Passive smoking happens when someone is exposed to tobacco fumes when they themselves are not smoking. A report last month by the Royal College of Physicians found that passive smoking in the home is a major hazard to the health of the millions of children in the UK who live with smokers
2 million children living in a household where they are exposed to cigarette smoke
4,000 number of toxic chemicals second-hand smoke contains
40 sudden infant deaths attributable to passive smoking each year
Source: NHS Choices
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