Passive Smoking Of Cigarettes And Its Effect On The Health Of Loved Ones You
Author: Alan Densky
Although most people know that smoking is dangerous, many smokers cannot seem to quit. They defend their habit by saying that they are only affecting themselves if they smoke. However, smoking also has an effect on the health of those who don't smoke. Family, children, friends, co-workers, and even bystanders may suffer health effects from passive smoking.
What is passive smoking? You probably are familiar with the term "secondhand smoke" to describe the smoke inhaled by someone within close proximity to a smoker. Secondhand smoke is a combination of smoke from a burning cigarette, pipe, or cigar, and the smoke exhaled by a smoker. It often contains greater amounts of harmful chemicals than inhaled smoke, for instance, double the amount of tar and nicotine. This puts passive smokers at a higher risk of smoking related diseases and health issues.
Studies of the effects of passive smoking on health show increased risks for heart disease, lung disease, and various illnesses for people constantly exposed to secondhand smoke. Statistics on smoking and passive smoking show a link between secondhand smoke and cancer, with people exposed to secondhand smoke having an increased risk of lung cancer and heart disease. Sadly, it is not uncommon for the nonsmoking spouse or child of a smoker to develop illnesses related to smoking because of long-term secondhand smoke inhalation.
Secondhand smoke is especially damaging to infants and children. Young children exposed to secondhand smoke are at a higher risk of respiratory infections and other respiratory health problems. Children who have asthma are at a higher risk of having more frequent attacks. Passive smoking is also responsible for raising a pregnant woman's risk of having a low birth weight baby or a miscarriage.
Due to the negative health effects of secondhand smoke, smoking has been outlawed in many public areas, such as restaurants and bars. Secondhand smoke can also be an issue in the workplace. Workers who inhale secondhand smoke have an increased risk of illness and even miss more days of work. This has led many offices to ban smoking on the premises, and some areas have even passed legislation against smoking at work. Among workplaces with a ban on smoking, employers report more productive employees and fewer absences from work.
Typically, most smokers begin searching for ways to quit smoking out of concern for their family's health. There are several ways to stop smoking, and one of the easiest ways is through the use of a quit smoking hypnosis program. Hypnosis programs for quitting smoking are designed specifically to help smokers stop smoking without going through withdrawal. They are particularly useful because they help smokers fight the mental aspect of the addiction, which is the most difficult aspect to overcome.
Self-hypnotherapy programs for quitting smoking are designed to teach people hypnosis techniques to help quit smoking. One of the best things about such a program is the fact that smokers learn how to stop smoking without having withdrawal. In fact, hypnosis techniques can reduce or even completely eliminate withdrawal symptoms associated with quitting smoking. Another good thing is that since people are instructed on how to use hypnotic techniques on themselves, they do not have to worry about having a relapse. If they feel the urge to smoke, they just remember and use the techniques that allowed them to quit.
Hypnosis produces many effects to help people quit smoking. It is a powerful tool for ending smoking cravings while also acting as a relaxation tool to relieve anxiety and stress. It also acts as a motivational tool to eliminate the psychological urge to smoke. This combination of effects gives hypnosis its effectiveness in helping people to quit smoking for good.
Some of the benefits of quitting smoking include improved health for the quitting smoker as well as for friends, co-workers, and family. Those who want to stop smoking out of concern for their loved ones can turn to hypnotherapy for a safe and non-invasive tool for ending a smoking habit. Anyone can learn hypnotic techniques for quitting from a good hypnosis program, and hypnotherapy has a high rate of success because it makes quitting smoking easier and faster.
About the Author
Alan B. Densky, CH is a pioneer in the use of Ericksonian stop smoking Hypnosis CDs. He offers both audio hypnosis & NLP CDs, and Neuro-VISION video hypnosis to stop smoking DVDs. Visit his hypnotherapy for self help website for free hypnosis videos & resources.
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Passive smoking – Beagle bogs – smokin’ Annie.?
Hi, went to go to a talk {at work} on the dangers of smoking passive smoking last week. {Passive smoking almost killed me as a child – so I know abit about the effects at least !}
The nurse had a ‘smoking annie’ doll {named like the resus annie – of the first aid courses}.
They could not demo the tar & smoke being collected glass jar {lungs} as, making the doll, light up a fag’ would be in breach of last summer’s {England} smoking in the work place laws.
That got me thinking about all them poor old Beagle bogs, forced to smoke ‘for research’. Has this been banned?
Though the laws do nowt to protect children, who’s lives are blighted by their parents’ smoking at home.
So, unless you worked in a pub, most non -smokers, passive- smoked the most in their homes – if they lived with smokers.
All smokers in my family now dead – {smoking related} – my problems solved?
Though wot damage to my lungs / wot increase cancer risk am I at from 15 to 20 years of passive smoking???
Cheers,
Secondhand smoke has been said to be more dangerous than actually smoking. I don’t completely agree with this. Don’t get me wrong, I think secondhand smoke is dangerous. What I am saying is I don’t think it is any more dangerous than firsthand smoking. When a person is smoking, they are inhaling the firsthand smoke into their bodies, and they are also inhaling the secondhand smoke floating around them. A nonsmoker sitting in a smoky room is only inhaling secondhand smoke, not firsthand, and breathing in less smoke, thus being safer than the smoker.
There are countless people in the world who live in a smoke-filled environment. Many of these people have lived long, healthy, fulfilling lives, while other have died early. It really depends on the person. Are you generally (not including inhaling all the smoke) a healthy person? If so, passive smoking won’t have nearly as much of an effect on you as it would on someone else.
Since you no longer live in a smoke-filled environment, the damage to you body will quickly repair itself. Just make sure to keep your home smoke-free. Clean everything to get rid of any traces of tobacco in your house.
Basically, if you are no longer in a house filled with cigarette smoke, and you do not smoke yourself, even 20 years of passive smoking won’t have a big effect on your health.
Best of luck!
passive smoking?
can anyone help me? i live in the uk and am trying to be rehoused. the problem is when my neighbour smokes cannabis i can smell it in my house. i dont have anyproblems with my neighbour smoking cannabis its the beiong able to smell it in my house thats the problem. can anyone direct me to a paper or study or tell me what health effects this could have on my three year old and 10 month old? i need to know how it relates to the “every child matters” initiative too. if anyone can offer the smallest piece of information iu would be grateful. thanks
Hi,
I don’t live in the U.K., but take a look at the following web page on Second Hand Smoke – the World Health Organization among others, is cited as to the research on passive smoking…
http://www.building-your-green-home.com/second-hand-smoke.html
Also, you may want to read the pages (on the same site) about asthma symptoms and asthma triggers.
You are wise to be concerned.
I’m not sure how it relates to the “Every Child Matters”, but as a mother, you can find plenty of info to support your concerns.
Please read as much as you can and protect those babies!
Hope this helps.
effects of passive smoking on children?
What are the effects of passive smoking on a 8 year old child. This child is exposed to passive smoking approx 4-5 hrs per day as the mother smokes approx 2 pks; mostly in the evenings in the bedroom where the child also stays watching TV.
I have heard of ear infections. Do eyes also get affected?
Just more false info.
I was raised by a 3 pack a day smoker, and I, nor my older sister never developed any of these, or any kind of symptoms. We were normal healthy kids.
My husband and his 4 siblings had 2 smoking parents, and like my sister and I, very healthy all through life.
So stop worrying.
can passive marijuana smoking cause long term effect on young children?
Regarding a new law proposal in the UK referring to smoking in vehicles…?
this is the article
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20100324/tuk-call-for-ban-on-smoking-in-cars-dba1618.html
“Doctors have called for a ban on smoking in all vehicles after a report into the effects of passive smoking on children. ”
well what about those like myself who have no children and enjoy a cheeky cigarette on the way to work on the morning, in my car, on my own.
do you think the ban would still apply?
oh and please dont turn this into a “i think smoking should be banned in cars regardless” whole discussion
I read once that there have been 23 studies into the harmful results of ‘passive smoking’ and of those only one showed that harm might be attributed to inhaling the smoke of others. That one study, in anybody’s book, can be best described as a statistical anomaly.
The BMA, I believe, were being economical with the truth when pontificating on the terrible effects of ‘passive smoking’. They are not so vociferous on the deleterious effects of exhaust fumes or, indeed, that of diesel fumes.
The BMA and these new ‘leading doctors’ should shut up until they have VERIFIABLE FACTS on not only smoking but any aspects of public health – otherwise they will be considered as truthful as our politicians.
Since the ban on smoking in public spaces the medical profession has not revealed any change in the number of cases of bronchial problems resulting from the increased number of people being exposed to the elements. I wonder why.
I fear that if these doctors get their way, and I can’t see our lily-livered politicians stopping them, we’ll be stopped from smoking in the privacy of our cars. The next step will of course will be a ban on smoking in our homes.