Are You A Passive Smoker? Read This!
HEALTH
I don't know if you have seen the effect of breathing in smoke from other people's substances. Unfortunately, many people do not know how dangerous it is to inhale the smoke of a substance without having to smoke it yourself. People just don't care about sitting, talking, eating, drinking, and other normal activities among smokers.
As a passive smoker, you're close to having so many effects than the smoker himself.
Nina's story is a perfect example. Nina had a chain smoker boyfriend. This man has never bothered about whether his visitors suffer from asthma or not. He smokes in the midst of everyone around him. In fact, he could smoke so many cigarettes and marijuana with impunity. Nina was afraid that she might be mad at her if she confronted him.
Unfortunately, she was always with his boyfriend when he smokes. He got used to his attitude and enjoyed the smoke with him too.
A few years later she began to cough constantly. She visited the hospital because the cough was so severe. At a point, she began to cough up blood in the chest. Doctors found that she had asthma without realizing it and that triggered the disease. She cried all the time when she heard about the disturbing news !! She could only say, "But Doc, I'm not a person who smokes, so why this?" The doctor took the time to explain why she was suffering more than his boyfriend.
According to the doctor, she could have taken steps to protect herself from the smoker boyfriend by completely leaving the place or asking that friend to stay away from him. Nina could've also opened the room's window or use a special air filter that will prevent her from breathing in the smoke. For Nina, the doctor's explanation was fine, but her concern was that she did not know she had asthma.
For some people, smoking has more benefits than demerits. However, this is a controversial statement because others will not buy to this claim. They think that, it depends on the substance used. People are simply addicted to smoke, cannabis or other tobacco. They believe that addiction is whether the person is a mild, moderate or severe smoker.
People have different reasons why they smoke. Some believe that nicotine enters the body and activates nicotine receptors in the brain when someone consumes tobacco, either by smoking or by chewing tobacco or in other forms. The faster nicotine enters your body, the greater the brain's addiction.
On the other hand, according to medical data, passive smokers are more at risk than smokers themselves. Tobacco smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals, including hundreds which are poisonous and around 70 which can cause cancer. The more you breathe, the greater the risk to your health.
Since 1964, around 2,500,000 non-smokers have died due to health problems caused by exposure to cigarette smoke. Surprisingly, in addition to asthma attacks and heart disease, these passives also tends to have ear infections. The respiratory system is also easily fooled into infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia.
Fortunately, exposure to passive smoke has decreased in recent years. In the US, the rate has fallen, and from 1988 to 2018 the global rate has also fallen. The interesting part of this story is that passive exposure to smoking is higher among people with low-income than those with high-income.
HEALTH
I don't know if you have seen the effect of breathing in smoke from other people's substances. Unfortunately, many people do not know how dangerous it is to inhale the smoke of a substance without having to smoke it yourself. People just don't care about sitting, talking, eating, drinking, and other normal activities among smokers.
As a passive smoker, you're close to having so many effects than the smoker himself.
Nina's story is a perfect example. Nina had a chain smoker boyfriend. This man has never bothered about whether his visitors suffer from asthma or not. He smokes in the midst of everyone around him. In fact, he could smoke so many cigarettes and marijuana with impunity. Nina was afraid that she might be mad at her if she confronted him.
Unfortunately, she was always with his boyfriend when he smokes. He got used to his attitude and enjoyed the smoke with him too.
A few years later she began to cough constantly. She visited the hospital because the cough was so severe. At a point, she began to cough up blood in the chest. Doctors found that she had asthma without realizing it and that triggered the disease. She cried all the time when she heard about the disturbing news !! She could only say, "But Doc, I'm not a person who smokes, so why this?" The doctor took the time to explain why she was suffering more than his boyfriend.
According to the doctor, she could have taken steps to protect herself from the smoker boyfriend by completely leaving the place or asking that friend to stay away from him. Nina could've also opened the room's window or use a special air filter that will prevent her from breathing in the smoke. For Nina, the doctor's explanation was fine, but her concern was that she did not know she had asthma.
For some people, smoking has more benefits than demerits. However, this is a controversial statement because others will not buy to this claim. They think that, it depends on the substance used. People are simply addicted to smoke, cannabis or other tobacco. They believe that addiction is whether the person is a mild, moderate or severe smoker.
People have different reasons why they smoke. Some believe that nicotine enters the body and activates nicotine receptors in the brain when someone consumes tobacco, either by smoking or by chewing tobacco or in other forms. The faster nicotine enters your body, the greater the brain's addiction.
On the other hand, according to medical data, passive smokers are more at risk than smokers themselves. Tobacco smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals, including hundreds which are poisonous and around 70 which can cause cancer. The more you breathe, the greater the risk to your health.
Since 1964, around 2,500,000 non-smokers have died due to health problems caused by exposure to cigarette smoke. Surprisingly, in addition to asthma attacks and heart disease, these passives also tends to have ear infections. The respiratory system is also easily fooled into infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia.
Fortunately, exposure to passive smoke has decreased in recent years. In the US, the rate has fallen, and from 1988 to 2018 the global rate has also fallen. The interesting part of this story is that passive exposure to smoking is higher among people with low-income than those with high-income.
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