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PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL: THE EFFECTS OF SECONDHAND SMOKE
Public health officials have concluded that secondhand smoke from
cigarettes causes disease, including lung cancer and heart
disease, in non-smoking adults, as well as causes conditions in
children such as asthma, respiratory infections, cough, wheeze,
otitis media (middle ear infection) and Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome. In addition, public health officials have concluded
that secondhand smoke can exacerbate adult asthma and cause eye,
throat and nasal irritation. Secondhand smoke, also known as
environmental tobacco smoke or ETS, is a combination of the
smoke coming from the lit end of a cigarette plus the smoke
exhaled by a person smoking.
The public should be guided by the conclusions of public health
officials regarding the health effects of secondhand smoke in
deciding whether to be in places where secondhand smoke is
present, or if they are smokers, when and where to smoke around
others.
Particular care should be exercised where children are
concerned, and adults should avoid smoking around them.
Philip Morris International believes that the conclusions of
public health officials concerning environmental tobacco smoke
are sufficient to warrant measures that regulate smoking in
public places.
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