What is Passive Smoking?

Smoking smoke coming out of a cigarette or exhaled smoke is called passive smoking.

Smoke that rises from the tip of a cigarette, which is highly alkaline and strongly stimulates the eyes and nose. Sidestream smoke contains more harmful substances than mainstream smoke.

Health hazards associated with passive smoking include itching, pain, blinking, stuffing nose, sneezing, nasal discharge, and coughing. In addition, the inhalation of carbon monoxide can cause headaches. In addition, the effect of nicotine causes blood vessels to contract, which lowers the temperature of the skin.

Non-smokers are more susceptible to smoke than smokers and take longer to recover their body temperature. In addition, it is said that if you are in an environment where you receive passive smoking on a daily basis at home or at work, the mortality rate of diseases such as lung cancer and ischemic heart disease increases. Passive smoking in infants is considered to be one of the risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome, which is a disease in which the baby suddenly dies.