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

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   Fact check: Second-hand smoke is dangerous. August Graham, PA. August 30, 2024 at 10:15 AM. An online post claimed it is a “lie that passive smoking (is) dangerous to non-smokers”.

3. 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 ...

4. Health effects of tobacco - Wikipedia

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   Second-hand smoke is a mixture of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette, pipe or cigar, and the smoke exhaled from the lungs of smokers. It is involuntarily inhaled, lingers in the air hours after cigarettes have been extinguished, and may cause a wide range of adverse health effects, including cancer, respiratory infections, and asthma. [254]

5. Even before conception, second-hand smoke has negative effects

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   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 ...

6. Smoking cessation - Wikipedia

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   Voluntary rules making homes smoke-free, which are thought to promote smoking cessation. [28] [53] Initiatives to educate the public regarding the health effects of second-hand smoke, [54] including the significant dangers of secondhand smoke infiltration for residents of multi-unit housing. [55]

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

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   In the case of secondhand smoke, it was crucial to compare the small and uncertain effects of ETS exposure to the more substantial and better studied risks associated with smoking.

8. Sidestream smoke - Wikipedia

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   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]

9. Tobacco smoking - Wikipedia

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   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 ...