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Why is passive smoking more dangerous than active?

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I am sure you have heard those sayings that passive smoking is more dangerous than active smoking because in passive smoking, you inhale the smoke while in active smoking, you just inhale and exhale the smoke. read more

Passive smoking is as dangerous as active smoking if not more. You have to understand the precise characteristics of what constitutes second hand smoke. Smoke is emitted in two ways from the cigarette. One is inhaled from the filter, the other is released by the burning end. Now you may think, they are both the same, but not quite. read more

Active is more harmful for real smokers but also passive smoking can lead a 'neutral person' to have the negative effects of smoking, without smoking. This applies for children, when parents are both smokers. read more

Why passive smoking is worse than smoking Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on May 31, the World Health Organisation (WHO) posted some alarming data on their website. "The global tobacco epidemic kills nearly six million people each year, of which more than 6,00,000 are non-smokers dying from breathing second-hand smoke," it said. read more