Secondhand Smoking Can Harm Your Loved Ones
You had a very long day in anatomy class and it is finally over. While on your way out to your car, someone is smoking just outside of the entrance and the puff of smoke they just exhaled is now in your line of path. The wind is blowing very hard that day mainly back in your face. Before you know it, the wind takes your breath away. As you are gasping in your attempt to catch your breath you end up inhaling the secondhand smoke from the person exercising their freedom to smoke. Your health can be in danger every time you encounter a person who is smoking or has been smoking. When a person is smoking a cigarette, pipe tobacco, or cigar, they are actively smoking. As they are actively smoking they exhale …show more content…
For a person who does not smoke, the smoke can cause instantaneous problems for their cardiovascular system. These complications to the cardiovascular system can range from affecting the blood vessels to the heart itself ("Secondhand Smoke (SHS) Facts"). Another complication of secondhand smoke exposure is the increased risk of lung disease. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a lung disease that causes difficulty breathing due to smoking or secondhand smoke exposure (COPD Health Center). Per Becky, in the CDC “You Can Quit” commercial, "If you keep smoking, your freedom may only go as far as your oxygen tube." This commercial was directed towards smokers but, the same principals apply to a non-smoker who now have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) due to the inhalation of the secondhand smoke ( 'Becky 's Tip '). Secondhand smoke exposure may also contribute to lung cancer over time. The chemicals in secondhand smoke can also cause leukemia, breast cancer, cancer of the mouth, tongue, nose, and parts of the esophagus. The secondhand smoke can cause more damage to a person or loved one than any of us could fathom. When a spouse or a parent chooses to light up a cigarette in their home they are causing harm to the loved one. Sudden death due to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has been linked to secondhand smoke of a parent of the infant. Children have been known to develop ear infections, asthma, and lung infections due to the secondhand smoke exposure (Samet). Secondhand smoke exposure can be just as harmful to the people we love as actively
You had a very long day in anatomy class and it is finally over. While on your way out to your car, someone is smoking just outside of the entrance and the puff of smoke they just exhaled is now in your line of path. The wind is blowing very hard that day mainly back in your face. Before you know it, the wind takes your breath away. As you are gasping in your attempt to catch your breath you end up inhaling the secondhand smoke from the person exercising their freedom to smoke. Your health can be in danger every time you encounter a person who is smoking or has been smoking. When a person is smoking a cigarette, pipe tobacco, or cigar, they are actively smoking. As they are actively smoking they exhale …show more content…
For a person who does not smoke, the smoke can cause instantaneous problems for their cardiovascular system. These complications to the cardiovascular system can range from affecting the blood vessels to the heart itself ("Secondhand Smoke (SHS) Facts"). Another complication of secondhand smoke exposure is the increased risk of lung disease. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a lung disease that causes difficulty breathing due to smoking or secondhand smoke exposure (COPD Health Center). Per Becky, in the CDC “You Can Quit” commercial, "If you keep smoking, your freedom may only go as far as your oxygen tube." This commercial was directed towards smokers but, the same principals apply to a non-smoker who now have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) due to the inhalation of the secondhand smoke ( 'Becky 's Tip '). Secondhand smoke exposure may also contribute to lung cancer over time. The chemicals in secondhand smoke can also cause leukemia, breast cancer, cancer of the mouth, tongue, nose, and parts of the esophagus. The secondhand smoke can cause more damage to a person or loved one than any of us could fathom. When a spouse or a parent chooses to light up a cigarette in their home they are causing harm to the loved one. Sudden death due to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has been linked to secondhand smoke of a parent of the infant. Children have been known to develop ear infections, asthma, and lung infections due to the secondhand smoke exposure (Samet). Secondhand smoke exposure can be just as harmful to the people we love as actively