Passive smoking is the gasp of smoke, called second-hand smoke, or environmental tobacco smoke, by persons other than the anticipated active smoker. It occurs when tobacco smoke permeates any environment, causing its inhalation by people within that environment. Second-hand tobacco smoke causes disease, disability, and death. The health risks of second-hand smoke are a matter of scientific consent. These risks have been a significant motivation for smoke-free laws in workplaces and indoor public places, including restaurants, bars and night clubs, as well as some open public spaces. Since the late 1970s, the dangers associated with passive (involuntary) smoking have been widely debated. While research throughout the world has produced findings showing side stream smoke to be harmful and possibly deadly to nonsmokers, an equal number of studies have indicated that the harms have been overstated or miss classified or that they are nonexistent. Those debates have finished in a report sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies. The report concludes that second-hand cigarette smoke kills 53,000 nonsmokers a year and is a major cause of indoor air pollution. This article identifies the major medical and economic issues in the debate on side stream smoke. It affirms the federal government’s position on the need to create more smoke-free environments and impose stronger smoking restrictions nationwide. More than 600,000 people, including 165,000 children, die every year from passive smoking, a report from World Health Organization experts says today. The estimates from the first analysis of the true global toll are based on the best available data across 192 countries and the known effects of exposure. The biggest impact on children is in the developing world. “Two-thirds of these deaths occur in Africa and south Asia,” the authors write in the medical journal The Lancet. “Children’s exposure to second-hand smoke most likely happens at home”.
Analysis:
Passive smoking has become a significant issue now a day. It is one of the major global problems where nonsmokers are affecting by active smokers. As a result, people are suffering from many diseases such as respiratory infections, ischemic heart disease, and lung cancer and so on. The situation is very critical for public various personal and societal demands.
Young generation are adapting western culture and employing into them. Smoking is one of that. They find smoking is useful and it creates public image; therefore, they are smoking and this effects on normal public, students, and so on. People also find it superior as they think it is created a handsome image on public and also advertising company encouraged them. Local and international cigarette companies are encouraging them and they are influencing day by day through their marketing. Mostly they target young people as they know they could be easily manipulated.
The link between horrible diseases and second-hand smoking now become a global threat. However, a recent study WHO has discovered 93% of the world population is still living in countries where smoking is not fully prohibited, and their laws and regulations are not strong enough to protect passive smokers. A research institute has explored that more than a third of all people of the world are regularly exposed to the harmful effects of smoke. This activity is responsible for about 600,000 deaths per year and about 1% of the global burden of disease worldwide. This issue is not only remaining globally rather it has become our national issue.
Bangladesh is one of the highly rated active smoking countries where passive smokers rate are increasing day by day. According to a study, almost 95% of children from 12 primary schools in Dhaka tested positive to recent passive smoke exposure. It is also said that the second-hand smoke exposure among children in Bangladesh remains very high even though there is a ban on smoking in public place. Mostly Children bear the infections, allergies and asthma which are the effects of active smokers. People do not have control over the environment, so they are becoming passive smoker day by day without their willingness.
Audience Analysis:
I have asked some questions among 50 people. I asked them to know about passive smoking. 35 students said they know about it. They said passive smoking is like unwillingly taking the poison with breath. Day by day, it’s damage the body organs and taking a person very close to death. 15 more people said, they don’t know about passive smoking. They express that, they know about smoking but first time to hearing about passive smoking. They know if they stay with a smoker when he or she smokes that can very harmful for health. But this is called passive smoking that they hear for first time. If anyone smoke front of them, is this bother them or not. Some people said yes, they bothered of it. They can’t take breath properly. They feel very disgusting when somebody smoke front of them. And some people replied, they don’t bother of it. They think that, this is very normal thing and they shouldn’t panic of it. I asked them, if anyone begins to smoke in a group of people that time he or she remains with the group or not. Some of them are said that, they remain with that group. They think that, in a group some person can smoke very easy and is not a huge matter. And few people said, they leave the group that time. They think if anyone begins to smoke and that will be harmful for all. But himself can save from that and better to move. When any relative or friend smoke that time she or he stay to talk with them or not. Some of them are said, they stay with them because smoking is not important but talking is important. But, other replied, they don’t stay. They said, smoking is an air poison. So, this better to keep away.
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