Who is most at risk for secondhand smoke?

Who is most at risk for secondhand smoke?

Linda Hyder Ferry (Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine and Family Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine) gives expert video advice on: What is 'secondhand smoke'?; Is secondhand smoke worse from cigarettes or cigars?; What are the dangers of secondhand smoke? and more...

Anyone who is in the environment of a burning cigar, pipe or cigarette where that smoke expands to fill the space in a car or room, and anyone exposed to that breathing space is at risk. Second-hand smoke is not safe no matter what quantity you breathe it in. For some people it's even more dangerous. That would include people who live with smokers, roommates, spouses, the children, co-workers, anyone exposed to the sensation. If you can smell cigarette smoke, you're at risk for having some of the toxic effects occurring in you. The smaller you're packaged, meaning children or pets, the higher the individual risk is for them for the toxic effect.