600 000 killed a year, what is the cause?
LONDON - AROUND one in a hundred deaths worldwide is due to passive smoking, which kills an estimated 600,000 people a year, World Health Organisation (WHO) researchers said on Friday.
In the first study to assess the global impact of second-hand smoke, WHO experts found that children are more heavily exposed to second-hand smoke than any other age-group, and around 165,000 of them a year die because of it.
Children's exposure to second-hand smoke is most likely to happen at home, and the double blow of infectious diseases and tobacco 'seems to be a deadly combination for children in these regions', they said.
The WHO researchers looked at data from 192 countries for their study. To get comprehensive data from all 192, they had to go back to 2004. They used mathematical modelling to estimate deaths and the number of years lost of life in good health.
Worldwide, 40 per cent of children, 33 per cent of non-smoking men and 35 per cent non-smoking women were exposed to second-hand smoke in 2004, they found.
This exposure was estimated to have caused 379,000 deaths from heart disease, 165,000 from lower respiratory infections, 36,900 from asthma and 21,400 from lung cancer. -- REUTER
Comment: 600,000 people die a year because of exposure to second hand smoke. I think it is good thing that Singapore has many smoke free areas, such as lift lobby, carpark area, school premises, shopping centre entrance and such by ruling we are actually reducing the risk of people suffering from second-hand smoke inhaling. However we are still exposed to second smoke at open areas people should be more considerate by not smoking while walking along pathways and in crowded areas. Parents who smoke also need to take note that they should not smoke at home with the presence of their children. This is a bad thing for the children's health and the children might also pick up the habit because of their curiosity to try out new things. Student also tend to pick up smoking habits in school when they hang out with the smoking clique. Not only are they exposing themselves to second hand smoke but eventually they might also start smoking due to increasing peer pressure and they to be like their friends in order to fit in. We should keep away from second hand smoke and take care of our health by eating healthy and keeping fit. Our health is priceless so let's look after ourselves well. Post by,Banu Priya Bathumalai
LONDON - AROUND one in a hundred deaths worldwide is due to passive smoking, which kills an estimated 600,000 people a year, World Health Organisation (WHO) researchers said on Friday.
In the first study to assess the global impact of second-hand smoke, WHO experts found that children are more heavily exposed to second-hand smoke than any other age-group, and around 165,000 of them a year die because of it.
Children's exposure to second-hand smoke is most likely to happen at home, and the double blow of infectious diseases and tobacco 'seems to be a deadly combination for children in these regions', they said.
The WHO researchers looked at data from 192 countries for their study. To get comprehensive data from all 192, they had to go back to 2004. They used mathematical modelling to estimate deaths and the number of years lost of life in good health.
Worldwide, 40 per cent of children, 33 per cent of non-smoking men and 35 per cent non-smoking women were exposed to second-hand smoke in 2004, they found.
This exposure was estimated to have caused 379,000 deaths from heart disease, 165,000 from lower respiratory infections, 36,900 from asthma and 21,400 from lung cancer. -- REUTER
Comment:
600,000 people die a year because of exposure to second hand smoke.
I think it is good thing that Singapore has many smoke free areas, such as lift lobby, carpark area, school premises, shopping centre entrance and such by ruling we are actually reducing the risk of people suffering from second-hand smoke inhaling. However we are still exposed to second smoke at open areas people should be more considerate by not smoking while walking along pathways and in crowded areas.
Parents who smoke also need to take note that they should not smoke at home with the presence of their children. This is a bad thing for the children's health and the children might also pick up the habit because of their curiosity to try out new things.
Student also tend to pick up smoking habits in school when they hang out with the smoking clique. Not only are they exposing themselves to second hand smoke but eventually they might also start smoking due to increasing peer pressure and they to be like their friends in order to fit in.
We should keep away from second hand smoke and take care of our health by eating healthy and keeping fit. Our health is priceless so let's look after ourselves well.
Post by,
Banu Priya Bathumalai
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