Living with neighbours with a cigarette habit? Some say if you can't stand the secondhand smoke, just close your windows and doors. That's what Singaporean dad 'Mr Ng' is doing but it means having to live like that all the time, out of concern for his 22-month-old daughter's health.
His and his neighbour’s balconies are just a metre apart, and the smoke disperses quickly throughout his home.
In a #TalkingPoint experiment, air quality sensors were placed in Mr Ng’s home for two weeks.
00:00 Impact on their life
00:31 Air quality sensors measure PM2.5
00:59 The results
01:48 Health impact of secondhand smoke
02:22 How much exposure does it take?
Mr Ng has spoken to his neighbours, approached the town council and HDB, but nothing has worked. His neighbours maintain their right to smoke at the balcony.
There are over 250 cancer-causing and toxic chemicals in secondhand smoke. Some of the detrimental health impacts associated with secondhand smoke include heart disease, asthma attacks, breast cancer, cot death, and pregnancy complications like miscarriage and low birthweight.
In Singapore, about 300 non-smokers’ deaths in 2019 have been attributed to secondhand smoke.
*Mr Ng is a pseudonym.
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6 июн 2024