2007-02-01 02:54:11 · 4 answers · asked by laurel 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
Yes and no.
A smoker is exposed to smoke from his or her own cigarette plus the circulating second hand smoke from his or her own cigarette and the others in the same room. So, it's a double exposure for the smoker.
However, if you were to be working an eight hour shift in a smoky bar, it is likely that your exposure to the chemicals in second hand smoke would be greater than if you just had five or six cigarettes during those eight hours.
So, it depends on how much second hand smoke you are exposed to and for how long.
2007-02-01 03:01:11 · answer #1 · answered by Amuse Bouche 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I can not see why? How about those who live in cities with all that pollution, isn't this breathing in second hand smoke?
How do doctors determine in lung cancer people if they got it from the pollution or being around a smoker?? Always wondered this one...
2007-02-01 03:12:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, suggest you look at the Junkscience.com website. The UN study contradicts the US studies that try to link illness to second hand smoke. Its just an excuse to increase the power and scope of government controls.
2007-02-01 03:03:11 · answer #3 · answered by Roadkill 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I really don't believe that could be possible.We are told so many things anymore that confusion and paranoia run wild everywhere.
2007-02-01 03:03:56 · answer #4 · answered by one10soldier 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋