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Secondhand smoke is a mixture off the smoke given off by the burning of a cigarette,pipe or cigar and the smoke exhaled from the lungs of smokers.Secondhand smoke is estimated to cause 3,000 lung cancer deaths annually and 35,000 heart disease deaths in non-smokers each year.Children are especially susceptible : their lungs are still developing and childhood exposure to secondhand smoke results in decreased lung function.Children who breathe secondhand smoke are more likely to develop asthma, the leading chronic childhood disease in the U.S.In there U.S 43 percent of children are exposed to second-hand smoke in their own homes and 85 percent of children have detectable levels of cotinine in their blood.Exposure to secondhand smoke increases the severity and frequency of asthma episodes ;200,000 to 1,000,000 asthmatic children with asthma have experienced aggravated symptoms,secondhand smoke causes 150,000 to 3000,000 lower respiratory tract infections annually in children 18 months and younger. Secondhand smoke exposures causes buildup of fluid in the middle ear,resulting in 700,000 to 1.6 million physician office visits.Middle ear infections are the most common cause of childhood operations and of childhood hearing loss.So it will be wise to keep your child or children from all forms of second hand smoke.Thanks for reading my article and i will be publishing more articles on smoking and other topics of interest to all.

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