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Non-smokers who are exposed to passive smoking in the
home have 25 percent increased risk of heart disease and
lung cancer. Passive smoking in the home causes 10,700
deaths a year in the
UK
alone.
Side- stream smoke contains tar nicotine, benzene and
Pyrene. These dangerous toxins are present in higher
concentrations in side-stream smoke than in main-stream
smoke. Nearly 80 percent of the smoke in a room results
from side-stream smoke.
Parents who have infants at home must refrain from
smoking inside the home. More than 17,000 children below
the age of 5 years are admitted in the hospital every
year for bronchitis and pneumonia, the two major
diseases, children suffer due to passive smoking.
It
would be ideal if all the countries become signatories
to the WHO’s FCTC (Framework on Convention on Tobacco
Control). It ensures that smoking in public is banned;
There is a total ban on tobacco advertising and steep
increase in taxes of tobacco products.
Apart from these disincentives, incentives can be
offered by companies to its non-smoking employees as the
companies benefit by way of less absenteeism due to
illness and more productive time.
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