second hand

Secondhand Smoke

What is secondhand smoke?

Secondhand smoke is also known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) or passive smoke. It is a mixture of 2 forms of smoke that comes from burning tobacco:

• sidestream smoke: smoke that comes from the end of a lighted cigarette, pipe, or cigar
• mainstream smoke: smoke that is exhaled by a smoker

When non-smokers are exposed to secondhand smoke it is called involuntary smoking or passive smoking. Non-smokers who breathe in secondhand smoke take in nicotine and other toxic chemicals just like smokers do. The more secondhand smoke you are exposed to, the higher the level of these harmful chemicals in your body.

Why is secondhand smoke a problem?

Secondhand smoke causes cancer

Secondhand smoke is classified as a "known human carcinogen" (cancer-causing agent) by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the US National Toxicology Program, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World Health Organization.

Tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 chemical compounds. More than 60 of these are known or suspected to cause cancer.

Secondhand smoke causes other kinds of diseases and deaths

read full article in http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2X_Secondhand_Smoke-Clean_Indoor_Air.asp

so mas malala pa din pala para sa smokers mismo, kasi nga meron na silang na iinhale na usok, malamang eh nakakainhale pa din sila ng smoke na supposedly eh inexhale nila. at usually naman eh grupo grupo mag smoke so yun lalong malala. napaisip lang ako kasi merong akong narinig sa radyo na mas delikado pa raw o mas malala pa ang nararanasan ng second hand smokers kesa dun sa smokers mismo. dapat pala passive smokers ang term na ginamit para sa mga taong nakakakuha ng second hand smoke pero hindi naman nag yoyosi

speaking of second hand pupunta din daw ata ang "second hand serenade" dito manila. read more about it here