There are two sources of smoke. The main is smoke exhaled by the smoker, and the secondary is the one that comes out of a burning cigarette.
If you, the other members of your family, your friends or neighbors smoke in the same room where your child is, it will surely be exposed to smoke and shall breathe it. The smoke lingers in the room in the next 4-5 hours, get in curtains, clothing and walls. Babies and young children have small airways, faster breathing, and have weak immune system so for the same time inhale more smoke than adults and are more susceptible to the harmful effects of chemicals in the smoke.
Studies have shown that babies, children and teenagers, who are often exposed to cigarette smoke have an increased risk of many diseases. Passive smoking can cause serious problems for your baby's respiratory system, and rapid heartbeat.
Children who are passive smokers will be more prone to bronchitis, meningitis, asthma, pneumonia, leukemia and angina will have problems with a sense of smell and frequent tonsillitis.
The best way to protect your child from the harmful effects of smoking is that, if you are a smoker - stop smoking. It is also important that you don’t smoke in the rooms which your child frequently visits. If you find it difficult to stop smoking, do it outside or in a separate room where your child does not enter. Also, demand this from other family members, your friends and neighbors.
Do not smoke in the car in which you drive your child. It is not enough to open the windows because you will not protect him/her from the harmful effects of smoke. Insist on these rules, and also abide them yourselves.
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