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Can your throat hurt from second hand smoke?
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Throat pain: Smoke of the cigarrettes may cause all kinds of secundary effects especially for the irritants in the smoke allergic rhinitis, laringytis and cough may be involved and we try to avoid exposure of cigarrete smoke on people with asthma.
Answered 6/21/2020
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Smoking: Yes it certainly can -secondhand smoke is more toxic than firsthand smoke by a factor of 4. 4 times more toxic.
Answered 4/10/2017
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