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+ April 05, 2021 NO ONE, except the chain smokers, would argue with me about the bad effects of smoking cigarettes. In my previous column, it was cited that according to data site ourworldindata.org, smoking remains to be one of the major causes for early death with an estimated 8 million people who died from smoking in 2017. In the Philippines, the Philippine Statistics Authority and the Department of Health reported last year that there 15.9 million Filipino or at least 14.7% of our population have continued smoking despite the government’s persistent campaign against tobacco products.
Smoking does not only affect the smoker himself/herself but it also puts those around them at risk for what is known as secondhand smoking. Non-smokers are also affected through passive smoking defined as the smoke exhaled by the smoker combined with the smoke created by a lit cigarette. Secondhand smoke is dangerous to anyone who breathes it in since it is full of toxins
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