The health effects of first-hand cigarette smoke are widely known to cause cancer, lung problems, heart attacks and other serious side effects to the smoker. The negative effects of second-hand smoke are also well known and have resulted in many bans on public smoking. Restaurants, businesses, public buildings, and in some cases, other public locations such as bus depots and parks have banned cigarette smoking due to the harmful health hazards of second-hand smoke. Realizing the dangerous effects of second-hand smoke has resulted in many individuals taking their cigarette smoking habits outdoors away from other people. Parents, realizing the dangers to their children, open windows when smoking in the home or car, close doors to rooms when smoking cigarettes or smoke outside away from children and pets to prevent them from being … Read entire article »