Which of the following is not an increased health risk for children and infants exposed to secondhand smoke? a. sids b. asthma c. chicken pox d. ear infections

The increased health risk for children and infants exposed to secondhand smoke is not chickenpox.

Further Explanation:

Tobacco use kills around four to six million individuals per year globally. Mainly 20 percent of death account for adult males and around 5-6 percent of death accounts for adult women.  

The number of death because of smoking will rise annually.

Mainly in adults, smoking causes severe respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, which include lung cancer and coronary heart disease. These diseases can be arrived by smoking because of tars released by tobacco cause genetic mutations that lead to the development of cancer cells. Also, it affects the lung severely.

Secondhand smoke is a combination of the smoke that appears from the burning last part of a cigarette, pipe or cigar, and smoke exhale out by smoker. It has around 6,000 chemicals. Those hundreds of chemicals are toxic and nearly 60 can be a reason for cancer.

Secondhand smoke cause health affect:

Around half of the population of children inhaled air, polluted by tobacco on a regular basis which affects children drastically. Also, polluted air affects pregnant women and infants. Chickenpox can not be arrived due to smoking.

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Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Subject: Health

Topic: Smoking

Keywords:

Smoking, adult, children, pregnant, infants, food, shelter, tobacco, cancer cell, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease.