Smoking is a major health menace to the society, it not only the affects the health of the smoker badly, it can also cause severe problems to other people in the family, who are non-smokers.
Environmental tobacco smoke(ETS) is a term that refers to two types of smoke effects that are caused due to using nicotine products.
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Mainstream smoke or smoke that is breathed out by the smoker.
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Sidestream smoke or smoke that is emitted between puffs of smoking a cigarette, cigar or such nicotine substances.
When a person smokes a cigarette, fifty percent of the smoke that is released is sidestream smoke. This form of smoke has the same carcinogenic or cancer causing compounds and toxic elements that are identified with mainstream smoking but at greater degrees. There are more than 4000 individual compounds in tobacco and its smoke and out of this, 60 compounds are capable of initiating tumor growth or substances that cause irreversible changes in normal cells and carcinogens(cancer causing compounds). Some of the compounds identified are hydrogen cyanide, carbon monoxide, tar, ammonia, formaldehyde, nitrosamine, benzene and nicotine.
The nonsmoker who is exposed to ETS is called the involuntary smoker or the passive smoker. Passive smoking or secondhand smoking is not to be disregarded, it is much a health concern as is active smoking. People who are passive smokers or those who are exposed to a smoking environment can end up with lung problems, breathing problems, cancers and aging related issues. So let us take concrete steps to restore the health of our family and make sure that the one who is addicted is treated with Chantix, the amazing anti-smoking medication. Once a person starts taking Chantix under medical prescription, he or she is able to enjoy a smoke-free life permanently. |
