Between , prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure was higher among those who lived below the federal poverty level Disparities in Exposure Persist Depending on Occupation 5, For adults who do not smoke, the workplace remains the source of most secondhand smoke exposure.
Children still have a higher prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure than adults, and most are exposed in the home. Benefits of Comprehensive Smokefree Policies. Department of Health and Human Services. Atlanta: U. American Journal of Public Health ; 9 —13 [accessed Feb 21].
MMWR ;67 48 : [accessed Sep 8]. Washington, D. National Toxicology Program. Report on Carcinogens, Fourteenth Edition external icon. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ;59 35 —6 [accessed Feb 21]. Philip Morris et al. Preventing Chronic Disease 17 [accessed Oct 13].
MMWR ;68 27 : [accessed Sep 9]. Public places where children go are a special area of concern. Making your home smoke-free may be one of the most important things you can do for the health of your family. Any family member can develop health problems related to SHS. And think about it: we spend more time at home than anywhere else. A smoke-free home protects your family, your guests, and even your pets. Multi-unit housing where smoking is allowed is a special concern and a subject of research.
Tobacco smoke can move through air ducts, wall and floor cracks, elevator shafts, and along crawl spaces to contaminate units on other floors, even those that are far from the smoke.
SHS cannot be controlled with ventilation, air cleaning, or by separating those who smoke from those who don't. Americans spend a great deal of time in cars, and if someone smokes there, the toxins can build up quickly — even when the windows are open or the air-conditioner is on.
Again, this can be especially harmful to children. In response to this fact, many expert medical groups have been working to encourage people to make their cars, as well as their homes, smoke-free. Some states and cities even have laws that ban smoking in the car if carrying passengers under a certain age or weight.
And many facilities such as city buildings, malls, schools, colleges, and hospitals ban smoking on their grounds, including their parking lots. There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke SHS. Any exposure is harmful. The only way to fully protect people who don't smoke from SHS indoors is to prohibit all smoking in that indoor space or building.
Separating those who smoke from those who don't, cleaning the air, and ventilating buildings cannot keep people who don't smoke from being exposed to SHS. Many US local and state governments, and even federal governments in some other countries, have decided that protecting the health of employees and others in public places is of the utmost importance and have passed clean indoor air laws.
Back to Quit smoking. Secondhand smoke is dangerous, especially for children. The best way to protect loved ones is to quit smoking. At the very least, make sure you have a smokefree home and car. When you smoke a cigarette or roll-up, pipe or cigar , most of the smoke doesn't go into your lungs, it goes into the air around you where anyone nearby can breathe it in.
Secondhand smoke is the smoke that you exhale plus the "sidestream" smoke created by the lit end of your cigarette. When friends and family breathe in your secondhand smoke — what we call passive smoking — it isn't just unpleasant for them, it can damage their health too.
People who breathe in secondhand smoke regularly are more likely to get the same diseases as smokers, including lung cancer and heart disease. Pregnant women exposed to passive smoke are more prone to premature birth and their baby is more at risk of low birthweight and cot death. And children who live in a smoky house are at higher risk of breathing problems, asthma , and allergies. The only way to protect your friends and family from secondhand smoke is to keep the environment around them smoke free.
The best way to do that is to quit smoking completely.
0コメント