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A review of the evidence on the health effects of passive smoking showed that passive smoking causes lower respiratory illness in children and lung cancer in adults and contributes to the symptoms of asthma in children. The review also estimated that the risk of heart attack or death from coronary heart disease was 24% higher in non-smokers living with a smoker [Source: The health effects of passive smoking: a scientific information paper. Canberra: National Health and Medical Research Council; 1997].
Follow the links below to find resources about the health effects of passive smoking.
Reviewed January 2009
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Passive smoking (living with a smoker)
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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What is passive smoking? If someone is smoking, then the smoke they blow out into the air can be breathed in by anyone who is near to them.
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May 2009
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Environmental tobacco smoke
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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The page contains information on passive smoking
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Oct 2008
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Tobacco
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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The National Tobacco Strategy aims to improve the health of all Australians by eliminating or reducing their exposure to tobacco in all its forms.
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Sep 2008
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Smoke-free kids
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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This topic is aimed at providing parents, grandparents and care-givers of children and young people with information about the impact of smoking, and passive smoking, on health.
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Jul 2008
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Passive smoking
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Whenever people smoke, all the others around them are smoking too because they breathe in the same harmful substances as the person who is smoking. it is known as passive smoking.
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May 2008
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Passive smoking
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Whenever people smoke, all the others around them are smoking too because they breathe in the same harmful substances as the person who is smoking. Passive smoking
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May 2008
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Passive smoking
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Whenever people smoke, all the others around them are smoking too because they breathe in the same harmful substances as the person who is smoking. Passive smoking.
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May 2008
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National Tobacco Strategy
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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The National Tobacco Strategy 2004-2009 is a policy framework for the Australian Government and State and Territory Governments to work together and in collaboration with non-government agencies to improve health and to reduce the social costs caused by tobacco.
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Mar 2008
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Asthma and smoking
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myDr
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Smoking and asthma do not combine well. Tobacco smoke has several adverse effects on the airways of both smokers and those who are exposed to environmental tobacco.
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Jan 2008
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Passive smoking
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Better Health Channel
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Passive smoking means breathing in other people's tobacco smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes and other sources. Children, pregnant women and the partners of smokers are most vulnerable. Passive smoking is a risk factor in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS or cot death) and increases the risk of asthma, respiratory illnesses and coronary heart disease.
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Oct 2007
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Asthma and smoking
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Better Health Channel
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Asthma is more common in both adults and adolescents who smoke. Cigarette smoke is a trigger for people with asthma, so people with asthma need to avoid smoky places whenever possible.
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Oct 2007
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Health Effects of Smoking
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HealthInsite Topic Page
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Links to information on the health effects of smoking.
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Oct 2007
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Asthma children and smoking
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Better Health Channel
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Parents who smoke put their children at greater risk of developing asthma. Smoking in pregnancy, including passive smoking, increases the risk of asthma. If a child already has the condition, cigarette smoke will provoke more frequent and more severe asthma attacks.
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Jun 2007
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Asthma and passive smoking
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myDr
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Fast facts on the costs and effects of passive smoking.
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Jul 2006
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Aboriginal - smoking close to children
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Children breathe in smoke from the adults around them. If adults smoke, the children in their family can suffer more sickness.
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Mar 2005
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Smoking and Pregnancy
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NSW Health
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Smoking is known to have an effect on babies even before they are born. Cigarette smoke contains more than 4,000 harmful substances that both you and your baby are exposed to when you smoke.
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May 2004
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Cigarette smoke and children (poster)
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Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
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The smoke breathed out by a smoker and from the end of a lit cigarette contains more dangerous chemicals than the smoke inhaled by a smoker. It particularly affects young children because their lungs are smaller and more delicate.
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Aug 2003
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Car and Home: Smoke Free Zone Campaign
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Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
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How passive smoking harms children, and what parents can do to protect them.
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Sep 2002
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