects Does Second Hand Smoke Have On Children

Introduction

A person who smokes a cigarette breathes only less than quarter of the smoke; the rest goes into the environment. The people who are there, who might never smoke or stopped smoking become second hand smokers. They suffer from nicotine and all the other chemicals that the burning cigarette produces. Repeated second hand smoking for a long period exposes those affected to the same type of risk as smokers, although the increase in risk is lower.

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When a cigarette burns, it spreads around 4500 chemical substances. Some 50 of them are carcinogenic or suspected to cause cancer. A couple of them are banned in workplaces by labor board - except when they are produced by cigarette smokers. The subjects named betanaftylamin and 4-aminodiphenyl.

There is a useful biological indicator of second hand smoking. It's called cotinine and is a breakdown product of nicotine. Cotinine can be detected in the body up to a week after a dryer recently exposed to tobacco smoke.

The smoke that goes into the environment is called side stream smoke. It contains more particles than the so-called huvudrok the smoker draws. The particulate matter and nicotine is twice as much per unit volume than the smoker draws itself. This is due to cigarette burns worse between puffs. As the temperature drops and the combustion decreases. When the smoker draws smoke increases the premium, the temperature raises and the combustion more efficient.

The second hand smokers may nevertheless in fewer chemicals than the smoker because the smoke time is diluted before it reaches the lungs.

Involuntary smoking can quickly conclude that the eyes and respiratory tract irritation of cigarette smoke. It is the body's way of warning. Asthmatics often have difficulty breathing. During the last 10-15 years there has been a series of research reports that show that second hand smoking causes more serious health effects.

The risk of lung cancer increases according to several reports, about 30 percent of the non-smokers who live a long time with a smoker. It has recently also found an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. According to the Environmental Health Report 2001 from the National Board of second hand smoking causes more than 1,000 heart attacks every year in Sweden. At least 500 of those affected die. Later estimates referenced by the National Institute of Public Health (2010), says that the number of deaths dropped to about 200 a year. The cause could include being the introduction of smoke-free dining, and smoke-free workplaces.

Effect of Second Hand Smoking on Children

Children with parents who smoke are often damaged. The strongest correlations - especially with the mother's smoking - are in children under two years. Asthma and ear infections are more common in children who are forced to live with tobacco smoke. The development of children's lung function may also be inhibited. Swedish research shows that many asthmatic children have significant amounts of cotinine in the ...