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  2. Passive smoking - Wikipedia

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    Passive smoking is the inhalation of tobacco smoke, called passive smoke, secondhand smoke (SHS) or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), by individuals other than the active smoker. It occurs when tobacco smoke diffuses into the surrounding atmosphere as an aerosol pollutant , which leads to its inhalation by nearby bystanders within the same ...

  3. Fact check: Second-hand smoke is dangerous - AOL

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    An online post claimed it is a “lie that passive smoking (is) dangerous to non-smokers”.. Evaluation. The NHS, Cancer Research UK and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...

  4. We Were Wrong To Panic About Secondhand Smoke (opinion) - AOL

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    A recent American Cancer Society study reports a negligible risk from passive smoking, shedding new light on the uproar over a 2003 paper. We Were Wrong To Panic About Secondhand Smoke (opinion ...

  5. Tobacco smoking - Wikipedia

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    Smoking alters the transcriptome of the lung parenchyma; the expression levels of a panel of seven genes (KMO, CD1A, SPINK5, TREM2, CYBB, DNASE2B, FGG) are increased in the lung tissue of smokers. [123] Passive smoking is the inhalation of tobacco smoke by individuals who

  6. Health effects of tobacco - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 December 2024. Circumstances, mechanisms, and factors of tobacco consumption on human health "Health effects of smoking" and "Dangers of smoking" redirect here. For cannabis, see Effects of cannabis. For smoking crack cocaine, see Crack cocaine § Health issues. "Smoking and health" redirects here ...

  7. Smoking - Wikipedia

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    Many governments are trying to deter people from smoking with anti-smoking campaigns in mass media stressing the harmful long-term effects of smoking. Passive smoking, or secondhand smoking, which affects people in the immediate vicinity of smokers, is a major reason for the enforcement of smoking bans. These are laws enforced to stop ...

  8. Smoking bans in private vehicles - Wikipedia

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    Smoking-related offences are based on a unit price of $133.45 with offences charged in multiples of the unit price. As of 1 July 2019, smoking in cars with children is two units, or $266.90 [13] In South Australia a smoking ban in cars with minors under the age of 16 has existed since May 2007. The maximum fine is AUD $750 with a AUD $105 ...

  9. 5 States With the Highest Cigarette Excise Taxes - AOL

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