How Your Smoking Affects Your Loved Ones

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Article Title: How Your Smoking Affects Your Loved Ones

Author: Gillis

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Your cigarette, cigar or pipe smoking doesn't only have an

affect on your health. The U.S. Surgeon General's report " The

Health Consequences of Smoking, " released in 2004, states it

has been proven that smoking (or living with a person who

smokes) can cause disease in nearly every organ of the body, in

men as well as women. This means that every time you " light up "

you are potentially damaging the health of your children, your

spouse and your loved ones.

It is a fact that second hand smoke (also known as

environmental tobacco smoke or ETS) is a major cause of

children's illness. As children have developing lungs and have

higher breathing rates than adults they run the greatest risk

of health effects. In children under the age of 18 second hand

smoke has been linked with pneumonia, lower respiratory tract

infections, upper respiratory tract irritation, increased

severity of asthma and asthmatic symptoms. It has been

associated with sudden infant death syndrome, middle ear

infections, upper respiratory tract infections (colds and sore

throats) and cancers and leukemia. Japanese researchers just

released a study that suggests that second hand smoke may

affect childrens gums. 70% of the children of smokers had a

brownish or black pigmentation of their gums.

Statistics show that approximately 3,000 non-smoking adults die

of lung cancer each year as a result of second hand smoke.

Second hand smoke has been linked to nasal sinus cancer, cancer

of the cervix, breast and bladder. Second hand smoke also causes

an increased risk of death from heart disease.

If you must smoke, it is essential that you protect your loved

ones, especially children. Don't smoke in your home. If you

must smoke, smoke outside. Do not smoke in your car when your

children are with you. Make sure that childcare providers and

others who work in your home or around your children do not

smoke.

There are many publications available to you free online that

provide information on environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and

it's affects on your family. Visit the US Environmental

Protection Agency at

http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/publications.html for a free

booklet.

The fact is that it's not only your own health at risk when you

smoke. You quitting will make your loved ones healthier, and

happier too.

About The Author: Article courtesy of

http://www.stop-smoking-helper.com

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