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- Secondhand smoke causes about 3,000
deaths each year from lung cancer in people who don't smoke.
- Secondhand smoke causes irritation of
the eyes, nose, and throat.
- Secondhand smoke can also irritate the
lungs, leading to coughing, excessive phlegm and chest discomfort.
- Secondhand smoke has been estimated to
cause about 35,000 deaths per year from heart disease in nonsmokers.
- Secondhand Smoke Especially Hurts Children!
- Children who breathe secondhand smoke are
more likely to suffer from pneumonia, bronchitis, and other lung diseases.
- Children who breathe secondhand smoke
have more ear infections.
- Children who breathe secondhand smoke
are more likely to develop
asthma.
- Children who have asthma and who breathe
secondhand smoke have more asthma attacks.
- There are an estimated 150,000 to 300,000
cases every year of infections, such as bronchitis and pneumonia in infants
and children under 18 months of age who breathe secondhand smoke. These result
in between 7,500 and 15,000 hospitalizations!
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