避免二手烟的步骤
二手烟 poses risks to you and your family. Learn ways to minimize exposure and stay healthy.
中风, 癌症, 呼吸系统问题, heart disease: Those are just some of the consequences of smoking — but they're also the consequences of exposure to secondhand smoke.
什么是二手烟?
二手烟, sometimes called environmental tobacco smoke, comes from two sources: burning cigarettes and the smoke exhaled by smokers. It doesn't just increase the risk of health issues in anyone exposed to it.
二手烟 contains at least 70 癌症-causing chemicals that affect children, adults and even pets. 以及效果, 或者化学水平, accumulate in every age group — infants to the elderly — with increased exposure. Children are especially at risk: 关于 37% of children in the U.S. 已经被暴露了.
二手烟影响
- Asthma, respiratory, lung and ear infections
- 疾病水平提高
- Sudden infant death syndrome in infants and children
- Lower respiratory tract infections
- 儿童哮喘发作
- The risk of cardiovascular disease, 中风, 心脏病, lung 癌症 and possibly other 癌症s, as well as the possibility of depression
Take these steps to avoid or minimize exposure to secondhand smoke
- 让你的家成为无烟区. If you or someone in your family smokes, insist that all smoking take place outside in a designated spot away from other people.
- Make your car a smoke-free zone, too. Rolling down the window will not lessen the effects of secondhand smoke.
- Find a smoke-free daycare or childcare center for your children.
- If you can, visit designated smoke-free restaurants, bars and other businesses. Designated "no smoking" sections in businesses do not stop the spread of secondhand smoke. Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia have passed comprehensive smoke-free laws. Check to see if your state has smoke-free laws.
Any time you can lessen your exposure to secondhand smoke benefits your health. Remember: T在这里 is no safe level of exposure.
