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The Silent Killer : The Dangers of Secondhand Smoke

The United States Environmental Protection Agency classifies secondhand smoke as a Group A Carcinogen, which is a category only reserved for the most dangerous of cancer causing agents in humans. It increases the risk of lung cancer and heart disease in nonsmokers and it poses a serious health hazard that can lead to premature death in children and nonsmoking adults.

Exhaling cigarette smoke incorporates into the air over 4,700 chemical compounds, two hundred of them are known to be poisonous–such as carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, and methyl isocyanate. Also, another sixty potentially dangerous carcinogen substances being benzene, benzopyprene,formaldehyde and aromatic amines. Why are all these chemicals in cigarettes?



When you smoke a cigarette, you inhale about half of the smoke and carcinogens, but the rest of the smoke is exhaled into the air and some of it attaches itself to your clothes. If there are children and pets in the area, they’re inhaling all of these carcinogens that you exhaled. It’s especially dangerous for children who live with smokers, as they’re so vulnerable, when you read to them or when they ride in a closed car with you. Also, did you know, that if you have caged birds as pets, that this smoke is very dangerous to them also?

Secondhand smoke is known to cause Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, respiratory problems, ear infections and asthma attacks in infants and children.

In the United States alone,the EPA estimates that there are approximately 3,000 lung cancer deaths per year for nonsmoking people that are affected by some other smokers secondhand smoke! But, lung cancer deaths average over 161,000 people yearly, who die from actual cigarette smoking.

When you consider all of the poisonous pollutants that are exhaled into the air from cigarette smoking, it would appear that perhaps stopping smoking is a very “GREEN” thing to do for the environment, not to mention for the benefit of your health and all those living around you.

Smoking. Second Hand Smoke

And, as you may know, there is a growing trend on banning smoking in many workplaces and public places worldwide. Smoking is just not “cool” and acceptable as it once was. And if your clothes, hair, skin, and breath smell of smoke–that is NOTSEXY! Odor is a real turn off!

You can quit smoking painlessly, easily and naturally if you really want to. Then when you do, you will be able to taste food again, your clothes will smell fresh, your teeth will be whiter and your breath will be kissable sweet!

Even your lungs will start to purge themselves of all the irritants stored there. Perhaps you’ll have fewer colds. Fewer trips to the doctors office. If everyone took responsibility for their own health, maybe that would help the health care system not be so overcrowded. Maybe so many people wouldn’t be suffering with breathing problems.

Today is a good day to finally quit smoking. Make your health your number one priority.

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