Effects of smoke on babies

Smoking is not only harmful to one's own health, but also causes health damage to family members around you, especially it will have serious effects on the bodies of infants. Babies living in an environment filled with smoke may develop anorexia. The harmful substances in cigarettes can also damage the baby's brain and cause developmental abnormalities. In addition, smoke can cause babies to suffer from respiratory diseases (such as bronchitis, pneumonia, etc.), heart disease, and chronic otitis media.

1. Induce anorexia

It is difficult for babies to expel harmful substances inhaled into their bodies after being exposed to passive smoking. If parents smoke while their baby is eating, it can easily affect the baby's appetite. When the baby associates eating with smoking, anorexia may occur.

2. Brain damage

Impaired intellectual ability. If a baby cannot absorb good and sufficient oxygen during its development period and is surrounded by smoke, it will seriously affect brain development and cause intellectual impairment.

3. Developmental impairment

Many children are stunted and their height is below normal, and a large part of the reason is due to passive smoking.

Living in a smoky home environment increases the baby's likelihood of developing acute or chronic otitis media.

5. Respiratory diseases

If parents smoke, their babies are more likely to suffer from bronchitis, bronchiolitis or pneumonia, and the incidence rate is proportional to the degree of smoking of the father.

6. Heart disease

Babies are in a very special stage. During this period, all aspects of the baby's body functions are not yet perfect and need to develop. Inhaling too much toxic gas at this time will affect development and cause heart disease, etc.

Babies who are exposed to passive smoking are also very likely to die suddenly because they may suffer from respiratory diseases such as bronchitis, pneumonia, and asthma, which are closely related to breathing.

2. "Thirdhand smoke" is most harmful to babies

"Third-hand smoke" brings many harms to health, among which infants and young children are the biggest victims. First of all, babies are small in weight, so the same concentration of toxic substances will cause greater harm. Secondly, babies like to play with toys, crawl, bite things, etc., and are easily exposed to "third-hand smoke" remaining in the environment. Secondly, infants and young children have fragile immune systems and are more likely to develop diseases after being exposed to these harmful substances. The most direct consequence is respiratory problems, such as acute trachea, bronchitis, asthma, etc. Even if the smoke particle content is very low, babies may still experience symptoms of neurotoxicity after contact. In severe cases, it may affect the child's future reading ability, intellectual development, etc.

3. How to prevent "third-hand smoke"

Ashtrays are an important source of "third-hand smoke" and should be cleaned frequently. Putting some Jingzhiwu air purifier tablets in the ashtray can effectively absorb harmful gases and particles, especially tar and nicotine attached to various surfaces of cloth, leather, furniture, carpets, walls, etc. in the room, providing the baby with a safe and clean air environment.