What other health risks are associated with breathing in second-hand smoke?
You have an increased risk of developing lung cancer and heart disease when you are exposed to second-hand smoke. Around 2700 people in the UK between the ages of 20 and 64 die each year from breathing in other people’s smoke in their own homes. That figure rises to 8000 deaths for people over the age of 65. Two people die each day in the UK from the effects of smoking in the workplace.2 Babies and young children exposed to smoke are more prone to developing chest, ear, nose and throat infections – and more serious conditions like pneumonia. Children who are regularly exposed to cigarette smoke are three times more likely to develop lung cancer later in life.
You have an increased risk of developing lung cancer and heart disease when you are exposed to second-hand smoke. Around 2700 people in the UK between the ages of 20 and 64 die each year from breathing in other people’s smoke in their own homes. That figure rises to 8000 deaths for people over the age of 65. Two people die each day in the UK from the effects of smoking in the workplace.2 Babies and young children exposed to smoke are more prone to developing chest, ear, nose and throat infections – and more serious conditions like pneumonia.
