If you're a smoker, do yo subscribe to the belief that second-hand smoke causes no damage when inhaled by non-smokers? While some smokers I know defend the position that there are no ill effects from second-hand smoke, I just don't buy it.

Apparently, many researchers agree with me, as a recent round of research has added to the body of evidence that second-hand smoke is indeed dangerous, even in small amounts.

This new research showed that second-hard smoke can "can harm the function of the arteries in children," among other things. Adding to that, the inhalation of second-hand smoke was found to be "harmful to the cardiovascular system of healthy schoolchildren." What about adults who breathe in second-hand smoke? I would venture to guess the disadvantages are pretty much the same.

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Smoking seems to be under attack worldwide as people realize that secondhand smoke can be just as devastating to non-smokers as those who smoke cigarettes. The freedom to smoke in your own home or in the open air are still placed where smokers can go to smoke, but if Toronto, Canada gets its way, smoking may be banned from apartment buildings.

What do you think? Smoking in apartment buildings, which generally have interconnected airways for ventilation, can expose non-smoking residents to secondhand smoke -- definitely not a good thing. But then again, one's own living quarters is about the only place left for many to smoke these days with public bans coming to countries around the globe.

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