Narrative Review: Passive Smoking in Children: Associated Factors and its Impact on Oral Health

Abstract

Passive smoking is the inhalation of the smoke given out by the cigarette smoker, and while its environmental implications have been widely discussed, the health hazard it is to passive smokers is yet to be encroached upon in-depth. Children are more susceptible to passive smoking, with their body systems and immunity being less developed than adults. It set them in grave danger when exposed to environmental tobacco. Considering that almost all of the constituents of tobacco have been proven to be potential carcinogens, mutagens with toxic properties, the how and why tobacco smoke is a silent killer primarily in children is of much interest. Hence this paper aims at appraising the readers on the technicalities of passive smoking in children and its associated factors and impact on their oral health.