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Second Hand Smoke And Infants

Smoking is injurious to everyone’s health, and not only to that of the person who smokes. Thought it is causing direct harm to the person who smokes, it also has equal and detrimental effects on a person who is passive smoking. Passive smoking is caused when a person close by is exposed to the smoke of a cigarette.

Infants and babies are most susceptible to passive smoking. Second hand smoke inhaled by the babies has the same effect as the direct cigarette smoke. Infants, who are continually exposed to second hand smoke, develop long term health conditions. The lungs of the infant are directly harmed due to second hand smoke. This detrimental effect also impacts pregnant woman, and it can impact the fetus also.

Smoke emitted by a cigarette is retained in the air for about 45 minutes. Even if you go to a place where people were smoking after 45 minutes, it can still affect yours and your child’s lungs. The cells in the lungs can die or become malformed in an infant due to second hand smoke. The cells in the lungs of a normal human being do not live permanently. It is a normal process for cells to die. However, in infants, who are being exposed to second hand smoke, the cells die sooner. This might cause a permanent damage to the cell production and shortage of it in the lungs. Infants with poor lungs can fall sick frequently with respiratory infections. Also, they become more prone to wheezing and asthmatic attacks.

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