Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), otherwise known as secondhand smoke, carries toxins and is deemed by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) dangerous for the person who breathes it in. Children affected are at higher risk than adults because their bodies are still developing physically and they breathe at a higher rate.
I am married to a chain smoker, but I don't smoke. I worry about my husband. He lost his mother to lung cancer, but seems to believe that he's impervious. I'm sure I sound like a nagging wife reminding him that his smoking affects me, and I already have a compromised immune system.
The CDC makes several fact sheets available on their site, such as the effects and trends of ETS, case studies in Georgia and Texas (Texas has widely adopted city smoking bans), secondhand smoke and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and smoke-free policies.
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Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), otherwise known as secondhand smoke, carries toxins and is deemed by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) dangerous for the person who breathes it in. Children affected are at higher risk than adults because their bodies are still developing physically and they breathe at a higher rate.
I am married to a chain smoker, but I don't smoke. I worry about my husband. He lost his mother to lung cancer, but seems to believe that he's impervious. I'm sure I sound like a nagging wife reminding him that his smoking affects me, and I already have a compromised immune system.
The CDC makes several fact sheets available on their site, such as the effects and trends of ETS, case studies in Georgia and Texas (Texas has widely adopted city smoking bans), secondhand smoke and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and smoke-free policies.
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/secondhand_smoke/index.htm
February 12, 2008 - 4:50pmThis Comment
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