How passive smoking hurts
Research shows that non-smokers who inhale second-hand smoke suffer many of the diseases of active smoking. |
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Passive smoking numbers shock
Passive smoking kills more than 4 000 people a year in Britain, new findings showed on Monday, prompting health professionals to call for a ban on smoking in pubs, restaurants and in the workplace.
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World No Tobacco Day: The dangers of passive smoking
31 May is globally known as World No-Tobacco Day. Smoking is the single largest preventable cause of premature death, disability and disease. |
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Passive smoking
When you smoke, it isn’t just your own health you’re putting in jeopardy. The health risks associated with passive smoking are generally less well known than those of direct smoking – but they have been proved beyond a doubt |
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Passive smoking can kill you
Passive smoking basically means breathing in other people's smoke. If you spend eight hours in a smoke-filled room, it is as if you have smoked 36 cigarettes. |
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Protect your children from smoke
If a woman falls pregnant and she is a smoker, she should stop smoking for the nine months that she is pregnant. Tobacco can have terrible effects on an unborn child.
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Smoking: what you don’t know
Yes, we know you know: smoking ups risk for lung cancer and heart disease. But cot death? Damaged sperm? Tobacco use is a total onslaught on you and yours. |
