We all know that smoking is dangerous for health but you may not be aware that passive smoking also has many harmful effects. Secondhand smoke, or side-stream smoke, which is smoke drifting from a lit cigarette, is a serious health risk for both those who smoke and those who do not. It affects the to the people with respiratory problems, children and pregnant women. 

For people with respiratory problems

Tobacco smoke consists of around 7,000 chemicals out of which over 50 are known to cause cancer. Various respiratory problems like asthma or bronchitis can also develop due to passive smoking. 

For pregnant woman

Actively or passively both kind of smoking affect pregnant woman. It can lead to miscarriages, still-birth, and seriously affect the growing foetus. Premature birth and complication during birth are very common in women who smoke during pregnancy or women around whom someone smokes.

For children

For children who smoke passively can face  respiratory problems like asthma and bronchitis. It can also problems lead to pneumonia, ear infections, stomach problems, improper growth of organs, cough, and breathlessness.