Active smokers are the ones doing the act of smoking while passive smokers are the ones who don’t smoke but actually breathing the smoke too. Passive smokers may be anyone nearby the person who smokes. They also referred as second-hand smoke.
What is in the smoke?
Scientific studies show that there can be around 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke. They can also stick to clothes, hair, skin, walls and furniture.
Some of these chemicals are:
What can happen?
Passive smoking hurts eyes, noses, throats and lungs and makes people cough. In children, they are more likely to get illnesses like:
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