SECONDHAND SMOKE
In 1993, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency placed secondhand cigarette smoke in its highest category
of cancer-causing agents.
According to the Mayo Clinic, 60 of the more than
4,000 chemicals that comprise secondhand cigarette smoke are
carcinogenic and can linger in the air for hours. This is particularly
ominous for children who, because they are still developing physically,
have higher breathing rates and hence inhale more of the toxic air.
The Mayo Clinic concludes that a child who spends just one hour a day
in a smoky room is inhaling as many dangerous chemicals as if he smoked
10 or more cigarettes. It also notes that secondhand smoke can cause
asthma in children, exacerbates the condition in those who already have
it, and precipitates respiratory infections such as pneumonia and
bronchitis, chronic middle ear infections, and reduced lung capacity.
In 1993, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency placed secondhand
cigarette smoke in its highest category of cancer-causing agents. The
agency also concluded that as many as 300,000 children up to 18 months
of age contract dangerous respiratory diseases each year from secondhand
smoke and that the medical condition of up to 1 million asthmatic
children is worsened every year because of it.
Former U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona warned last year that
the dangers of secondhand smoke are even more pervasive than originally
believed. He reported that it has now been linked to sudden infant death
syndrome and stated that even short-term exposure to its toxicity is
extremely dangerous.
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