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Second-hand smoke is recognized as a risk factor for cancer in pets. [2] A study conducted by the Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and the University of Massachusetts Amherst linked the occurrence of feline oral cancer to exposure to environmental tobacco smoke through an overexpression of the p53 gene. [3]
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...