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Exposure to secondhand smoke carries the same long-term health risks as smoking.
Is it true or false?
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False.
Secondhand smoke (also called environmental tobacco smoke) is harmful and increases the risk of many serious health problems — heart disease, stroke, lung cancer in adults; sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), ear infections, bronchitis, pneumonia and worsened asthma in children — and there is no safe level of exposure. However, the overall long‑term risks are not identical to those of active smoking because smokers inhale far larger doses of tobacco smoke and therefore generally have higher risks (and additional conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) than people exposed only to secondhand smoke.
Secondhand smoke (also called environmental tobacco smoke) is harmful and increases the risk of many serious health problems — heart disease, stroke, lung cancer in adults; sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), ear infections, bronchitis, pneumonia and worsened asthma in children — and there is no safe level of exposure. However, the overall long‑term risks are not identical to those of active smoking because smokers inhale far larger doses of tobacco smoke and therefore generally have higher risks (and additional conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) than people exposed only to secondhand smoke.
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