I observed that on average children exposed to second hand smoke regularly in their homes have higher lung capacities than people that are not exposed to second hand smoke in their homes.   I also observed that there is a higher percentage of children who have been exposed to second hand smoke that have asthma or another respiratory disease. 

        I tested 161 students and out of those 161 students 63 students (39 percent of people surveyed) have been exposed to second hand smoke regularly in their homes, while 98 students have not been exposed to second hand smoke (61 percent of people surveyed).  Twelve out of those 63 students exposed to second hand smoke have asthma (19 percent of those people who have been exposed to second hand smoke), while only 5 out of the 98 that haven’t been exposed to second hand smoke in their homes have asthma (5 percent of those people who have not been exposed to second hand smoke).

        Below is a graph that I made to show the comparison of the percentage of the people with asthma of those that have been exposed to second hand smoke regularly in their homes and those who have not.

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