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Secondhand smoke is a serious topic that is debated in society today.  People do not want to be subjected to the smoke of another person that will risk their life and the lives of the people around them.  Secondhand smoke can cause anything from simple coughing to cancer or death.  It is the third leading cause of preventable death.  Here are some facts about secondhand smoke:

   ü      It kills about three thousand non-smokers a year from lung cancer alone, which is 30 times as many lung cancer deaths that’s happen due to pollution

   ü      It causes 36,000 deaths a year from heart disease

   ü      It causes 330,000 lung infections a year in babies and young children each year

   ü      It fills the air with many of the same poisons found in the air around toxic waste dumps

   ü      It puts babies at risk for SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)

 

 

 

Sources

It’s My Life – http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/smoking/article2.html

Truths and Myths of Secondhand Smoke – http://medicalreporter.health.org/tmr0895/smokemyth0895.html

Secondhand Smoke – http://www.rjrt.com/TI/TIsecondhand_smoke.asp

Tar and Nicotine – http://www.rjrt.com/TI/TITar_Nic_summary.asp