Smokers do not only harm themselves but also therenearby. Recently a study has been done which founded that Nonsmokers married to smokers have a greatly increased chance of having strokes, showing yet another hazard from secondhand smoke.
Being married to a smoker raised the stroke risk by 42 percent in people who have never smoked compared to those married to someone who never smoked, the researchers said. This jumped to 72 percent for former smokers married to a current smoker, according to the study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Quitting smoking helps your own health and also the health of the people living with you.
Previous research had suggested that secondhand smoke increases the risk of stroke, but stroke risk has been studied more extensively in smokers than in people exposed to secondhand smoke. People who breathe in secondhand smoke also have a higher risk of lung cancer, nasal sinus cancer, respiratory tract infections and heart disease, among other conditions.
Secondhand smoke contains hundreds of chemicals known to be toxic or cancer-causing. These include formaldehyde, benzene, vinyl chloride, arsenic, ammonia and hydrogen cyanide.
Being married to a smoker raised the stroke risk by 42 percent in people who have never smoked compared to those married to someone who never smoked, the researchers said. This jumped to 72 percent for former smokers married to a current smoker, according to the study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Quitting smoking helps your own health and also the health of the people living with you.