The risks of secondhand smoke (SHS)

The risks of secondhand smoke (SHS)

The risks of secondhand smoke

A new study among adolescents found that exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) may lead to the most common type of hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). This type of hearing impairment typically cannot be corrected surgically or medically.

It's also important to avoid other people's smoke. The link between secondhand smoke (also called environmental tobacco smoke) and disease is well known, and the connection to cardiovascular-related disability and death is also clear. Each year about 38,000 people die from heart and blood vessel disease caused by other people's smoke. Nonsmokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke at home or at work increase their risk of developing heart disease by 25–30 percent.

The risks of secondhand smoke