Research online about secondhand smoke and then answer the following. List the e

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Research online about secondhand smoke and then answer the following.

List the effects of secondhand smoke inhalation in children and adults.

Do you feel that smokers should be allowed to smoke anywhere? Why or why not?

Should the government be responsible for regulating where smoking is allowed? Why or why not?

Should smokers be prevented from smoking in their own homes or in their cars when children or any other non-smoker is present? Why or why not?

Where would you allow smoking, and where would you ban it? On what do you base your opinions?

Would you allow the use of electronic cigarettes be used in banned locations? Why or why not?

Explanation / Answer

There is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke.

Exposure to secondhand smoke has immediate adverse effects on the cardiovascular system and can cause coronary heart disease and stroke.

Breathing secondhand smoke can have immediate adverse effects on your blood and blood vessels, increasing the risk of having a heart attack.

People who already have heart disease are at especially high risk of suffering adverse effects from breathing secondhand smoke and should take special precautions to avoid even brief exposures.

Secondhand smoke causes lung cancer in adults who have never smoked.

The government should be held responsible for regulating where smoking is allowed. Any such regulation is reasonable in that it provides safe smoke-free places for persons who wish not to have to breathe second-hand smoke, which is offensive and deleterious to health. This is consistent with the concept of "promoting the general welfare."

The smokers should be prevented from smoking in their own homes or in their cars when children or any other non-smoker is present. This is again because second-hand smoking causes deleterious effects.

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