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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. WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - Wikipedia

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    Passive smoking: Obligation to protect all people from exposure to tobacco smoke in indoor workplaces, public transport and indoor public places. Article 8 Regulation The contents and emissions of tobacco products are to be regulated and ingredients are to be disclosed. Article 10 Packaging and labeling

  4. Tobacco smoking - Wikipedia

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    Aztec women are handed flowers and smoking tubes before eating at a banquet, Florentine Codex, 16th century. Smoking's history dates back to as early as 5000–3000 BC, when the agricultural product began to be cultivated in Mesoamerica and South America; consumption later evolved into burning the plant substance either by accident or with intent of exploring other means of consumption. [1]

  5. Tobacco industry - Wikipedia

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    During the first 42 years of tobacco litigation (between 1954 and 1996) the industry maintained a clean record in litigation [10] thanks to tactics described in a R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company internal memo as "the way we won these cases, to paraphrase Gen. Patton, is not by spending all of Reynolds' money, but by making the other son of a ...

  6. Tobacco harm reduction - Wikipedia

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    The consumption of tobacco products and its harmful effects affect both smokers and non-smokers, [9] and is a major risk factor for six of the eight leading causes of deaths in the world, including respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, periodontal diseases, teeth decay and loss, over 20 different types or subtypes of cancers, strokes, several debilitating ...

  7. Prevalence of tobacco use - Wikipedia

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    In 1990, smoking was the cause of about 1,800 male deaths in Israel which was around 12% of all male deaths. [36] Smoking has not been found to be significant cause of death among Israeli women. [36] The average number of cigarettes smoked per Israeli stands at 2162 (6). [34] There are several anti-tobacco use legislations in effect.

  8. Health effects of electronic cigarettes - Wikipedia

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    As an aid to quitting smoking, vaping is a temporary activity that reduces smoking and terminates once the smoker has completed the transition away from nicotine. To the extent that vaping aids the transition, its health effects are positive. Alternatively, smokers can substitute vaping for smoking without intending to transition.

  9. Dimensional modeling - Wikipedia

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    Identify the facts. After defining the dimensions, the next step in the process is to make keys for the fact table. This step is to identify the numeric facts that will populate each fact table row. This step is closely related to the business users of the system, since this is where they get access to data stored in the data warehouse ...