Are passive smokers more affected than smokers?

Actually they are not. There's a very misleading soundbite that's been heavily spread through antismoking media over the last thirty years that says, basically, "Secondhand smoke is worse than first hand smoke. read more

The passive smoker inhales the smoke exhaled by many smokers but even then I don't think the passive smoker gets affected more than the smoker because the smoker inhales his own smoke and also the smoke of other smokers while the non-smoker inhales only the smoke of others. read more

Because the active smoker inhales both smokes; passing thorough the filter and the tip of the cigarette, where as the passive smoker inhales the smoke from the cigarette tip and also the carbon free smoke released from the lung of the smoker. Since the nose of the active smoker is nearer to the tip of the cigarette that he is smoking, he should get more direct smoke from cigarette tip than the passive smokers. read more

Due to this fact, there is a general belief that the passive smoker is affected more than the active smoker because he inhales the smoke coming from the cigarette tip. This is not true. Passive Smoking is less injurious to health, as compared to Active smoking, because Active smokers are Passive smokers as well. read more