Saturday, May 1, 2010

Are you a Passive Smoker...??

Not smoking is very good habit. A lots of  things have been said about the active smoking, the bad effects of active smoking is known to everybody.But what about passive smoking. passive smoking is more dangerous than active smoking. One of my friend told me that in active smoking one is used to throw out all the smoke, but the active smoker is used to take the thrown smoke, that is even more dangerous.

Are you friends smoking always and you stand with them chatting? Then you are the victim of passive smoking. Remember the person who smokes certainly facing health hazards due to smoking, but the person who doesn’t smoke, but stays in contact of smokers also suffers with the health impacts of smoking. The tobacco smoke enters even the body of the passive smokers through the nasal  opening and deteriorates his health. Read below the health hazards of passive smoking—

1. Coughing and sore throat are the initial problems that the person faces after inhaling the smoke of tobacco passively. This happens as the human body is not used to the smoke of tobacco. Later on this problem may diminish, but would certainly lead to the more hazardous conditions.
2. Irritation of the eyes followed by the headache is common problem noted to be occurring in passive smokers. This happens when the smoke of tobacco comes in contact with the eyes. The person starts rubbing his eyes, which increases the eye irritation. Headache occurs when the smoke of tobacco enters the human body and reaches the brain, thus deteriorating the normal functioning of the brain.
3. Infections of nose and ear are observed occurring frequently among the passive smokers as the antibodies present in this area are being killed by the intake of the tobacco smoke. This makes them prone to infections. Even nausea is being noted frequently in passive smokers.
4. As a severe outcome of the passive smoking, lung cancer occurs. This happens when the smoke of tobacco enters the lungs of the person on regular basis. Around 30 carcinogenic chemicals are present in the tobacco smoke reach the lungs and deteriorate the normal functioning of lungs and promote the growth of the cancerous cells.
5. Bronchitis and Pneumonia are commonly found in the people who are prone to the passive smoking. These are the respiratory tract disorders that occur due to irritation of the respiratory tract due to the tobacco smoke that later on leads to the bronchitis or Pneumonia as the infecting agents attack this body part because the resistance power is noted to be declined.
6. Asthma problem arises in the passive smokers after an excessive exposure to the tobacco smoke. The nicotine present in the tobacco smoke damages the tiny hairs like structures, cilia in the respiratory tract. These cilia are essential for keeping the airways clean, but due to the smoking they get damaged and the dust and mucus gets deposited in this area, which disturbs the air flow to the lungs resulting into the occurrence of the asthma.
7. Rise in the infertility cases has been noted in the people who smoke passively. The people who smoke certainly face the problem of infertility, but the entrance of carcinogenic chemicals in the passive smoker’s body also makes them prone to infertility. Even the woman who smoke passively has a less chances of conceiving because the ovum formation process is them is being disturbed due to the nicotine content in the body.
8. Cardiovascular disorders occur due to the passive smoking. Hardening of the arteries takes place because of the passive smoking for years. Atherosclerosis is found in majority of the cases. Even the occurrence of the coronary thrombosis is seen due to the passive smoking. In this disease a blood clot is formed in the arteries that supply the blood to the heart that leads to the heart stroke or sudden cardiac arrest.
9. Smoking either active or passive is noted to increase the blood pressure of person. It happens due to the smoke of tobacco that disturbs the functioning of the lungs and increases the pressure of the blood.
10. Passive smoking reduces the resistance power of the person. It happens as the production of the antibodies is being reduced due by the effect of the carcinogenic chemicals present in the tobacco smoke. This way the person gets prone to various bacterial and viral infections due to the decreased immunity.

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