Quit smoking because you care..
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is the amount of smoke that actually released by a smoker to his/her environment. Scientifically it is estimated that 90% of smoke created by a smoker is becoming ETS. So of all the dangerous chemicals contained within the cigarette smoke, the smoker only took 10% for himself. This means if you standing around a smoking person then you have the chance to get as much of those chemicals as or even more than that smoking person him/herself.
According to CDC, ETS can become a cause of many adverse health effect to those who are exposed with it. Below is the list of those effect:
- ETS exposure causes heart disease and lung cancer in non smoking adults.
- Nonsmokers who are exposed ETS at home or work will have increased risk of having heart disease by 25–30% and increased risk of having lung cancer by 20–30%.
- Breathing ETS has immediate harmful effects on the cardiovascular system, with increased risk of having a heart attack as the result. The risk is even higher to people who already have a heart disease.
Children gain an even bigger threat,especially when they live with a smoking parents. According to WHO data, environmental tobacco smoke exposure can bring severe effect on children. Those effects are:
- Increased risk of lower respiratory tract illnesses, such as bronchitis and pneumonia in the first year of life.
- Causing chronic respiratory symptoms in school aged children.
- Increases the severity and frequency of symptoms in children with asthma.
- Increasing the risk of having acute and chronic middle ear disease.
- It’s associated with learning difficulties, behavioral problems, and language impairment in the children with smoking parents.
- ETS is associated with physiological changes in children that may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Unfortunately there are many children who are exposed with ETS, in fact almost half of the world’s children are regurarly exposed to ETS. And your children can be one of them!
So for you my friend who smoke,quit smoking is not only about saving yourself. Quit smoking is not just about preventing you from illnesses. Quit smoking is about caring other people. SO if you are a smoking parent, then quit because you care with your children. If you are a smoking husband/wife, then quit because you care with your beloved soulmate. If you are a smoking teacher, then quit because you care with your student. And if you are just simply a smoking person, then quit because you care with other people who live around you.
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You are absolutely right and this has what I have heard for a long time and though I do not smoke personally, there are some of my friends and relatives who do smoke and I always try to get myself out of them.
Comment by LBJirel — December 4, 2008 @ 5:45 pm
Is there any way to escape the toxic fumes if you don’t smoke?
dhoni says: Well, the best way is to stay away when other people smoke.
Comment by Atif — December 7, 2008 @ 8:32 pm