Warning danger for Passive Smokers – 600,000 Killed Each Year
Warning danger for Passive Smokers – 600,000 Killed Each Year
as many as 600 thousand second-hand smoke in the world die each year, one third are children, according to a global assessment that was released on Friday (26/11).
In a first study to look at the health impact of passive smoking, the researchers found 40 percent of children and more than 30 percent of male non-smokers every day join inhaling cigarette smoke that comes from active cigarette smokers.
Data collected from 192 countries found that each year 379,000 people die from heart disease, 165,000 due to respiratory illnesses, 36,900 due to asthma, and 21,400 died of lung cancer. If accumulated, that number reached 1 percent of the cause of death globally.
Overall passive smoking accounted for world number of deaths by 1 percent in 2004. The reason why women became the top, namely because the number of women was far greater than men. The vulnerable children exposed to smoke at home where one family member is a smoker .. (e-lifestyle.us)