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    the effects of secondhand smoke secondhand smoke is harmful to those around you  
   

Secondhand smoke harms everyone. It comes from the end of a burning cigarette and is also breathed out by smokers. You never know where it is, because 85% of it is invisible. The toxic substances in secondhand smoke include over 69 cancer-causing chemicals.


babies are five times more likely to die of cot death when there is secondhand smoke around   secondhand smoke increases the risk of lung cancer or heart disease by up to 25%
     
secondhand smoke is composed of over 4000 harmful chemicals
     
secondhand smoke can linger for two and a half hours, even with a window open   breathing in secondhand smoke can trigger asthma attacks
do not smoke around children, secondhand smoke can kill

 
     
       
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