Health Effects of Passive Smoking in Adults

The inhalation of smoke exhaled by a smoker, second-hand smoke (SHS), environmental smoke or the smoke produced at the lit end of smoked tobacco (sidestream smoke) by the act of smoking is referred to as passive smoking. These inhaled products of tobacco combustion have been shown to have detrimental effects on most organs in the body. Assessment of exposure is measured by a number of direct and i…