Dangers of secondhand smoke

EVERYONE knows smoking kills. Tobacco smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals of which around 70 can cause cancer. Nonsmokers have an equal chance of developing lung cancer after exposure to secondhand smoke. Babies and children who are exposed to secondhand smoke will fall sick more often with respiratory diseases such as pneumonia and bronchitis.

Worse still, for children with asthma, breathing in secondhand smoke can trigger an attack. Essentially, there is no difference between active smoking and passive smoking.