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# Asthma
This woman doesn't smoke but cigarettes have almost killed her
Just how dangerous is passive smoking?
BREDA FLOOD IS a school principal from Wexford who has never smoked.
However, she has required emergency medical care because of cigarettes.
Speaking at a press briefing organised by a number of health organisations and charities, she noted that smoking is the most dangerous trigger for asthma attacks which claim the life of one person a week in Ireland. They also result in thousands more sufferers being hospitalised.
She tells her own personal story of the dangers of passive smoking.
(YouTube: SineadOCarrollTJ)
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