Review Article
Keywords : Passive smoking, Lung cancer, Children, Pregnant women
Year : 2023 | Volume : 11 | Issue : 1 | Page : 26-31
Review on Effects of Passive Smoking
Suthamancharri.S 1, Vaishnavi.S 2, Kumara Raja 3, Soundarya.S. P 4, Sumaiya Fathima.T 5
1, 5 Intern, Tagore Dental College and Hospital, Rathinamangalam, Tamil Nadu 600127, 2 *, 3 Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Tagore Dental College and Hospital, Rathinamangalam, Tamil Nadu 600127, 4 Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Tagore Dental College and Hospital, Rathinamangalam, Tamil Nadu 600127
Address for Correspondence:
Vaishnavi.S,
Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Tagore Dental College and Hospital
Email-Id: vaishnaviprashanth1@gmail.com
Abstract
Smoking is injurious to health. Mainstream and Side stream smoking both are actively and passively injurious to health. Ill effects of secondhand smoking are more commonly underrated in society. Sidestream smoking also causes hazardous health effects. Smoking not only affects the smoker but also affects nonsmokers and children. Passive smokers are people exposed to cigarette smoke in two ways: by direct exposure to the smoke of passively burning cigarette and exposure to the smoke breathed out by the smoker. Secondhand smoke is the mixture of direct smoke from burning a cigarette along with the smoke breathed out from the smoker’s lungs. As a result, sidestream smoke has a higher concentration of some toxic and carcinogenic substances than the mainstream smoke. When exposed to second hand smoke, non-smokers inhale 60-80% of airborne nicotine similar to that absorbed by smokers So this review paper will elaborate about the effects of passive smoking.
Keywords: Passive smoking, Lung cancer, Children, Pregnant women
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How to Cite this Article:
Suthamancharri.S, Vaishnavi.S, Kumara Raja, Soundarya. S.P, & Sumaiya Fathima. (2023). Review on Effects of Passive Smoking: Review Article. International Journal of Community Dentistry, 11(1), 26–31. https://doi.org/10.56501/intjcommunitydent.v11i1.777