I am secondhand smoking...

Hi friend, sad to hear that you are smoking passively. This kind of passive smoking will give more health issues compared with active smoking. Better to avoid your friends while they are smoking and have fun with them after their smoking activities. As you mentioned you stopped your smoking activity, really it is a good thing. Keep it up

I can not but admire your grim courage! Because my dad smokes a lot, and he used to quit smoking twice before, but both failed. Everytime I ask him why failed, he says to me:"Oh, my friends and my co-workers are all smokers, you know,and the most importance is that they always invite me to smoke with them, it's strange if I don't smoke, and BALA~BALA~" and at present my dad is still smoking I would never expect him to quit smoking again! And to you , my suggestion is to reduce your chat with your smoker friends, if possible you can persuade them to quit smoking, but it's would be very diffcult. You can also make new friends who don't smoke. Otherwise, you can wear a mask when chatting with your smoker friends! LOL~~~

I don`t know how many times do you go out with your friends. If it`s every day, they you might consider in talking to them anbd asking them to not smoke for the first half of the breaks so that you can be with them and then you can go away as they start to smoke. I`m sure you can reach an agreement if they like you.

good for you, to give up on smoking. too many people find it hard to quit and stop so congratulations to you. inhaling second hand smoke is more dangerous to the person than the one who does the smoking,. i think if your friends or are around people who constantly smoke or don't quit there is no escaping the smoke. well, just try not to inhale too much smoke, that is hard to avoid especially being around smoker friends, u cannot also control and stop them from their vice. i think for now, that is the only thing and choice you have. hold your breath.

It is better to reduce your meeting up with them if you really care for your health (if you cannot stopped them from smoking) . The person who inhale the smoke beside smokers could be more worst then the smoker

Hi,jayceeg1987! I am suffering from the same situation.Usually i raise my advice directly.My father smokes a lot and never seems to give it up.But every time i found him burning and inhaling i still try my best to stop him because i love him.I think it goes for your friends.

It's too bad that you quit smoking and none of your friends did. I know from experience with family members that second hand smoke is as bad as if you smoked yourself. I've lost family who never smoked a day in their lives to Lung Cancer and it's not fair. You might think about making new friends or just ask them not to smoke when your around. That's the least they could do for you.

When I worked in an office at 18 to 20 years old some colleagues smoked whilst at their desks. This was annoying and it affected my friend more than me. I hung around with non smoking friends at lunch time. On the Saturday nights I liked to go to pubs and nightclubs. People smoked at those unfortunately. These days there is thankfully a smoking ban in all public places in my home country. Therefore I don't go near people that are smoking all that much. I hope that you find some new friends that don't smoke. You were very sensible to give up smoking five years ago. You don't want the danger of second hand smoking or passive smoking. Good luck.

If your friends love smoking and you also love to be with them, then you need inhale those smokes. You cannot easily ask them to stop because first of all, it is their hobby and maybe obsession. The only thing to avoid those is to stop hanging out with them which I know you wont do.

Don't they impose a No Smoking policy in your office? In the mall that our company manages, we have that. That's because the province has a No Smoking policy being imposed. In fact, we have a permit for a smoking area, design of which was subjected to their approval. That way, the non-smokers avoids getting the smoke from the smokers.

you should make them understand that this will effect their health. i think they will not listen to it so you should tell them that you feel uncomfortable. moreovr whenever they smoke you act as if you are coughing. . i am sure it will work.