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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 ...
The term "third-hand smoke" was recently coined to identify the residual tobacco smoke contamination that remains after the cigarette is extinguished and secondhand smoke has cleared from the air. [ 132 ] [ 133 ] [ 134 ] Preliminary research suggests that by-products of third-hand smoke may pose a health risk, [ 135 ] though the magnitude of ...
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 by individuals who are not actively smoking. This smoke is known as second-hand smoke (SHS) or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) when the burning end is present, and third-hand smoke after the burning end has been extinguished. Because of its negative implications, exposure to SHS has played a ...
Quitting smoking completely can add as much as a decade to your life, along with the positive environmental and public health impact it has by eliminating second- and third-hand smoke, Rezk-Hanna ...
A new study shows that third-hand smoke can spread indoors with help from aerosol particles, even in a smoke-free indoor environment.
Sidestream smoke is the main component (around 85%) of second-hand smoke (SHS), also known as Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) or passive smoking. [2] The relative quantity of chemical constituents of sidestream smoke are different from those of directly inhaled ("mainstream") smoke, although their chemical composition is similar. [3]
Secondhand smoke isn’t believed to directly spread the virus, experts say, but infected smokers may blow droplets carrying the virus when they exhale.