Impact on the surroundings (passive smoking)

Sidestream smoke is smoke that rises from the tip of a cigarette and is highly alkaline and strongly stimulates eyes and nose. Sidestream smoke contains more harmful substances than mainstream smoke.
Inhaling this sidestream smoke or smoke exhaled after smoking (exhaled smoke) is called passive smoking.

• Reference link: Measures for Passive Smoking in Yokohama City

Passive smoking can cause symptoms such as eye itching, pain, blinking, nasal congestion, sneezing, nasal discharge, and coughing. In addition, inhalation of carbon monoxide can cause headaches, or nicotine can contract blood vessels and reduce the temperature of the skin. Non-smokers are more susceptible to smoke than smokers, and it takes time to recover 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 will increase.
Passive smoking in infants is considered to be one of the risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome, a disease in which the baby suddenly dies.

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