- What is secondhand smoke?
- Why is second-hand smoke harmful to us?
- How does the law protect us from passive smoking?
Are you aware of the fact that by smoking a cigarette you supply your body with several thousand substances that are toxic and extremely dangerous to your health, which over time can lead to a fatal disease (even leading to premature death)? Passive smoking, i.e. just staying in a smoky room, increases the risk of contracting many dangerous diseases - including cancer.
What is secondhand smoke?
It can be said that passive smoking involves inhaling smoke from the so-called second hand, in other words, you do not have to smoke yourself - it is enough for you to get the smoke from another person who is smoking a cigarette at the moment. This means that even the smoke from a smoldering cigarette in an ashtray is dangerous.
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Why is second-hand smoke harmful to us?
Tobacco smoke contains many carcinogenic chemicals - that is why it is so dangerous to our health. So if it is inhaled into the lungs from a cigarette or from the air, it contributes to the development of diseases (including cancer, but also many other serious diseases).
Very often, cigarette smoke causes COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). People who actively or passively inhale tobacco smoke also suffer from cardiovascular diseases, heart attacks, strokes or coronary heart disease. Even passive smoking exacerbates an existing disease, such as bronchial asthma.
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Every woman crying while pregnant or surrounded by a small child exposes them to the development of many diseases. Without exaggerating, it poisons a child, because tobacco smoke damages the developing organism with double force. It has been proven that children of smokers who have been exposed to tobacco smoke become smokers in their adult lives.
Children of smokers are born with a lower body weight, which may impair their further development. Often, smoke inhalation contributes to the sudden cot death of an infant. Children who stay with smokers have a reduced immunity and therefore more often suffer from respiratory infections, throat diseases or otitis media, and they also develop asthma earlier.
How does the law protect us from passive smoking?
Nowadays, laws are passed to protect non-smokers from the effects of cigarette smoke. There are many bans on smoking in public places. However, it is really up to us to ensure the safety of our relatives and the environment in which we live.
With the harmfulness of cigarette smoke in mind, many alternatives for smokers have been created, e.g. they have appeared on the market NEXONE devices (so-called heating devices) and special nicotine NEXUS sticks tobacco-free and even versions of nicotine-free sticks NEXUS FREE. The heating devices together with the sticks do not produce smoke, but steam (without toxic substances) that replaces cigarette smoke.
NEXUS is a less harmful alternative that harms you and your surroundings much less. The NEXONE system is also used in the smoking cessation process - thanks NEXUS nicotine-free sticks FREEwhich effectively replace the ritual of reaching for a cigarette and do not contain nicotine.