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Can someone else’s smoking hurt you? Yes.

Two-thirds of cigarette smoke is not inhaled by the smoker; it goes into the surrounding air. The smoke from a smouldering cigarette contains higher rates of cancer-causing and toxic chemicals than the smoke that is inhaled or exhaled by a smoker. That can cause lung cancer and heart disease in a non-smoker.

Second-hand smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals including 50 that can cause cancer. Breathing second-hand smoke causes your heart to beat faster and your blood pressure to rise.

Children who breathe second-hand smoke are more at risk for wheezing, coughing, ear infections, asthma, tonsillitis, bronchitis and pneumonia. Second-hand smoke can make babies sick and can even kill very small babies.