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Smoking is responsible for 1 in 5 deaths and with no level of exposure to cigarette smoke safe the best thing you can do for your health, and those around you, is to stop.

Posted on Mon, 22 Nov 10

How much second hand smoke is safe?

Even at the lowest detectable levels of exposure there are significant changes in gene expression within the cells lining of your airways. Such genetic changes are thought to precede reparatory disease including lung cancer; no level of tobacco smoke exposure is safe.

Posted on Mon, 12 Oct 09

Surprisingly small amounts of secondhand smoke can kill

Despite the tobacco industrys concerted effort to down play the hazards of second-hand smoke exposure (passive smoking) up to 75% of non-smokers have a greatly increased risk of coronary heart disease due to passive smoking (1). Even very low levels of exposure to cigarette smoke are remarkably detrimental. It is now clear that low exposure to tobacco smoke, such as passive smoking or in those who only smoke 1-2 cigarettes a day, acutely affects cardiovascular health in a way that is comparable to that of a heavy smoker (2). What is important is not how much tobacco smoke you are exposed to, but whether you are exposed to it at all.