{"id":11766,"date":"2024-01-17T13:10:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T21:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/?p=11766"},"modified":"2024-01-17T13:10:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T21:10:58","slug":"how-are-smoking-and-hearing-loss-linked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/how-are-smoking-and-hearing-loss-linked\/","title":{"rendered":"How Are Smoking and Hearing Loss Linked?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The further we get from indoor restaurants and workplace smoking, the less believable it feels that breakfast out with your family once included buckets of secondhand smoke. While it may feel as if smoke-free laws have been around a long time, as few as 26 U.S. states had comprehensive smoke-free bans in place by December 31, 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Though smoke-free bans have cut down on a substantial amount of secondhand smoke exposure, tobacco is still the leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death in the United States<\/a>. When you think of smoking-related diseases, lung and throat cancer are probably the first to mind. However, one significant disease you may not consider as a result of smoking is hearing loss<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow Common Is Hearing Loss in Smokers?<\/h2>\n\n\n