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How does passive smoking affect babies and children?
Babies and children are more likely to be harmed by passive smoking because their lungs haven’t finished growing. Passive smoking can also slow down their lung growth. One of the best things you can do for your child’s lungs is to make sure they don’t breathe in tobacco smoke.
How does second hand smoke affect your baby?
Respiratory problems: Another way how second hand smoke harms your baby is by causing abnormal respiratory development. Babies born to mothers who were exposed to passive smoking may develop breathing difficulty and have a high chance of developing asthma in the future.
Is it dangerous for a baby to be around smokers?
That is right, even if small babies do not smoke, they are hugely impacted if people around them (especially family and friends who stay or visit their homes often) smoke. Let us understand why and what we can do to protect our little ones. What Is Passive Smoking?
What happens if you smoke a cigarette while pregnant?
And smoking while you’re pregnant can cause serious problems, too. Your baby could be born too early, have a birth defect, or die from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Even being around cigarette smoke can cause health problems for you and your baby. 1
How is smoking harmful to babies and toddlers?
Tobacco smoke contains a deadly mix of more than 7,000 chemicals. Hundreds are toxic. About 70 can cause cancer. Tobacco smoke hurts babies and children. 1,2 Children who are exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke breathe the same dangerous chemicals that smokers inhale. 2
Is it true that passive smoking causes lung cancer?
Passive smoking means breathing in other people’s tobacco smoke. Second-hand smoke has been confirmed as a cause of lung cancer in humans by several leading health authorities.
Why are infants especially vulnerable to secondhand smoke?
Because their bodies are developing, infants and young children are especially vulnerable to the poisons in secondhand smoke. 1