Personal Pollution!
That insidious attack on your health because someone has the right to light up where they happen to be. They have the right to indulge their unhealthy addiction at the expense of your health. Let's put that in perspective....
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| Me in my home office when the downstairs neighbors light up! |
18% More People Die From 2nd Hand Smoke Than Guns
NO! THIS IS NOT A JUSTIFICATION FOR GUNS. It just demonstrates the insidious problem of second hand smoke! According to Lung Association statistics and the CDC 45,725 people die yearly from second hand smoke while 38,551 die from gunshot wounds, Oddly most of the victims of second hand smoke die of heat failure, not lung cancer. 7,330 deaths vs 33,950 deaths respectively. Or....
Maybe You're a Perpetrator
Next time you light up, look around. Are there any people near by. Even if you are outside, there is a good chance there is. Are any of them kids? In children, secondhand smoke causes the following:
- Ear infections
- More frequent and severe asthma attacks
- Respiratory symptoms (for example, coughing, sneezing, and shortness of breath)
- Respiratory infections (bronchitis and pneumonia)
- A greater risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
