Some horrified information >>>>>:-

"Secondhand smoke kills as many as 62,000 Americans annually from heart
disease." (CalEPA, 1997)".

"Measurements of the carbon monoxide (CO) concentration at a cigar
party and a cigar banquet in a restaurant showed indoor CO levels
comparable to those measured on a crowded California freeway."

"Some 88% of the non-smoking U.S. population has cotinine (indicator of
exposure to tobacco smoke) in their blood." (Pirke et al., 1996).

Tobacco smoke is as dangerous to non-smokers as firsthand smoke is to
smokers themselves. The EPA has classified tobacco smoke (containing 43
carcinogens) as a Class A carcinogen - a known cause of human cancer.

The detrimental health effects of exposure to environmental tobacco
smoke (ETS) are well documented and include lung cancer and coronary
heart disease among adults, low birth weight and sudden infant death
syndrome from exposure during and after pregnancy, and asthma,
bronchitis and pneumonia in children. The EPA estimates that for
between 200,000 and one million asthmatic children, exposure to
secondhand smoke worsens their condition. Secondhand smoke can make
healthy children less than 18 months of age sick; it can cause
pneumonia, ear infections, bronchitis, coughing, wheezing, and
increased mucus production. According to the EPA, secondhand smoke can
lead to the buildup of fluid in the middle ear, the most common cause
of hospitalization of children for an operation.