Passive smoking, or second-hand smoke, poses serious health risks. It is most dangerous for infants, children, and pregnant women, increasing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, respiratory illnesses, and pregnancy complications. Even short-term exposure can cause health issues in adults such as lung cancer and asthma attacks. While banning smoking in public places and raising awareness can help reduce passive smoking, the simplest solution is avoiding inhaling second-hand smoke from others.

1. PASSIVE SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES
(HEALTH & LIFESTYLE)
source: http://health.ninemsn.comJose Luis Obiang
OUTLINE:
1. Explanation of Passive Smoking
2. Most vulnerable people
3. Dangers of passive smoking
4. Reducing passive smoking
5. Conclusion

2. • What is passive smoking?
Further definition: second-hand smoke is a mixture of the smoke given off by the burning
end of a cigarette, pipe, or cigar, and the smoke exhaled by smokers according to EPA.

3. • Who are the most vulnerable?
Risk of sudden infant death syndrome…
Risk for lung cancer among non-smokers
Pregnancy problems…

4. • Is passive smoking dangerous?
Source: http://blog.docsuggest.com/Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

5. • Reducing passive smoking:
Letting other people know that you mind
if they smoke around you
Banning smoking in vehicles with
children and non-smoker people
Promote campaigns
against smoking

6. • Concluding…
• Passive smoking is more dangerous for children and pregnant women
• The effects of passive smoking are slightly similar to the smokers…
• The most common health risks: SIDS, lung cancers, asthma attack…
• REMEMBER: WHEN SOMEONE SMOKES, YOU ARE SMOKING AS WELL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA8Vu_th5ZI

7. • REFERENCES:
• Action on Smoking and Health. (2014). Secondhand smoke: the impact on children.
London: ASH.
• American Cancer Society. (2014). Retrieved May 26, 2014 from
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/secondhand-smoke
• Environmental Protection Agency. (2011). Retrieved May 30, 2014 from
http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/healtheffects.html
• Centres for disease Control and Prevention. (2014). Health effects of secondhand
smoke. Atlanta: CDC.
• National Cancer Institute. (2011). Retrieved May 25, 2014 from
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/ETS
• Passive smoking [video] Retrieved May 29, 2014, from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA8Vu_th5ZI