Asthma And Secondhand Smoke

ASTHMA AND SECONDHAND SMOKE

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ASTHMA AND SECONDHAND SMOKE

If you are a parent and smoke at home or in the car, while your children are present, think twice.

You could be triggering an asthma attack in your unsuspecting child by exposing them to secondhand smoke.

What is Secondhand Smoke?

Secondhand smoke, also known as Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS), consists of exhaled smoke from cigarette smokers and side stream smoke from the burning end of a cigarette, cigar or pipe.

Secondhand smoke contains more than 4,000 substances, including several compounds that are known carcinogens.

How Does Secondhand Smoke Affect Asthma?

Secondhand smoke can trigger asthma episodes and increase the frequency and severity of asthma attacks.

Secondhand smoke is also a risk factor for new cases of asthma in preschool aged children who have not yet exhibited asthma symptoms.

Scientists believe that secondhand smoke irritates the chronically inflamed bronchial passages of people with asthma.

Secondhand smoke is linked to other health problems, including lung cancer, ear infections and other chronic respiratory illnesses, such as bronchitis and pneumonia.

Many of the damaging health effects of secondhand smoke, including asthma, are most clearly seen in children because children are the most vulnerable to its effects.

It is thought that children's young, developing bodies make them more susceptible to secondhand smoke's effects. Due to their small size, they breathe more rapidly than adults, thereby taking in more secondhand smoke.

Children receiving high doses of secondhand smoke, such as those with smoking mothers, run the greatest relative risk of experiencing damaging health effects.

If you don't stop smoking for your own sake, please do so for the sake of your kids.

Asthma and Secondhand Smoke - Actions You Can Take

* Do not smoke in your home or car and don't allow others to do so.

* Do not smoke in the presence of people with asthma.

* Do not smoke in the presence of children, who are particularly susceptible to the harmful effects of secondhand smoke.

* Do not allow baby-sitters, caregivers or others who work in your home to smoke in your house or near your children.

* Check out specialized Healthway Air Purifiers

* Talk to your children's teachers and day care providers about keeping the places your children spend time smoke-free.

* Best solution - give up smoking. You'll be glad you did.

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