Smoking, the largest cause of preventable death worldwide, including the Philippines, causes a triple threat through the catastrophic consequences of first, second and
thirdhand smoke.
The triple threat of cigarette smoking
"Our data show that cells in humans are affected by
thirdhand smoke," said Prue Talbot, a professor in the Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, who led the research.
Thirdhand Smoke Affects Cells in Humans
Beliefs about the health effects of "
thirdhand" smoke and home smoking bans.
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They discovered it consisted of chemicals from
thirdhand smoke -- and made up 29% of the air mass in the room.
Up in smoke: a new health hazard for non-smokers
And where there is secondhand smoke, there is typically exposure to
thirdhand smoke as well.
Thirdhand smoke shaping up as potential health hazard
A recent study in the journal (http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2017/03/30/tobaccocontrol-2016-053602) Tobacco Control found high levels of nicotine on the hands of children of smokers, raising concerns about
thirdhand smoke, a name given to the nicotine and chemical residue left behind from cigarette and cigar smoke that can cling to skin, hair, clothes, rugs and walls.
New Concern For Cigarette Smokers
It is important that you take steps to avoid inhaling secondhand smoke and to clean up lingering toxins that are referred to as
thirdhand smoke.
Smoking: the leading cause of avoidable death
Being the bunso (youngest), it is rudimentary, wired in my mother's brain, that I receive secondhand or even
thirdhand stuff to fill my wardrobe.
My parents are so thrifty, only my underwear is brand new
Tobacco smoke gases and particles on surfaces and in dust--also known as
thirdhand tobacco smoke--pose a real health risk to adults and children and should not be overlooked in policy discussions, concluded a new study published in July in Environment International.
Tobacco gases, dust pose health risks
Electronic cigarettes and
thirdhand tobacco smoke: two emerging health care challenges for the primary care provider.
E-cigarettes: an up to date review and discussion of the controversy
The robustness of this record is questionable because it is based on a
thirdhand account in an anonymously authored report, known as the Outridge Booklet (Anonymous 1899g).
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As far as they were concerned, Manet had thrown a commotion on the canvas: a still life in the lower-left corner, a superb morceau de peinture, but how lackadaisically strewn on the model's petticoat!; a landscape in the background painted so hastily it looked like a theater backdrop; and an incomprehensible genre scene in the middle, in which the jury may or may not have recognized an updated,
thirdhand quotation of Raphael, via Marcantonio and Charles Blanc, not counting the indecent nude that looks us in the eyes and tosses Ingres's slick odalisque "into one pot with Rembrandt and Giotto." (17) The jurors saw the impure mixture of the genres but not their new synthesis.
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Previous studies have shown that nicotine in
thirdhand smoke can react with the ozone in indoor air and surfaces such as clothing and furniture, to form other pollutants.
Anti-aging medicine: beware the air: an anti-aging advisory on air quality health hazards
An officer who is assigned to work at the campus near West 18th Avenue and Bailey Hill Road learned "
thirdhand" of the reported threat from a Churchill teacher on Monday morning, Mozan said.
School threat not found credible
It demands that problem solvers "go and see" the problem firsthand and not rely on abstract,
thirdhand reports.
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