Tobacco smoke is not only harmful to the person who smokes cigarettes, but it also causes equal harm to other people around, who inhale second hand smoke with their breath. Dr Abhishek Gulia, associate director of the department of radiation oncology at Jaypee Hospital in Noida, says it is important to understand that secondhand smoke poses a cancer risk. It is important for all of us to raise awareness on the importance of smoke-free environment so that the coming generation gets a lesson from it and the cases of cancer can be reduced. What is second-hand smoke? Second-hand smoke is the smoke caused by a burning cigarette, which goes inside the cigarette with the breath of the people around... [Read more]