Additionally environmental or second hand smoke has been shown to increase the likelihood of snoring in children. Child snoring is not to be taken lightly with research showing that children who snore are twice as likely to have attention and hyperactivity problems.

The good news is that people who have quit smoking are no more likely to snore than people who have never smoked at all.

Stopping smoking and reducing or eliminating enviromental smoke exposure are important in the treatement of snoring.

If you have faced the challenge before, but have never been able to quit, then take a look at one of the government funded sites like http://www.smokefree.gov that have lots of free tools.

Stopping smoking isn't easy and some people have to try many times before they can give up permanently. The benefit of quitting smoking can't be understated. Besides the health benefits there is the financial windfall. So if you decide to go down the non smoking road I wish you only the best. You'll thank yourself for it.

References

1. Karl A. Franklin, Thórarinn Gíslason, Ernst Omenaas, Rain Jõgi, Erik Juel Jensen, Eva Lindberg, Maria Gunnbjörnsdóttir, Lennarth Nyström, Birger N. Laerum, Eythor Björnsson, Kjell Torén and Christer Janson, The Influence of Active and Passive Smoking on Habitual Snoring, Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. October 1, 2004 vol. 170 no. 7 799-803

2. F Kauffmann, I Annesi, F Neukirch, MP Oryszczyn and A Alperovitch, The relation between snoring and smoking, body mass index, age, alcohol consumption and respiratory symptoms, ERJ July 1, 1989 vol. 2 no. 7 599-603

3. J W Bloom, W T Kaltenborn and S F Quan, Risk factors in a general population for snoring. Importance of cigarette smoking and obesity. CHEST April 1988 vol. 93 no. 4 678-683

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