| Today, children are at great health risk and danger | | | | suffered by babies whose mothers are smokers. |
| from cigarette and tobacco smoke aside from the | | | | Likewise, babies win smoking mothers are at greater |
| young teenagers and adults who are active as well as | | | | risk of suffering from learning disabilities and cerebral |
| passive smokers. Children belong to a high risk group | | | | palsy. |
| as they get exposed to passive smoke, environmental | | | | In the case of young children, one cigarette smoking |
| tobacco smoke (ETS) or better known as the second | | | | effect on children is the development of the condition |
| hand smoke. Cigarette smoking effect on children is | | | | of respiratory difficulties and illnesses such as asthma. |
| very dangerous because at a very young age, they | | | | If children are already asthmatic, it can get worse by |
| are still in the developing age and also their breathing | | | | second hand smoke. Second hand smoke is one of |
| rate is faster than the adults. | | | | the leading causes of new asthma cases and other |
| Children's breathing rate is much faster than the adults. | | | | respiratory complications every year. Another very |
| An adolescent or young adult breathes around 16 | | | | serious cigarettes smoking effect on children is the |
| times in a minute while a child breathes way more than | | | | development of pneumonia or pulmonary bronchitis. In |
| this rate. A normal 5 year old can breath more than 20 | | | | the United States alone, many pneumonia sufferers |
| times a minute which can sometimes increase to 60 | | | | caused by cigarette smoking are children. |
| times every minute. As the breathing of children is | | | | Other cigarette smoking effects of smoking on children |
| more, the cigarette smoking effect on children | | | | are as follows: |
| becomes more intense as they take in more air that is | | | | Children have increased water or fluid in the middle ear, |
| filled with cigarette smoke. Because of this, the | | | | developing in a hearing and even speech problems. |
| children's lungs will receive a higher percentage of | | | | Children's lungs function less efficiently. Likewise, their |
| toxins and poisons than that of the young adults. | | | | immune system becomes less strong and protective |
| The different cigarette smoking effects on the children | | | | than that of young adults. |
| and there children are numerous. In detrimental effect | | | | Another cigarette smoking effect on children is the |
| is that babies who are born to mothers who smoke | | | | inability of the child's body to develop fully; his height |
| during her pregnancy are much more prone to be born | | | | and weight development is adversely affected. The |
| below the normal weight than those who are born to | | | | child exposed to cigarette smoking has a great |
| mothers who do not smoke. Cigarette smoking | | | | tendency to not fully achieve his over-all physical and |
| significantly affects a baby's weight because of | | | | intellectual development. Babies whose mothers |
| developing a less resistant body. Another cigarette | | | | smoke during their pregnancy are born with a |
| smoking effect on children is high percentage of | | | | deficiency in height and weight. |
| occurrence of sudden infant death syndrome to be | | | | |