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Probably.I have all sorts of problems after being around sidestream smoke in my family. I've never smoked.Secondary sidestream smoke is not the only risk from smoking.Secondhand smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals. Hundreds are toxic and about 70 can cause cancer along with many other severe risks.I tried to include some information here in this answer if you don't want to follow the links because there are several. It's a pretty frightening picture and I don't see how anyone can deny it.I have had bronchitis all of my life. My dad smoked and he died of lung cancer where his tumor wrapped around his aorta and was inoperable. He slowly suffocated over 5 years.My best friend of 38 years died of lung cancer in May of 2013. she only lived one year after Her diagnosis.My late husband died of bladder cancer linked to smoking. He was given 18 months to live and lasted a little over 6 years but the treatment was awful. Again, November of 2013.BarbThe following is some information and Live links regarding sidestream smoke…some of the results are as follows:Sudden infant death syndrome SIDSAsthmaLung cancer in people who have never smoked.Cardiovascular disease/heart attackStrokeBronchitisPneumoniaThe World Health Organization/WHO has a fact sheet.World Health Organization › respiratory Facts.According to WHO estimates, 235 million people suffer from asthma. ... Over 80% of asthma deaths occurs in low and lower-middle income countries. Asthma is under-diagnosed and under-treated, creating a substantial burden to individuals and families and possibly restricting individuals' activities for a lifetime.The United States CDC/Center For Communicable Disease out of Atlanta has a lot of information on what happens to people who are around sidestream smoke. It might be a good thing to go read it.Live Links below.http://CDC.comSkip directly to A to Z listSkip directly to navigationSkip directly to page optionsSkip directly to site .Smoking & Tobacco UseHealth Effects of Secondhand SmokeSecondhand Smoke Causes Cardiovascular DiseaseSecondhand Smoke Causes Lung CancerSecondhand Smoke Causes SIDSSecondhand Smoke Harms ChildrenReferencesSecondhand smoke is the combination of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette and the smoke breathed out by smokers. Secondhand smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals. Hundreds are toxic and about 70 can cause cancer.Since the 1964 Surgeon General’s Report, 2.5 million adults who were nonsmokers died because they breathed secondhand smoke.There is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke.Secondhand smoke causes numerous health problems in infants and children, including more frequent and severe asthma attacks, respiratory infections, ear infections, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).1,4Smoking during pregnancy results in more than 1,000 infant deaths annually.4Some of the health conditions caused by secondhand smoke in adults include coronary heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer.1,4Health Consequences Causally Linked to Exposure to Secondhand SmokeNote:The condition in red is a new disease causally linked to secondhand smoke in the 2014 Surgeon General’s Report4Secondhand Smoke Causes Cardiovascular DiseaseExposure to secondhand smoke has immediate adverse effects on the cardiovascular system and can cause coronary heart disease and stroke.Secondhand smoke causes nearly 34,000 premature deaths from heart disease each year in the United States among nonsmokers.4Nonsmokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke at home or at work increase their risk of developing heart disease by 25–30%.Secondhand smoke increases the risk for stroke by 20−30%.Secondhand smoke exposure causes more than 8,000 deaths from stroke annually.Breathing secondhand smoke can have immediate adverse effects on your blood and blood vessels, increasing the risk of having a heart attack.Breathing secondhand smoke interferes with the normal functioning of the heart, blood, and vascular systems in ways that increase the risk of having a heart attack.Even brief exposure to secondhand smoke can damage the lining of blood vessels and cause your blood platelets to become stickier. These changes can cause a deadly heart attack.People who already have heart disease are at especially high risk of suffering adverse effects from breathing secondhand smoke and should take special precautions to avoid even brief exposures.Secondhand Smoke Causes Lung CancerSecondhand smoke causes lung cancer in adults who have never smoked.Nonsmokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke at home or at work increase their risk of developing lung cancer by 20–30%.2Secondhand smoke causes more than 7,300 lung cancer deaths among U.S. nonsmokers each year.Nonsmokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke are inhaling many of the same cancer-causing substances and poisons as smokers.Even brief secondhand smoke exposure can damage cells in ways that set the cancer process in motion.As with active smoking, the longer the duration and the higher the level of exposure to secondhand smoke, the greater the risk of developing lung cancer.Secondhand Smoke Causes SIDSSudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden, unexplained, unexpected death of an infant in the first year of life. SIDS is the leading cause of death in otherwise healthy infants.Secondhand smoke increases the risk for SIDS.Smoking by women during pregnancy increases the risk for SIDS.Infants who are exposed to secondhand smoke after birth are also at greater risk for SIDS.Chemicals in secondhand smoke appear to affect the brain in ways that interfere with its regulation of infants’ breathing.Infants who die from SIDS have higher concentrations of nicotine in their lungs and higher levels of cotinine (a biological marker for secondhand smoke exposure) than infants who die from other causes.Parents can help protect their babies from SIDS by taking the following three actions:Do not smoke when pregnant.Do not smoke in the home or around the baby.Put the baby down to sleep on its back.Secondhand Smoke Harms ChildrenSecondhand smoke can cause serious health problems in children.Studies show that older children whose parents smoke get sick more often. Their lungs grow less than children who do not breathe secondhand smoke, and they get more bronchitis and pneumonia.Wheezing and coughing are more common in children who breathe secondhand smoke.Secondhand smoke can trigger an asthma attack in a child. Children with asthma who are around secondhand smoke have more severe and frequent asthma attacks. A severe asthma attack can put a child’s life in danger.Children whose parents smoke around them get more ear infections. They also have fluid in their ears more often and have more operations to put in ear tubes for drainage.Parents can help protect their children from secondhand smoke by taking the following actions:Do not allow anyone to smoke anywhere in or near your home.Do not allow anyone to smoke in your car, even with the window down.Make sure your children’s day care centers and schools are tobacco-free.If your state still allows smoking in public areas, look for restaurants and other places that do not allow smoking. “No-smoking sections” do not protect you and your family from secondhand smoke.ReferencesU.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Let’s Make the Next Generation Tobacco-Free: Your Guide to the 50th Anniversary Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health. [PDF–795 KB]Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014 [accessed 2016 Jan 11].U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General.Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2006 [accessed 2017 Jan 11].U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: What It Means to You. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2010 [accessed 2017 Jan 11].U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014 [accessed 2017 Jan 11].Institute of Medicine. Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cardiovascular Effects: Making Sense of the Evidence. Washington: National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, 2010 [accessed 2017 Jan 11].American Academy of Pediatrics, Task Force on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The Changing Concept of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Diagnostic Coding Shifts; Controversies Regarding the Sleeping Environment; and New Variables to Consider in Reducing Risk. Pediatrics 2005;116(5):1245–55 [cited 2017 Jan 11].U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2004 [accessed 2017 Jan 11].Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Features: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) [last updated 2013 Oct 25; accessed 2017 Jan 11].U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: What It Means to You. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2010 [accessed 2017 Jan 11].For Further InformationCenters for Disease Control and PreventionNational Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health PromotionOffice on Smoking and HealthE-mail: [email protected]: 1-800-CDC-INFOMedia Inquiries: Contact CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health press line at 770-488-5493.Fact SheetsAdult DataCessationEconomicsFast FactsHealth EffectsSecondhand SmokeSmokeless TobaccoTobacco Marketing and ProductsYouth Tobacco UseGet Email UpdatesTo receive email updates about Smoking & Tobacco Use, enter your email address:Email:Enter Email AddressWhat's this?SubmitQuick LinksFor help with quitting1-800-QUIT-NOW1-800-784-8669Related CDC SitesTips From Former Smokers®Division of Cancer Prevention and ControlLung CancerNational Comprehensive Cancer Control ProgramDivision of Reproductive HealthMore CDC SitesMultimediaFollow CDCTobaccoFreeSmoking & Tobacco Use MediaFile Formats Help:How do I view different file formats (PDF, DOC, PPT, MPEG) on this site?Adobe PDF filePage last reviewed: January 17, 2018Page last updated: January 11, 2017Content source: Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health PromotionEmailRecommendTweetYouTubeInstagramListenWatchRSSABOUTLEGAL1600 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30329-4027USA800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636), TTY: 888-232-6348Email CDC-INFOU.S. Department of Health & Human ServicesHHS/OpenUSA.govTOP

Having helped build one of the most sophisticated outbreak and communicable disease response and management systems in the world, and having written on Trump’s Presidency several times, I have a set of opinions around this.WHO is not at fault. China is not at fault.The early days of outbreaks are deeply uncertain. WHO’s response with 20:20 hindsight is imperfect, but having worked with public health officials and experts closely in the aftermath of SARS, I assure you that they were sweating over making the best decisions they could with deeply limited information. Cases are anecdotes. Outbreaks are statistics. Epidemics and pandemics are statistics. There was far too little information to form high quality conclusions in the timeline.Blaming WHO is almost entirely inappropriate. Are there key things that they will learn from this and improve upon? Certainly. Blaming China is even worse. Once the federal government figured out what was going on, they instituted a deeply aggressive response plan and told everyone in the world, including WHO and the USA what was occurring and the risks. That’s why China has under 100k confirmed cases of the over 2 million cases currently counted, and under 4k deaths in the entire country of 1.4 billion people.China’s response was textbook. You can argue about details and you can argue about the comparative rights to continue breathing vs freedom of assembly all you want, but from an epidemiological perspective, they acted swiftly and well, and they are in better shape for it. There are lots of details to be fussed over, but outcomes matter, and they succeeded. As a result, they’ll be back in good economic shape faster than many other developed nations.Trump, his Party and his captive Fox News arm are at fault.Based on divisive populism, ignorance and partisan foolishness, the side of the USA that sneers at the ‘reality-based community’ ignored reality. The one early action Trump did, shutting down some travel with China, was done mostly to attack the country he’s been demonizing for years, and was not implemented as a pandemic response. For almost two months, nothing happened. The timeline of Trump’s communications on the subject, golf trips and rallies is telling and disturbing. His refrain of the severity being a Democratic hoax is on record and he pushed it multiple times.The Republican Party failed to be resilient enough to prevent Trump from hijacking them after decades of self-inflicted wounds as they departed further and further from the ‘reality-based community’. They failed to contain him in any way once he was President. They failed to even listen to the rather overwhelming evidence in his impeachment, voting entirely on partisan lines to ignore his unfitness for office. They instead leaned in behind him, asserting the lack of severity. Even now, Florida is ejecting health officials from briefings when they say inconvenient things. Several Republican states still don’t have social distancing ordnances in places. Update: many Red states have now reopened without meeting the sensible guidelines that say it’s safe.Trump and the Republicans gutted epidemic response readiness over his Administration. They didn’t take the rebuilding plan post H1N1 that Obama and Biden had put in place. They didn’t listen to the US military’s January 2017 assessment of the national stockpiles. They canceled restocking contracts. They shut down a national pandemic intelligence and response team. They took a nation with an at least on paper epidemic readiness second to none globally, degraded that readiness massively and then ignored the remains for weeks.Fox News was, as always, the partisan cheerleading propaganda arm. Their reporting has been so irresponsible that they started hiring lawyers for the inevitable lawsuits well over a month ago as it became clear how badly they’d screwed up. The first lawsuits are hitting.Fox News viewers and Republican voters consistently showed vastly lower awareness of the potential severity of the pandemic and vastly lower adherence to social distancing. These voters were misled badly by their representatives and the primary media arm that they foolishly depend on.Trump’s re-election is deeply unlikely so he’s picking new enemies.Even before the pandemic, Trump’s path to re-election was littered with landmines, many of which he’d buried himself and then forgotten about. Climate action was much higher on the list of priorities of a large majority of voters than the Republicans were able to admit. Florida was highly likely to flip with its climate challenges and its 1.6 million re-enfranchised voters, and its 29 electoral votes are critical to the Presidency. The almost 3 million popular vote variance in 2016 and almost 10 million popular vote variance in 2018 meant Trump’s ability to eke out tiny victories in swing states was almost non-existent.And now his incompetence has caused the USA to be the global center for the pandemic, with far more Americans dead than in other countries. 10 times the deaths of 9/11 so far. 7 times the deaths of American soldiers in the Iraq Invasion GWB instituted with predictably bad results.Obama and Biden managed H1N1 and Ebola well. The economy didn’t tank. The American death rate wasn’t a daily reporting feature. They left the USA better prepared for COVID-19 than it was for either of those diseases. Trump, the Republicans and Fox News have failed the American people.And the alternative is Biden, who was in the thickets of those epidemics. He’s on record early and clearly about COVID-19, its severity and its risks. He actually knows what he’s doing, unlike Trump.Trump’s re-election chances almost entirely hinged on a good economy and low unemployment. He inherited an amazing economy and job growth trajectory from Obama. He’s overseeing the destruction of that. The economy will not recover to previous levels by anything like voting day 2020. 2022, for sure, but not this year.Trump’s going to lose unless he pulls a rabbit out of his hat, and his only trick is to attack others and convince a bunch of low-information voters to be angry at people who don’t look like them. He’s a racist populist who refuses to accept responsibility.In November, everyone will know someone who died from COVID-19 as they enter the voting booths. The choice will be stark.Trump is deflecting blame while trying to regain his economic voting edge.Both are horrifically bad judgment, and based solely on his goal to be re-elected. They aren’t actions that are in the best interest of the USA, its citizens or its resilience. Trump doesn’t care if the USA dissolves as long as he gets the prize of being the head of the country. He’s actively destructive to the USA and the world.From Trump’s perspective, there’s no conflict in his horrifically bad choices. Both are increasing his tenuous chances of being able to eat hamburgers in the White House and call up Fox News whenever he wants and get on tv.

See results of the March 2016 publication from UCLA and the CDC for California.Policy Brief UCLA Cent Health Policy Res. 2016 Mar;(PB2016-1):1-8.Prediabetes in California: Nearly Half of California Adults on Path to Diabetes.Babey SH(1), Wolstein J(1), Diamant AL(2), Goldstein H(3).Author information:(1)UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Los Angeles, California (2)Division ofGeneral Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School ofMedicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California (3)Califrnia Center for Public HealthAdvocacy, Davis, CaliforniaIn California, more than 13 million adults (46 percent of all adults in thestate) are estimated to have prediabetes or undiagnosed diabetes. An additional2.5 million adults have diagnosed diabetes. Altogether, 15.5 million adults (55percent of all California adults) have prediabetes or diabetes. Although rates ofprediabetes increase with age, rates are also high among young adults, withone-third of those ages 18-39 having prediabetes. In addition, rates ofprediabetes are disproportionately high among young adults of color, with morethan one-third of Latino, Pacific Islander, American Indian, African-American,and multiracial Californians ages 18-39 estimated to have prediabetes. Policyefforts should focus on reducing the burden of prediabetes and diabetes throughsupport for prevention and treatment.PMID: 27197309 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]