Passive smoking?

the smoke your friends breaths out is not harmful. The smoke coming from the end of the cigarette/cigar/blunt is where the harmful smoke is, but you'd have to be constantly inhaling it (which is something not even a smoker would do) in order to feel negative effects.

Yeah he's my boss... Sigh :\ ah well. Everyone smokes like chimneys over here :s not really my scene... Nevermind...

I've been in an environment like that once. It seriously irritated my sinuses.
At times, I sneezed and coughed a lot although I couldn't smell the cigar....
But I could bet that the passive smoke was there.

Passive smoke affects people in different ways.
May I ask.... How long have you been exposed to it?

You are obviously a massive hypochondriac, but no worries it's not your fault.

When the government, education and the media grind the idea into you that a little bit of passive smoke will kill you you'll start to feel psychosomatic symptoms. The placebo effect basically.

Yeah it won't affect you over a short period of time.

I'm au pairing.

Yeah you've got no chance of stopping it tbh. Especially as he's employing you!
But surely this was mentioned before you took the job??
I've got asthma, I smoke like one of these so called chimneys over here.
I think you are psyching yourself out a bit, especially with the loss of sense of smell and things.
Plus cigarettes, etc. are so cheap here - everyone seems to smoke.
It shouldn't harm you horrendously.

Sounds sexy.

I'm working away from home in a live in job. Here's the thing: one of the people I work for chain smokes cigars all day. Could this be having a very bad effect on my health from the passive smoke? How do I counter act the effects because I really want to stick this out? I don't really know much about the effects of passive smoking only actual smoking... Any help?

It's given me a realy sore throat so far not sure whether this is from the passive smoke or just cos I have a cold or something...
Sorry if this sounds massively hypochondriac ish.

Sorry?

Three months?
Okay thanks.

I feel kinda sorry for kids who grow up in households with chain smokers though, must have damaging effects really.

the smoke that is exhaled is not harmful.

Hey Elf

The sore throat could well be from the cigar smoke. I used to work in a bar before the smoking ban here and sometimes the members started smoking cigars... I usually had a sore throat the next day. I hate the smell of cigar smoke, I don't know how you put up with it!

The smoke will damage your health, there are lots of nasty chemicals in it (like any smoke). The good thing is that the damage to your lungs will be reversible if you are only inhaling it for 3 months, so don't worry too much about it . The only 'long term' effect would be a very slightly increased risk of cancer, but then a lot of things can do that anyway even if you are outdoors (pollution etc.)

I've grown up with two parents smoking constantly, it's probably had an effect but you don't notice really

Yes it is.