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Passive Smoking

Health hazards of chronic passive smoking (major headlines):

Passive smoking causes:
  • Asthma exacerbation
  • Breathlessness
  • Cancer, breast
  • Cancer, lung
  • Coronary heart disease
  • Cough & phlegm production
  • DNA damage
  • Dry eyes, mouth & throat
  • Dyspnea
  • Enhanced susceptibility to infections
  • Female hormonal disturbances
  • Headache & dizziness
  • Hyperlipidemia
  • Hypoxia
  • Impaired lung function
  • Impaired recovery from acute asthma
  • Loss of appetite
  • Lung proinflammatory reactions
  • Nasal mucociliary disorder
  • Premature babies
  • Preterm deliveries
  • Sensitization to allergens
  • Sensory irritation
  • Sperm abnormalities


Passive smoking has been linked to:
  • Cancer, brain
  • Cancer, cervix
  • Cancer, leukemia/lymphoma
  • Concentration deficit
  • Disturbances in fertility & conception
  • Fetal malformation
  • Hearing loss
  • Hyposmia
  • Metabolic disorders
  • Ocular disease
  • Reproductive disorders
  • Skin disease
  • Sleep disorders
  • Stroke
  • Sudden infant death syndrome


 
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