Thursday 08/May/2025 – 05:33 AM
Negative smoking is severe harm to children’s health, as it causes asthma and infections and long -term pulmonary damage, even as they move away from smoking, as negative smoking can affect a group of respiratory diseases, including asthma.
Negative smoking and its effects
According to what was published in the Times Now newspaper, negative smoking or indirect smoking indicates the inhalation of cigarette smoke by a non -smoked person who is close to the smoker and inhale the smoke that the smoker takes out, and negative smoking is worse than traditional smoking, because the smoke emitted by the cigarette contains more harmful substances than the smoke inhaled by the smoker, because there is no filter that passes from During it, as the molecules are smaller, allowing them to stay in the air for a longer period and penetrate into the lungs, and children in particular are more vulnerable to these effects.
The effect of negative smoking on children’s health
Health experts pointed out that negative smoking is especially harmful to children, as their airways, lungs, and immune devices weaken, and children who live with smokers are more likely to develop multiple health problems, such as bronchitis, asthma, chest infections such as pneumonia, ear infections, coughs and colds.
andChildren’s exposure to passive smoking hinders the growth of the lungs from structural and functional aspects, and because cigarette smoke is rich in oxidizing materials, inhaling indirect tobacco smoke increases the burden of oxidized materials in the air ducts in children, which increases their inflammation, and this inflammation becomes a cause of frequent cough, whistling and nasal congestion in the child.
According to health experts, passive smoking weakens immunity in the airway, which leads to the child with frequent infections, and these infections in turn affect the development of the lung, and cause a decrease in its functions, and is a reason for the development of asthma and its exacerbation, as each seizure exacerbates the low limit of lung functions that the child can reach.
The damage of negative smoking to the health of children
- Respiratory infections
- Ear diseases
- Asthma
- Nose and sinus problems
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