The dangers of passive smoking - Keep away from smokers!

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, passive smoking causes ear infection, breathing problems and lung infections in children and leads to the hospitalization of up to 15,000 children under the age of 18 months every year in News York! More than 100 kids have been hospitalized with flu in New York, United States after having been exposed to second-hand smoke. Among these kids, 18% were admitted to intensive care while 6% were required to be intubated with a breathing tube. More importantly, many second-hand smokers, especially the youths, have developed asthma, bronchitis, sudden infant death syndrome, various allergies and Crohn's disease. Health professionals highlight that second-hand smokers are five times more at risk to end up in an intensive care unit compared to the smokers themselves. Latest medical reports 2012 from New York have registered hundreds of non-smokers who have been victims of second-hand smoke...

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• Assisted by: Edward R. Miller-Jones (Editor), Edwar R Miller-Jones (Editor), Edward R Miller-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.09.2012
• EAN: 9786130141165
• ISBN: 978-613-0-14116-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General