Passive smoke has a significant impact on indoor air quality. In the presence of smokers, the indoor environment can quickly become polluted with harmful particles and gases that negatively affect health. In this article we will look at this problem.

   How does secondhand smoke affect air quality?

  Tobacco smoke consists of thousands of chemicals, including many that are toxic or carcinogenic. When these substances are inhaled by non-smokers in passive form, they can lead to a number of health problems, such as heart disease, lung cancer and respiratory infections.
 
  Indoors, where there is smoking, the levels of these harmful substances in the air can be much higher than in outdoor air, even in places with high levels of air pollution.

   What are the health effects?

  Long-term exposure to indoor secondhand smoke can lead to a number of health problems. Adults can experience an increased risk of heart disease, stroke and lung cancer. Children are particularly vulnerable, with a higher risk of lower respiratory infections, otitis media and sudden infant death.

   How to improve air quality?

  There are several ways to improve indoor air quality when exposed to secondhand smoke:

   1. Stop smoking: The best solution, of course, is to avoid smoking indoors.

   2. Ventilation: Regular indoor ventilation can help remove tobacco smoke, but it is not completely effective because some particles can remain in the air for a long time.

   3. Air purifiers: Air purifiers can help remove some tobacco smoke particles, but they cannot remove all harmful substances.

   Summary

  Secondhand tobacco smoke has a significant impact on indoor air quality and can lead to a number of health problems. By far the best solution is to avoid smoking indoors. Other measures, such as ventilation and air purifiers, can help, but they cannot remove all harmful substances from tobacco smoke.