Palavra Irena Rojnić, Franelić Iva Pejnović, Milanović Sanja Musić, Puljić Kresimir
Lijec Vjesn. 2013 Nov-Dec;135(11-12):326-9.
Although still not perceived in this way, passive smoking is a public health issue of great importance. World Health Organization estimates that as a result of passive exposure to tobacco smoke each year 600,000 people die, of which 165,000 children. There are 33% of men, 35% of women and 40% of children who do not smoke, but are exposed to second hand smoke, and still only 11% of the world population is protected by adequate smoke-free legislation. Scientific literature provides evidence that passive exposure to tobacco smoke can result in numerous adverse health effects: asthma and allergies, respiratory infections and (middle) ear infections, cancers of various localization, accelerated atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, retardation of growth and development in children, and in pregnancy it can lead to congenital anomalies and premature birth as well as lower body weight and length of the child. Certainly, the scariest consequence of all is sudden infant death syndrome, also called "death in the crib". Smoke-free policies have proven their effectiveness, but while implementing the laws, it is necessary to raise public awareness of the hazards of, both active and passive, exposure to tobacco smoke.
尽管目前人们尚未这样看待，但被动吸烟是一个极为重要的公共卫生问题。世界卫生组织估计，每年有60万人因被动接触烟草烟雾而死亡，其中16.5万是儿童。有33%的男性、35%的女性和40%的儿童不吸烟，但却接触二手烟，而全球仍只有11%的人口受到了充分的无烟立法保护。科学文献表明，被动接触烟草烟雾会导致众多不良健康影响：哮喘和过敏、呼吸道感染和（中）耳感染、各种部位的癌症、动脉粥样硬化加速和心血管疾病、儿童生长发育迟缓，在孕期还会导致先天性异常和早产以及婴儿体重和身长偏低。当然，最可怕的后果当属婴儿猝死综合征，也被称为“摇篮死亡”。无烟政策已证明其有效性，但在执行法律的同时，有必要提高公众对主动和被动接触烟草烟雾危害的认识。
