{"id":4234,"date":"2019-07-04T11:49:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T11:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s805784321.onlinehome.us\/?p=4234"},"modified":"2019-07-04T11:49:49","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T11:49:49","slug":"is-second-hand-smoking-unsafe-as-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/2019\/07\/is-second-hand-smoking-unsafe-as-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Second hand Smoking Unsafe as Smoking?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Most people, even smokers, have become aware that\nsmoking is bad for the health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In reality, most of the smoke from a burning cigarette doesn\u2019t get sucked down into a smoker\u2019s lungs \u2013 it escapes into the air, where it can be inhaled by anyone unfortunate enough to be nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Hand Smoke (SHS) or Passive smoking is the\ninhalation of smoke or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), by persons other than\nthe intended \u201cactive\u201d smoker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most exposure to second hand smoke occurs in homes and workplaces. Second hand smoke exposure also continues to occur in public places such as restaurants, bars, clubs, and casinos, as well as in vehicles. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nathan\u2019s Story<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nathan, 54, Idaho; diagnosed with severe lung damage from second hand smoke exposure<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nathan, a\nNative American, never smoked cigarettes. 
\nFor eleven (11) years, he worked at a casino that allowed smoking. The exposure\nto second hand smoke caused him to develop allergies and serious infections\nthat triggered asthma attacks, eventually causing permanent lung damage called\nbronchiectasis. \u201cThe casino was filled with smoke from so many people smoking,\u201d\nhe said. Breathing in other people\u2019s smoke on a daily basis made his health so\nbad that he had to leave that job. 
\nNathan used to be active and athletic. He served in the Marines. He loved to\nparticipate in tribal dances. After getting sick, dancing just a few steps wore\nhim out. Nathan hoped that sharing his story would help others understand how\ndangerous exposure to second hand smoke really is. Nathan\u2019s lung damage led to\nhis death on October 17, 2013. He was 54.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

References: <\/em>http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/tobacco\/quit_smoking\/<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most people, even smokers, have become aware that smoking is bad for the health. In reality, most of the smoke from a burning cigarette doesn\u2019t get sucked down into a smoker\u2019s lungs \u2013 it escapes into the air, where it can be inhaled by anyone unfortunate enough to be nearby. Second Hand Smoke (SHS) or…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[61],"tags":[464,459,458,457,452,453,451,460,461,467,391,465,466,454,462,449,448,455,450,446,456,463,447],"yst_prominent_words":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/stnicholascdn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/23070000\/second-handsmoking.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4234"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4234"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=4234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}