Cigarette Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Second-hand smoke === [[Passive smoking|Second-hand smoke]] is a mixture of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette and the smoke exhaled from the lungs of smokers. It is involuntarily inhaled, lingers in the air for hours after cigarettes have been extinguished, and can cause a wide range of adverse health effects, including cancer, [[respiratory tract infection|respiratory infections]], and [[asthma]].<ref name="ALASecondhandSmokeFactSheet">{{cite web|url=http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35422#one |title=Secondhand Smoke |date=June 2007 |publisher=American Lung Association |access-date=May 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016220328/http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35422 |archive-date=October 16, 2009 }}</ref> Nonsmokers who are exposed to second-hand smoke at home or work increase their heart disease risk by 25β30% and their lung cancer risk by 20β30%. Second-hand smoke has been estimated to cause 38,000 deaths per year, of which 3,400 are deaths from lung cancer in nonsmokers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tobaccofreefloridanewsroom.com/?cat=6 |title=Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Fact Sheets |publisher=[[Tobacco Free Florida]] |access-date=January 2, 2013 |archive-date=December 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202074323/http://www.tobaccofreefloridanewsroom.com/?cat=6 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sudden infant death syndrome, ear infections, respiratory infections, and asthma attacks can occur in children who are exposed to second-hand smoke.<ref name="Secondhand Smoke">{{cite web |url=http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerCauses/TobaccoCancer/secondhand-smoke |title=Secondhand Smoke |publisher=Cancer.org |access-date=March 25, 2012 |archive-date=January 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107025355/http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/secondhand-smoke |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NCI">{{cite web |url=http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/ETS |title=Secondhand Smoke and Cancer - National Cancer Institute |publisher=Cancer.gov |date=August 18, 2005 |access-date=March 25, 2012 |archive-date=March 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325183133/http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/ETS |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Smoking and Tobacco">{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/general_facts/index.htm |title=CDC - Fact Sheet - Secondhand Smoke Facts - Smoking & Tobacco Use |publisher=Cdc.gov |access-date=March 25, 2012 |archive-date=August 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819034536/https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/general_facts/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Scientific evidence shows that no level of exposure to second-hand smoke is safe.<ref name="Secondhand Smoke"/><ref name="NCI"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page