Smoking is among one of the most difficult vices to break free from. Once the nicotine has made its way into your brain and you have already established a dependency to its effects, you’re as good as stuck with the smoking habit forever. (more…)

Secondhand smoking, breathing in of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), is also called passive smoking. It is when a person breathes in smoke given off into the environment by other people.

Secondhand smoke or ETS is a combination of side stream smoke coming straight from the burning tobacco and the mainstream smoke that is exhaled by the smoker. It comprises of over 4000 chemical constituents, a large proportion of which are the inducers of respiratory illnesses and around 40 are known or suspected carcinogens. (more…)