| The side effects of smoking cigarettes and other | | | | family. The harmful effects of smoking that beset |
| tobacco products are very harmful, and among the | | | | smokers will show themselves in the passive smokers |
| harmful effects of smoking are cancer, heart and lung | | | | if they are frequently exposed to second hand smoke. |
| disease. The damage caused by smoking most | | | | In particular, children can succumb to the effects of |
| frequently occurs in the respiratory tract and the | | | | smoking through second hand smoking. Their body is |
| circulatory system. | | | | still developing and they have a faster heart rate than |
| However, the smoker is not the only one who suffers | | | | adults. Many children, as well as adults, subjected to |
| from the harmful effects of smoking. Any one, including | | | | second hand smoke, fall victim to cancers as well as |
| non-smokers who find themselves in close proximity to | | | | diseases of the heart and lungs. Should the harmful |
| the smoker, is also at risk. Other people are exposed | | | | effects of smoking not manifest themselves in passive |
| to "second hand smoke" or "environmental tobacco | | | | smokers, this can only be due to their inconsistent |
| smoke". | | | | exposure to the second hand smoke. |
| Cigarette smokers inflict second hand smoke on | | | | Smoking in enclosed or insufficiently ventilated rooms is |
| others who are nearby. The non-smoker is compelled | | | | discouraged in many places of business. There is now |
| to inhale this smoke, which either comes from the | | | | a growing awareness of the effects of smoking not |
| cigarette the smoker is using or is exhaled by the | | | | just on the smokers, but on non-smokers who are |
| smoker himself. This is called passive smoking and is | | | | around them. Thus, many establishments have strict |
| very harmful to the non-smoker. | | | | rules in place, specifically that smokers smoke |
| Second hand smoke is usually relatively less harmful | | | | outdoors instead of indoors. |
| than actually smoking a cigarette, particularly if the | | | | The implementation of protective measures for |
| exposure is inconsistent and infrequent. However, one | | | | non-smokers reduces risk of involuntary passive |
| wonders whether this is still the case when the | | | | smoking among workers. However, should these |
| smoker frequently smokes indoors, trapping the smoke | | | | measures not be in place, the risk to non-smokers |
| and exposing others in the room to the smoke. | | | | remains and should be brought to attention of the |
| This is all too often the case when a family member | | | | responsible supervisor. |
| smokes consistently in the presence of the rest of the | | | | |