Q What are the ill effects on my children if i smoke around them?
If you smoke around your children, it make them exposed to passive smoking or second-hand smoke, which itself is more dangerous than active smoking. It is more harmful for children, due to their small airways and immature immune system. Here are some ill effects you will give your children, when you smoke around them: they are prone to have lung, airway and heart diseases like bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia, bronchiolitis, croup, meningitis, tonsilitis, impaired sense of smell, impaired heart rate, thickening, inflammation and irritation of airways. Infants are more prone for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Apart from this, second hand smoke can cause behavioural changes and learning difficulties in your child. Chances are high that your children may take up smoking at their teenage as they see you smoking.