Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Smoke out of the home
University of Newcastle showed that approximately 41% of the children aged less than one year old lived with smokers. This has contributed to the soaring of the risks for infants to suffer from various respiratory diseases like asthma, and sudden infant death syndrome. This is because infants are assailable to consequences of passive smoking. They have high breathing rate and underdeveloped immune system which increase the possibility of suffering from those illnesses. Authority suggested that parents should leave the house when they smoke. The best way is to quit to create a smoke free home. Mothers are adviced not to smoke before and when breast feeding. Quit Victoria executive director even asserted that smoking may link to hyperactivity and learning difficulties for the children. They have higher tendency to smoke in the future as well.
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It is really true to say that smoking bring no benefits but only harms, not only to the smokers themselves but all the people around them.. This report shows that infants can be severely affected by indoor smoking of their family. Even though various approaches range from legislation to large scale anti smoking campaigns have been conducted, the effectiveness seems to be meagre. It is a tough and challenging task to quit smoking. Long term results should be aimed for through education, hoping it can curb this problem to its root.
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