Secondhand SmokingSecondhand smoke is smoke from burning tobaccos products, such as cigarettes, cigars or pipes. Secondhand smoke is also smoke that has been exhaled, or breathed out by a person smoking. Secondhand smoke is all around us secondhand smoke hurts you and it doesn't take long to get into your body. Mother’s that are around secondhand smoke have smaller babies than other mothers.
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Chemicals In CigarettesNearly 600 ingredients are put in cigarettes. When they are burned they make smoke and more than 4,000 chemicals. About 69 of the chemicals can cause cancer and 400 are poisonous. Secondhand smoke has the exact same chemicals that are in regular cigarettes. The ingredients and additives in cigarettes affect everything from the internal functioning of organs and the body’s immune system.
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