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The poster linked to a 2003 study called “Environmental tobacco smoke and tobacco related mortality in a prospective study of Californians, 1960-98”. It looked at health outcomes for people ...
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 ...
Having put the cancer risk from secondhand smoke in the proper perspective relative to the risk from smoking, the CA study combines the two exposures to obtain the total number of cancer cases and ...
Third-hand smoke is contamination by tobacco smoke that lingers following the extinguishing of a cigarette, cigar, or other combustible tobacco product. [1] First-hand smoke refers to what is inhaled into the smoker's own lungs, while second-hand smoke is a mixture of exhaled smoke and other substances leaving the smoldering end of the cigarette that enters the atmosphere and can be inhaled by ...
By: TC Newman, Buzz60. Cigarette smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke is widely known to be harmful, especially to children and babies. But a new study has set out to prove that second hand ...
Sidestream smoke in enclosed box. Sidestream smoke is smoke which goes into the air directly from a burning cigarette, cigar, or smoking pipe. [1] Sidestream smoke is the main component (around 85%) of second-hand smoke (SHS), also known as Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) or passive smoking. [2]
Everybody knows that smoking gives you cancer and second hand smoke has damaging effects. Exposure to tobacco smoke immediately affects proper functioning of the heart and often leads to heart ...
Third-hand smoke is a relatively new concept, and researchers are still studying its possible dangers. Third-hand smoking can be a serious concern, as it affects other people's health. In a house, the tobacco residue of the smoke can build up on surfaces over time. Unfortunately, excess smoke can not be removed just by airing out rooms and ...