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Home My WebLink AboutCDC SMOKING AND TOBACCO USE_20253i 10i26. i0:54AM He3lth ftoblems Causcd by Secoodhand Sftoke I Srr,okiog and Tobqcao tlse I CDC tffi Smoking and Tobacco Use Heolth Problems Coused by Secondhond Smoke $.ffi I . There is no safe tevet of exposure to secondhand smoke. . People who do not smoke but who are exEosed to secondhand smoke, even for a short time, can suffer harmfut heatth efu. Overview . Th€re is no safe tevel of exposure to se(Dndhand smoke (SHS)ieven bri€f exposure can cause immediate harm.tlt l2l lil . Heatth probtems caused by secondhand smoke in adults who do not smoke inctude coronary heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer, as wett as adverse reproductive heatth efu in women. including tow birth weight {11 t3J . S€condhand smoke can cause sudden irfant death syndrome (SIDS). respiratory inkions. ear infections, and asthma attads in infants and cfiildren..1) Whot ore the heolth problems coused by secondhond smoke? The €ffects of secondhand smoke exposure on the body are immediate. {! Ft Since 1964, about 2,500,000 p€ople who did not smoke died f.om heatth p.obtems crused by secondhand smoke expo9urc. I! , ln adulG who do not smoke. secondhand srnoke exposure can cause coronary heart disease, st oke. tung cancer. and other diseasei lt can aLso resutt in prernature death.lU la Bl . S€condhand smoke can aause adverse reproductive heatth e-ffects in women, including low birth w€ig]rt trl t3l ' ln chatdren, secondhand smoke exposlre can cause respiratory inkiona ear inkionq and eslrrma atlacts. ln babies, secondhard smoke can cauge sudden infam death syndrome (SlDSl. ni i2l lr: ' Secondhand smoke exposure can produce harmfut inflrmmabry and respiratory e-ffects within 50 minutps of exposure whidt can tast to{ at teast three hours after exposurp. 14] https://www.cdc.gov/!obacco/secondhand-smoke/health.hunl?utrn_sourc€=chatgpt.com u3 3/10/26. l0:51AM Healtl| Problcms Caus€d by SecondhaDd Smoke I Srnoking atrd Tobacco Use I CDC Sud&n lnLnt Dt lh syndlome _Mtddl€ tar Djra,lr $oh [r.llniLtion Lung (.n(!r (omrEry Haan Dbaarr Rlflodncliv! tfi!(B hWhmn: tovr $rth We8hl I Relpirdtory tympto.nr, lmp.ind bng fundio,r - to!/!r Regi|?tory llln6t @ H6lrh €ltels or s*@dhond smote on odurs ond childrs Secondhond smoke couses heort diseose ond stroke For adutts who do not smoke. exposure to secondhand smoke has immediate hamfut efu on the heart and btood vessels and can caus€ corcnary heart disease and stroke.l! A It . Among adults who do not smoke, secondhand smoke causes nearty 34,000 premat re deaths from heart disease eacfi year in the U.S. t! . Adutts who do not smoke and are expos€d to secondhand snoke incr€ase their risk of d€lretofing corc.Bry h€.rt diserse W 2F3096. {11 . Adults who do not smoke and are expos€d to secondhand smoke irErase &eir nsk of sfoke bV 20-3(li,6. t! ' ErposuG to secondhand smoke intrrfereg wlth the normaL fundioning of the hearl btood, and vascular systems in ways that increase the risk of having a heart attack. tU la Fl ' Ev€n brief exposuE to s€condhand srnoke can demage th€ tining of btood vessets and cause btood ptat tets to become dickier. These changes aan aaua€ an inseased risk of heart adatk. It a Fl . Peoptc who atrcady have heart disease arc at esp€ciatty high risk of suffering the harmfuL eftects from breathing secondhand smoke. Th€y shoutd take speclat precautions to avoid even brief exposures. tll Secondhond smoke couses lung concer Adutts who do not smoke and are erposed to secondhand smoke increase their risk of developing Lung cancer by 20-30%. t! I3l S€condhahd smole caus6 more tlan 7,300 brng caner deelis eadl year among U-S adutts who do not smole I1l I3l Peopb who do not smote but are exposed to secDndhand snoke are inhatirE many of t re same cancer-ciusi lg suffinces and poisoos that are inhated bv peopte who smoke. (u Ia I3l Ev€n brief erposuE to s€@ndhand smoke can dam6q€ the dl/s cetls in ways tiat set the cancer process in mstion. I1l As with adi\/e smoking, the looge{ the durdtion and th€ h'rgher the taret of erposure to s€condhand smoke, tte greater the .isk of devetoping tung cancer. t httpsJ/www.dc.gov/tobacco/secondhand-smokdhealth.htrnl?ugn-source=chat8?t.com 2B CHILDRENLT @ Secondhond smoke couses reproductive heolth problems in pregnont women . Women expos€d to seaondhand smoke during pregnancy are morc Uke(y b have newboms with low€r tirth wEigt& increasing the risk of heatth (ompticatioos.lll 14 u 3/10/26. l0:54AM He3lth Problcms Caused by S€condhand Srnoke I Smoking snd Tobacao Use I CDC Secondhond smoke couses sudden infont deoth synOrome (SIOS) . lnfants exposed to s€condhand smoke aft.r tirth are more tikety to d're from srdden infaflt death syndrome (SlDSl than infants who are not exposed to smoke from buming commercial tobacco prcducts. Irl t2] (at {5) SIDS is the sudden, unexplained, unetpected deeth of an ;nt nt in the first lEar of life. . SIDS is the leading cause of deeth in otherwise heattiry infants. t5l . Smoking by women during pregnancy indeases the risk for SlDg I1l Bl f4 . Chemicats in secondhand snoke appea. to affect $e b.ain in ways that interfere with its regulrtion of infants' breathing. tl) I3l . lnfants who die ftom SIDS have higher co.ceiHions of nicotine in th€ir tungs and higher tev€ts of cDtjnine la biologkal. ma.l(er tor s€condhand smob exposure) than infants who die ftom other €auses, ltl I3l Secondhond smoke con trigger osthmo qttocks ond couse other heolth problems in children ' Children who are exposed to s€condhand smoke are at an iiareased rist for acuta respirdtory inkions gudr as pneumonia and broncfiitis, midd(e ear disease, more frequent and severe asthma, respiretory sym@ms, and sLowed Lung growth. tu . Wheeaing, cowhing, and shortsEss of breath arc more cDmmoo in chi(dren exposed to secondhand smoke. t3l ' Chitdren whose parents smoke around them gd more ear infections. They also have fluid in their ears more often and have more op€rations to put in ear tubes for dr.inage. t3l , Secondhand smoke can trigger an asthma attack in a child. ChiLdren with asthma who are around secondhand smoke have more severe and fi€quent asthma attack. A severe asthma attack can put a chi[d's life in danger. t3l c!r[:r{r souRcEi N*ion t C.nter fo. Chrdic Oise.s. Pr6 ention and Heatth PronEtim; Otrc. on smo*ine ad H..Uli 1. u.S. Dept of Heatth and Human SeNitEs' The Heatth Consequences of Smoking-5o Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon Generat .]. U.S. Dept of Hea(th and Human S€rvices;2014. 2. u.s. Dept of Heatth and Human Services. A Report of the Surqeon General How Tobacco Smoke Caus€s Disease...What lt Means to You. U.S. Oept of Heatth and Human Servaces; 2010. 3. U.S Dept of Heatth and Human S€rvies. The Health Crnsequences of lnvotuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke A Report of the Surgeon Generai i. 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