The Tobacco Man (Graphic Image)

Cigarette smoking not only effects the smoker, but also the ones you love. Second-hand smoke is a reality. Don't smoke around those that you love.

A nonsmoker working in a smoke filled room for eight hours will breathe as many cancer-causing chemicals as if he or she had smoked 36 cigarettes.
Ґ Nicotine components have been found in urine of non smokers
Ґ Over 60 % of smoke from a cigarette is not inhaled by the smoker, but enters the air around the smoker.
Ґ Second-hand smoke has at least twice the nicotine and tar as the smoke inhaled by the smoker.
Ґ Regular exposure to second-hand smoke increases the chances of contracting lung disease by 25% and heart disease by 10%.
Ґ Second-hand smoke aggravates symptoms in people with allergies and asthma, and can cause eye, nose and throat irritations, headaches, dizziness, nausea, coughing and wheezing in otherwise healthy people. We have enough pollution from the air we breath, why add more?
Ґ Smoking around minors should be illegal and one day children may sue their parents for giving them smoking related illnesses.
Ґ Children have a higher metabolism and can absorb higher amounts of smoke than adults. Childhood exposure to ETS may also contribute to cardiovascular disease in adulthood
Ґ Infants and children exposed to second-hand smoke are more likely to suffer chronic respiratory illness, impaired lung function, middle ear infections, food allergies and can even succumb to sudden infant death syndrome.