What are the dangers of second-hand smoke to females?
Compared with those females who are living with non-smoking husbands, females who are exposed to a smoking environment over the long-term have a higher incidence for some diseases: for example: 47% higher for apoplexy, 7-fold higher-rates for leukemia, 1.5-2-fold higher rates for mammary cancer, 3~4-fold higher rates for cervical carcinoma and 1.5-2-fold higher rates for lung cancer. The more the husband smokes, the more seriously the wife is harmed. In addition, the chemical substances inhaled lead to abnormal blood lipid, increased blood viscosity, damaged heart-muscle tissue and reduced vessel ability to regulate blood pressure and the blood stream, which will in turn increase the potential of miocardial infarction. [Back To Top] • What are the adverse effects on the embryo if pregnant women smoke? There is a higher probability of ectopic pregnancy and placenta previa, fetal malformation due to gene mutation and congenital facial malformation like cleft lip or cleft palate. The shap
