How bad is second hand smoke?

[Atty]

I don't smoke but I am constantly around people who do, half my work does, and two out of the other three people in my house do, so I can't escape it. Now I know some of my buddies who started smoking and who used to run Cross Country complained that they couldn't run anymore, and I've always had a hard time running (I can't seem to keep up a really long run, I get out of breath quickly)? Could all the second hand smoke I'm getting from day to day be the problem? Or maybe lingering asthma problems? Anything I can do to increase my lung capacity.

 

[nervegrind3r]

get out of vicinity of those that do smoke, period. All that second hand smoke will affect you. Ask the people in your house to politely take the smoking outside, seriously.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Bad

 

[conorvansmack]

+1 on asking roommates to smoke outside. It's one thing to foul their own insides, but it's another thing entirely to foul the insides of others in addition to the place you all live.

 

[Atty]

Its not room mates, I'm only 18, and still live at home. My mother (who has RSD, a neurological disease, and yes still smokes) and my my grandmother (the owner of hour house) both smoke, my grandfather used to, but regardless it doesn't affect him, his room is down stairs and any smoking down there is done in our florida room, all the smoking usually takes place up stairs in either of their bed rooms, which are both near the main air vent, so when they light one up I get all the smoke.

Every time I've brought up that its harmful to me they just give me grief, my mom acts as if I treat her terribly and blame everything on her (assuming its some part of her depression, she's been in terrible shape for two years, and has left her feeling extremely depressed) and my grandmother just acts like a martyr and gets in a fit saying she'll never smoke again, then goes and has a cigarette 5 minutes later to calm down. I really can't escape it unless I move out which is nearly impossible. :

I guess I'll just have to live with it and my terrible lung capacity.

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: iAtticus
Its not room mates, I'm only 18, and still live at home. My mother (who has RSD, a neurological disease, and yes still smokes) and my my grandmother (the owner of hour house) both smoke, my grandfather used to, but regardless it doesn't affect him, his room is down stairs and any smoking down there is done in our florida room, all the smoking usually takes place up stairs in either of their bed rooms, which are both near the main air vent, so when they light one up I get all the smoke.

Every time I've brought up that its harmful to me they just give me grief, my mom acts as if I treat her terribly and blame everything on her (assuming its some part of her depression, she's been in terrible shape for two years, and has left her feeling extremely depressed) and my grandmother just acts like a martyr and gets in a fit saying she'll never smoke again, then goes and has a cigarette 5 minutes later to calm down. I really can't escape it unless I move out which is nearly impossible. :

I guess I'll just have to live with it and my terrible lung capacity.

How about closing air cond went and opening window?
Or getting one of these air purifiers that would filter particles out of air?

 

[Atty]

This is Florida and I have a PC in my room, turning off the AC and opening a window is just asking for my room to become a hot box lol. Right now without the AC on (its broken right now actually) its 95c in our hallway and probably a bit hotter in my bed room, and that is with fans on and all windows open.

An air pruifier I would look into if I could be guaranteed they work but aren't they really expensive? I guess I could justify the purchase and I'm making more then enough from my current job but still, I'd want to know its worth it before making the investment.

 

[MegaVovaN]

I don't know much about air purifiers, and I think you meant 95 F, not 95 C, cuz if it was 95 C you'd be dead by now, and/or Florida mid day would feel like a cool breeze at what, about 40C in the sun?

 

[onlyCOpunk]

While it may be annoying, I have yet to see any reports of second hand smoke giving anyone lung cancer or anything.

It's probably not the best for you, but I guess as long as you are living under their roof, you have to live with smoke.

 

[LostUte]

Originally posted by: onlyCOpunk
While it may be annoying, I have yet to see any reports of second hand smoke giving anyone lung cancer or anything.

It's probably not the best for you, but I guess as long as you are living under their roof, you have to live with smoke.

Second hand smoke causes thousands of cases of lung cancer each year.
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In addition, it dramatically raises the risk of heart disease, pneumonia, etc.

 

[Canai]

Second hand smoke is worse than inhaling the cig directly. You get a lot of the smoke that comes right of the cig instead of going through the filter, in addition to the exhaled smoke.

Originally posted by: onlyCOpunk
While it may be annoying, I have yet to see any reports of second hand smoke giving anyone lung cancer or anything.

It's probably not the best for you, but I guess as long as you are living under their roof, you have to live with smoke.

Been living under a rock have you?

OP: tell your mom she's being a bitch and is indeed poisoning you by smoking in your vicinity. Tell her to man up and smoke outside.

 

[irishScott]

A lot of Air Purifiers suck royal ass. Especially the ones on infomercials. (Ionic breeze produces Mucho ozone and doesn't move enough air, the Orec XLPro just fails). Unfortunately, the models that actually do anything (especially with regard to smoke) are fairly expensive. The cheapest effective (verified by independent testing) purifier I could find is the Alen T100 I've got it's bigger brother the T300 and never looked back. It's essentially the same purifier with half the capacity, but it'll cover a small room easy. It's more oriented toward removing pollen/dust and the like but it will do a light-decent job on smoke and is definitely better than nothing.

Test Results They used to have more details on the tests, don't know where those went. Still, I trust them.

Also found this I don't know the details of the testing, but it's apparently rated to reduce smoke.

All that said, if you do your research you might be able to find something better. This is by no means a comprehensive list.

Edit: Fixed post

 

[ShawnD1]

http://www.sepp.org/Archive/reality/courtrules.html

Your risk of getting lung cancer without smoking is 1 in 100,000
Your risk of getting lung cancer with second hand smoke is 1 in 80,000

If you're worried about second hand smoke killing you, you really have too much free time on your hands. Get a job or something.

 

[onlyCOpunk]

Originally posted by: ShawnD1
http://www.sepp.org/Archive/reality/courtrules.html

Your risk of getting lung cancer without smoking is 1 in 100,000
Your risk of getting lung cancer with second hand smoke is 1 in 80,000

If you're worried about second hand smoke killing you, you really have too much free time on your hands. Get a job or something.

YUSSS someone agrees with me. Unless you're sitting there taking shotguns from your mom's mouth, which I highly doubt you are, their second hand smoke is more of an annoyance.

Move out. You shouldn't have live with that, and maybe you moving out because of the smoke will flip a switch in your mom's head.