What is SHS
- Smoke breathed out by a smoker and smoke from the burning end of cigarettes, cigars, pipes
- Composed of nearly 4,000 different chemicals and over 150 toxins including carbon monoxide
Children & Secondhand Smoke
- – 38% of children aged 2 months to 5 years are exposed to SHS in the home.
- Up to 2,000,000 ear infections each year
- Nearly 530,000 doctor visits for asthma
- Up to 436,000 episodes of bronchitis in children under five
- Up to 190,000 cases of pneumonia in children under five
