The hazards of secondhand smoke on children include easy to cause respiratory infections, bronchial asthma, malignant tumors and other diseases.
1. Respiratory infections: there is a large amount of clinical evidence that second-hand smoke inhalation will lead to a decline in the child’s lung function, stimulate the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract, increase the prevalence of pneumonia, bronchitis.
2. Bronchial asthma: Harmful substances in secondhand smoke are not only easy to stimulate and induce bronchial asthma, aggravate the condition of asthmatic children, and also affect the therapeutic effect of asthma.
3. Malignant tumors: medical evidence suggests that children exposed to secondhand smoke before and after birth may lead to leukemia, lymphoma and brain malignant tumors and other diseases.
Smoking is not only detrimental to personal health, secondhand smoke also has an impact on the health of children and family members, it is recommended to quit smoking as soon as possible to protect children from secondhand smoke.