Secondhand Smoke Equals Danger

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Secondhand smoke equals danger. Second hand smoke is when the person next to an

individual is inhaling all the smoke from a person who is smoking. Second hand smoke is very common in the United States. When you walk in the streets, you pass by a lot of smokers with kids and adults around them. They seem to not care about the fact that it is harmful to children and adults. The government also spends more money on selling cigarettes than they do on preventing smoking (CBS news staff, 2012). People who smoke not only make it bad for children but also make it worse for themselves too. It contains a lot of toxic chemicals. Smoking should be banned in front of the children as it is very harmful and dangerous to one's health. It can also encourage young children to smoke.

Second hand smoke is very harmful to children. It causes number of many health effects

such as heart disease, lung cancer, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and respiratory infections. It holds at least 250 known chemicals including more than 50 which can cause cancer (CDC, 2007). When a mom is pregnant, second hand smoke can cause birth defects to her child, who hasn't seen the world yet. Almost 60% of U.S. children aged 3 to 11 years are exposed to secondhand smoke even though it is injurious to their health (CDC, 2007). Smoking is one of the many reasons of death in the United States, 1 out 6 deaths in the U.S. occur due to smoking. The data & statistics by the CDC show that 45 million adults in the U.S. smoke cigarettes, which is very sad (CDC, 2007). The CDC also indicates that about 22 million children are exposed to secondhand smoke (CDC, 2007). According to Mr. Tall children are more exposed to secondhand smoke in private places than they are in public p...

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