There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS),even brief exposure can cause immediate harm.Health problems caused by secondhand smoke in adults who do not smoke include coronary heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer, as well as adverse reproductive health effects in women, including low birth weight. Secondhand smoke can cause sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), respiratory infections, ear infections, and asthma attacks in infants and children.Secondhand smoke can cause adverse reproductive health effects in women, including low birth weight. In children, secondhand smoke exposure can cause respiratory infections, ear infections, and asthma attacks. In babies, secondhand smoke can cause sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).Since 1964, about 2,500,000 people who did not smoke died from health problems caused by secondhand smoke exposure. The effects of second-hand smoke exposure on the body are immediate.Β Β Secondhand smoke exposure can produce harmful inflammatory and respiratory effects within 60 minutes of exposure which can last for at least three hours after exposure.
