{"id":4908,"date":"2018-06-12T05:20:05","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T05:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.candrol.com\/?p=4908"},"modified":"2018-06-12T07:18:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T07:18:53","slug":"does-second-hand-smoke-causes-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.candrol.com\/does-second-hand-smoke-causes-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Second Hand Smoking Causes Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
Our today’s blog is an answer to the question that does second-hand smoke cause Cancer.\u00a0 The Smoking industry is more than a billion-dollar industry in the world today. The strangest thing about this world is that harmful things are favored more than the things that really matter. Anyway, we all have heard of smoking. You can see your relatives, friends, people in public places, transportation systems feeling superb by puffing out the strange smelling gases. That smoke is irritating for all of those who don\u2019t smoke at all. It is not only irritating but also very harmful. In this article we will tell you about second-hand smoke, does second-hand smoking causes cancer? And many more things\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n In simple terms, indirect smoking is passive smoking<\/strong>. Have you ever been alongside a person smoking and that too directly into your face? And you would have inhaled that smoke and felt like blowing off that person\u2019s face! Passive smoking is also called second-hand smoking in which the non-smoking person inhales the smoker\u2019s smoke. Irritating right? We have all been through that. Passive smoking should not be taken lightly, it is equally harmful to both the smokers and the nonsmokers.<\/span><\/p>\n There are two types of smoke-<\/strong><\/p>\n Second-hand smoke is the mixture of the two and is said to be more harmful.<\/span><\/p>\n If you are frequently a victim of second-hand smoking, then you are very vulnerable to this life-threatening disease. It is not like, today you came into contact with the smoke for a few seconds and the same thing repeated after several months and you will be attacked by a serious disease. For nonsmokers, that experience is always annoying, and it is very harmful to small babies even if it is a few seconds of experience. But if the act is being repeated every day, i.e. suppose you need to travel daily for work in the morning and there is this person whose work timing matches with yours and he\/she daily smokes in front of you before catching the bus. Now, that is dangerous, and chances are high that you can be infected with cancer. Now you know how can second-hand smoking causes cancer even if no one smokes in your house!<\/span><\/p>\n But How Can Second Smoking causes Cancer? As mentioned earlier, if you are constantly inhaling the smoke very often then you are inhaling chemicals like arsenic, benzene, ethylene oxide, toluene and many more which are the agents that can cause cancer. You won\u2019t believe, there are more than 7000 chemicals present in second-hand smoke and 250 are considered harmful according to<\/span> National Cancer Institute<\/span><\/a>. So, you can say second-hand smoking causes cancer with the aid of 250 harmful chemicals!<\/span><\/p>\n By now you must have realized that passive smoking causes cancer, but the question remains -what kind of? The answer is- Nonsmokers who are inhaling the harmful smoke unintentionally pose the same risk of getting lung cancer as the mainstream smoker. If you are living with a smoker then chances of getting a lung cancer<\/a> increases by 30%.<\/span><\/p>\nWhat is Passive or Second-Hand Smoking?<\/h2>\n
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Does Second Hand Smoke Cause Cancer?<\/h2>\n
How Can Second Hand Smoking Cause Cancer?<\/h2>\n
What Type of Cancer can Second-Hand Smoke Cause?<\/h3>\n
How Long Does it Take to develop Cancer Cells in Passive Smokers?<\/h2>\n