Breathing other people’s smoke make children and adults who do not smoke sick. There is no safe level of breathing others people’s smoke.
Pregnant women who breathe other people’s cigarette smoke are more likely to have a baby who weighs less.
Babies who breathe in other people’s cigarette smoke are more likely to have ear infections and more frequent asthma attacks.
Babies who breathe in other people’s cigarette smoke are more likely to die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). SIDS is an infant death for which a cause of the death cannot be found.
In the United States, 88 million children and adults who do not smoke are exposed to other people’s smoke. Almost 32 million children and adolescents aged 3–19 years, or about half of children in this age group, are exposed to other people’s cigarette smoke. Home and vehicles are the places where children are most exposed to cigarette smoke, and a major location of smoke exposure for adults too. Also, people can be exposed to cigarette smoke in public places, restaurants, and at work.