It is no secret that smoking any type of tobacco product or illegal drug is harmful to your health. If you are a smoker, have you given much thought as to the effects of secondhand smoke? You may or may not have. If you have children, the effects of secondhand smoke should be first and foremost in your mind.

The effects of second hand smoke on children are many. Did you know that second hand smoke effects can cause a higher occurrence of ear infections? You can also expect a higher than normal occurrence for things like bronchitis, upper respiratory infection, allergies, asthma and more. As a parent, you should be concerned with your children’s health and safety. Well, when you are exposing them to the harmful effects of second hand smoking, you are failing in that regard.

Did you also know that secondhand smoke also affects children’s cognitive learning? There are a whole host of other problems that stem from secondhand smoke effects on children. At the very least, you are cutting a few years off their life by smoking in front of them, not to mention the possibility of future cancer problems and other health concerns.

There are plenty of other health effects of secondhand smoke. Besides the stink from the smoke, side effects of second hand smoke include, coughing, sneezing, allergic reactions and susceptibility to flu and pneumonia. The effects of secondhand smoke can be listed in perpetuity because there is absolutely nothing good about it.

Second hand smoking also known as passive smoking has been a real problem in public as well. That is why there have been an increasing number of ordinances and laws about banning smoking in public places like restaurants, transportation and more. The effects of passive smoking alone in public include food that doesn’t taste right in public and itchy watery eyes. Plus, the health effects of second hand smoke is so attractive, especially when you have nonsmokers sneezing and hacking away because of a smoker’s c'est la vie approach to smoking in public.

The effects of second hand smoking are real. There is a small contingent of smokers who believe that non-smokers are just making up all the studies of the effects of second hand cigarette smoke. Of course, if they believe that of the effect of secondhand smoke, then they also believe that those nonsmokers are just pretending to sneeze and cough from being exposes to the effects of secondhand smoke.

It’s time to get real about the effects of secondhand cigarette smoke as well as other carcinogenic products like cigars, pipes and of course, the plethora of illegal drugs. The effects of secondhand smoke are a fact. As a smoker, you have every right to expose yourself to all the cancer causing agents you want with each puff you take. However, you do not have the right to expose your children and other people to the effects of secondhand smoke. They do not choose it. Therefore, it is up to you to determine how to keep your nicotine habit and the effects of your secondhand smoke to yourself.