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Friday, February 27, 2009

Harmful Effects of Passive Smoking

Although many people try their best to stay away from the temptations of smoking in order to stay healthy, they could still suffer from its harmful effects just by inhaling second-hand smoke from other smokers' cigarettes. This is also called as passive smoking, environmental tobacco smoke or ETS, and secondhand smoking.

Passive smoking means the smoke in the environment that is exhaled from the smoker's lungs, or the smoke coming from the smoker's cigarette, pipe or cigar, is being inhaled by others. In simple terms, it is known to be the involuntary breathing of smoke from different tobacco products. This happens when tobacco smoke saturates the environment, and people in the immediate vicinity are inhaling it.

Although the person itself is not the one who is smoking, many studies have shown that inhalation of secondhand smoke poses risks to the bystanders, and are even more harmful than firsthand smoke. This is because the smoke particles in the air are much smaller than the smoke drawn straight from a cigarette, meaning it can go deeper into the lungs of the person inhaling it. There are scientific evidences that show how frequent exposure to secondhand smoke can cause disability, disease, and ultimately, death.

Because many people realize the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, several public areas such as workplaces, restaurants, night clubs, and bars follow smoking bans.

The short term effects of passive smoking can vary depending on the person's vulnerability to nicotine. Other people can stay in a room with smokers and not feel any effects at all, while others can only stay in a matter of minutes or hours, and feel ill.

Common short term effects include headache, coughing, nausea, and lethargy to the average person. These effects could be worse in people who already have health conditions such as asthma, where one could have an asthma attack because of secondhand smoke exposure. For allergic patients, they could suffer from watery eyes, stuffy or runny nose, sneezing, and more.

There are several harmful long term effects of passive smoking, and this could vary depending on one's exposure to secondhand smoke. The more frequent one is exposed to environmental smoke, the more chances of getting diseases related to smoking such as lung cancer, heart disease, lung infection, ear infection, asthma, allergies, and many more. For pregnant women exposed to environmental smoke, they have a higher risk of getting miscarriage and birth defects. Children who are frequently exposed to secondhand smoke may also face learning difficulties, and they may develop asthma.

As much as possible, if your work or lifestyle entails you to remain in a closed room filled with smokers, don't just sit there and say "Oh, but it's not me who's smoking." Remember, passive smoking is also dangerous to you, and if you continue to expose yourself to secondhand smoke, then you may experience harmful effects in the long run.

Stay away from smokers as much as possible, and when visiting public places, choose one that has a smoking ban, or at least proceed to the non smoking area.

April Kerr owns website Health Refresh which is all about how to quit smoking cigarettes and has details of stop smoking laser therapy and quit smoking withdrawal symptoms.

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Research indicates that babies who are breastfeed are less likely to develop eczema or other allergy related conditions. If you, your partner, an older child or other close family members suffer from asthma or other allergy related problems there is a higher than average chance that your child will also do so. It is therefore well worth breastfeeding your baby if you can and continuing to do so for as long as possible.

How can breastfeeding help? Experts are still not sure exactly how breast milk acts as a protection against asthma, but it is known that breast milk contains high level of antibodies. These antibodies provide the walls of the baby's intestines with a protective lining in the first few days after birth. Formula milk mimics breast milk in many ways but it cannot reproduce these natural antibodies.

So, how long should you breastfeed? It is advisable, when you have a family history of atopy, to breastfeed for six months and to keep your baby's diet to breast milk alone during that time. There is often pressure from other new parents and from older members of the family to introduce solids, in the hope your baby will sleep through the night, or because they are concerned that she may not be getting enough nourishment. But there is no evidence to suggest early weaning solves sleep, or indeed any other, problems.

If your baby is hungry she will naturally be able to stimulate a greater supply of breast milk to satisfy her requirements, all you need to do is to eat a healthy, satisfying amount of food, get plenty of rest and feed your baby as often as she demands it.

So, will weaning be difficult? When you know that your baby has an increased risk of asthma, you can plan ahead and take some sensible precautions when you begin introducing your baby to solid foods. Fortunately, this does not mean you have to search out difficult to find, expensive food items or spend a long time cooking special meals for your baby, it simply means following a few basic rules.

How to do a successful weaning? Start by feeding your child baby rice, but mix it with some pureed fruit, such as banana, apple or pear, or with expressed breast milk or baby formula milk. Offer yogurt and cheese once your baby is used to having a variety of foods, from about six months. Well cooked egg yolk can be introduced from eight months, but if possible delay introducing egg white until your child is a year old. Avoid giving cow's milk until your baby is at least one year old.

Do not introduce wheat until your child is at least seven months old. This means initially avoiding many biscuits, breads and cereals; choose from the wide variety of gluten free products available in the shops instead.

Introduce all new foods to your baby slowly and separately, ideally at least a week apart. Apart from giving your baby time to get used to new tastes, this makes it easier to identify the culprit if an allergic reaction does occur.

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