Secondhand smoke is the combination of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette and the smoke breathed out by smokers. Secondhand smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals. Hundreds are toxic and about 70 can cause cancer.^1,2,3,4

Since the 1964 Surgeon General’s Report, 2.5 million adults who were nonsmokers died because they breathed secondhand smoke.¹

There is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke.

• Secondhand smoke causes numerous health problems in infants and children, including more frequent and severe asthma attacks, respiratory infections, ear infections, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).^1,4
• Smoking during pregnancy results in more than 1,000 infant deaths annually.⁴
• Some of the health conditions caused by secondhand smoke in adults include coronary heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer.^1,4