Health effects of secondhand smoke exposure

Second hand smoke exposure causes heart disease and lung cancer in nonsmoking adults.
Nonsmokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke at home or work increase their heart disease risk by 25-30% and their lung cancer risk by 20-30%.2
Breathing second hand smoke has immediate harmful effects on the cardiovascular system that can increase the risk of heart attack. People who already have heart disease are at especially high risk.
Second hand smoke exposure causes respiratory symptoms in children and slows their lung growth.
Secondhand smoke causes sudden infant death syndrome, acute respiratory infections, ear problems, and more frequent and severe asthma attacks in children.
There is no zero risk level of second hand smoke exposure. Even brief inhalation of smoke can be dangerous.
Second-esposiblerhand smoke is estimated responsible for approximately 3,000 lung cancer deaths per year among non-smokers and contributes to as many as 40,000 deaths related to cardiovascular disease.g cancer risk by 20-30%.2
Breathing second hand smoke has immediate harmful effects on the cardiovascular system that can increase the risk of heart attack. People who already have heart disease are at especially high risk.
Second hand smoke exposure causes respiratory symptoms in children and slows their lung growth.
Secondhand smoke causes sudden infant death syndrome, acute respiratory infections, ear problems, and more frequent and severe asthma attacks in children.
There is no zero risk level of second hand smoke exposure. Even brief inhalation of smoke can be dangerous.
Second-esposiblerhand smoke is estimated responsible for approximately 3,000 lung cancer deaths per year among non-smokers and contributes to as many as 40,000 deaths related to cardiovascular disease.