How passive smoking hurts

In the UK more than 17,000 children are hospitalised every year with breathing problems linked to passive smoking. And it’s not just the smoke; the chemicals in the smoke can hide in your home, lurking in household dust and on furniture, meaning you can be exposed to levels of harm that are the same as several hours of smoking.

Passive smoking makes children more prone to asthma, bronchitis and ear infections. It can give people sore eyes, headaches, coughs, sore throats and dizziness. It can also make babies more susceptible to cot death and meningitis. As for the rest of us, passive smoking makes us more prone to heart problems, lung cancer, asthma and stroke. So you’re perfectly entitled to ask your friends or other people not to smoke around you. And if you don’t want to be the person doing the damage, then don’t smoke around others.

Check out our house to see how one person smoking can affect everyone else in the building. If you zoom in closer to any room, you will see what some of the effects of passive smoking are by scrolling over the room with your mouse. All of the health effects of passive smoking apply to both males and females. See how many effects you can find.