Smoking and its Impact on the Child Population
Almost half the world’s children live or are active in areas contaminated by smoke, snuff, particularly at home, but also in schools and public places.
Or is that around 700 million children severely affected their health and their academic performance because of smoke snuff. In a survey of adolescent students aged 13 to 15 years in 132 different countries, revealed that four out of ten young people are exposed daily to tobacco smoke outside their homes, and five out of ten are public places where they usually pass.
Also 76% of respondents agree with the initiative prohibiting smoking in public places. It was also noted that neither ventilation nor the air conditioner are effective to eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke indoors snuff, let alone reduce the negative effects it has on people’s health.
Have been reported around 4 000 known chemicals in the smoke of snuff, and approximately 50 of them would be carcinogenic to humans, all without having cardiovascular and respiratory problems as a result of this.