| Have you ever wondered if your health is being | | | | or work. |
| affected by secondhand smoke. Let's look at some of | | | | What are the risk free levels of secondhand smoke, |
| the facts that are now available. Family health is | | | | well there are no risk free levels other than a smoke |
| important to us all, protecting ourselves and family | | | | free environment. The good news is that a lot of the |
| members is at the forefront of our minds, it starts with | | | | law makers have realised that changes need to be |
| knowing the truth. | | | | made and are banning smoking from many public |
| It's no longer just guesswork, the research has been | | | | places, and the same is applied to the work place of |
| done and in many cases the results are quite alarming. | | | | many individuals. But the full effect will not be felt until it |
| They even have a scientific name for it "Environmental | | | | is applied across the board in all public places, including |
| tobacco smoke" or ETS, and has now been classified | | | | public transport, hotels, bars and restaurants etc. |
| by the environmental protection agency. It's considered | | | | More and more smokers understand the need to go |
| a known cancer-causing carcinogen in humans, now | | | | outside away from bystanders and family members, |
| that should get your attention if you or any family | | | | and that's a good thing as the awareness of the |
| member is being exposed to any secondhand smoke. | | | | dangers of secondhand smoke becomes more widely |
| The evidence is know available that secondhand | | | | known. It's hard to understand why so many people |
| smoke can produce all the health problems that the | | | | smoke when the health effects are so widely known |
| smokers themselves suffer. Even many smokers | | | | these days, but you have to remember that a lot of |
| themselves don't realise that their habit is compromising | | | | smokers began when it was a fashionable, cool thing |
| the health of their young children in the family home | | | | to do. It highly addictive and not an easy habit to break, |
| and car. | | | | many are realising that it makes sense to quit and |
| In the United States alone close to 50,000 deaths in | | | | should be given as much encouragement and help as |
| non-smokers are contributed to cancer and heart | | | | they need. |
| disease caused by secondhand smoke (ETS), that's a | | | | Further information on secondhand smoke and help on |
| rather frightening statistic. So it's very much in your | | | | how to quit smoking is freely available to bring you up |
| interest to be aware of the conditions in which you live | | | | to date on this sneaky killer. |