Sunday, January 1, 2012

Does second-hand smoke deplete oxygen, sort of like smoke inhalation on a smaller scale?

I have always been very sensitive to breathing in second-hand cigarette smoke. Obviously I am not and never was a smoker. My smoker-friends make the ogy that breathing in second-hand smoke is no more of an inconvenience and annoyance than breathing in somebody's strong perfume. Regardless of the obvious health-related differences between the two, can I use the argument that second-hand cigarette smoke, to some extent, actually depletes the level of oxygen I am getting, because in my opinion, it is similar to people who die not from the actual fire in their home, but from the smoke inhalation. On a much smaller scale, isn't this what cigarette smoke is doing? Depleting the oxygen around you? Because when I am directly in the "line of fire" of someone's cigarette, I literally feel like I am being lightly choked, and it is slightly harder for me to breathe? Therefore, the ogy that strong perfume odor or distant car fumes are the same as second hand cigarette smoke blowing right in one's face would not be a valid one? Correct?

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