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| Hazards for Passive Smokers |
When the sick due to unhealthy behavior, it is a natural phenomena. But what about for people who are sick, as a result of the actions of others? It's an unfair thing. The case for people who are forced to inhale cigarette smoke from people smoking around him.
Disease that can be suffered by passive smokers is not better than active smokers. They become easy to suffer from cancer, heart disease, lung and others of the deadly disease. They are surrounded by cigarette smoke will die sooner than those who live with clean air. And the death rate increased by 15% higher.
From a study of 1263 lung cancer patients who never smoked, can be seen that those who become passive smokers at home will increase the risk of lung cancer up to 18%. When this happens in a long time, 30 years more, the risk increased to 23%. When you become passive smokers in the workplace or social life, the risk of lung cancer will be increased to 16% was when last long, up to 20 years, will rise again to 27% risk.
Cigarette smoke is known to have contained around 4,000 chemicals, where 60 of them are known to cause cancer. The U.S. government itself estimates that 3000 deaths occur annually due to lung cancer in those who did not smoke as a result become passive smokers.
Source: International Journal of Cancer
