Secondary exposure: Similar to
second hand smoke exposure, secondary asbestos exposure occurs when a person is exposed to asbestos via another person.
Results showed that there is relatively strong link
between second hand smoke and cancer in cats; the risk is higher when the animal has been exposed five years or longer.
There were scenes that had reached their natural end, yet still hung around
like second hand smoke for five or ten more seconds.
Many of the smoking bans of the 1990s were enacted because companies and institutions feared that they would be sued
over second hand smoke.
In one study, 28 percent of smokers who owned pets reported that knowledge of the harmful effects
of second hand smoke on their pets would motivate them to quit.
Toxicity occurs when the drug is inhaled
as second hand smoke, or ingested in the form of rolled joints, brownies (which add chocolate poisoning into the mix) and other laced edibles.
That's good ol Roy Spencer, creationist and fellow at the ExxonMobil funded Heartland Institute, a libertarian think tank and propaganda machine whose past endeavors include working with Philip Morris to question the science
linking second hand smoke and cancer.
The court is faced with the ugly possibility that EPA adopted a methodology for each chapter (a book
on second hand smoke by EPA), without explanation, based on the outcome sought in that chapter.
Research has shown that a single cigarette smoked in a car with the window half open exposes a child in the centre back seat to around two thirds as
much second hand smoke as you might have encountered in an average smoke - filled pub, in the era before it was deemed unhealthy for adults to be in such an environment for any length of time.
«Just a few days ago, the NYC Department of Health announced that New Yorkers are exposed to
second hand smoke at a higher rate than the rest of the country.
Hoping to gather some genetic data, Barry Finette and his colleagues at the University of Vermont looked at DNA mutations in 24 infants, half of whom had been exposed to
second hand smoke during pregnancy.
To establish the risks involved, the researchers first of all looked at the combination of chemicals that
comprise second hand smoke as well as its concentration in cars in different conditions such as speed, volume and ventilation.
As a child and teen, I had
huge second hand smoke exposure, lived in an asbestos house and had marked unprotected asbestos exposure in the military in the 60's.
«Educational campaigns informing pet owners of the risks of SHS
[second hand smoke] exposure for pets could motivate some owners to quit smoking.
Still, about 1 in 10 of the estimated 1 million Chinese who die from smoking - related diseases each year are exposed to
carcinogenic second hand smoke but do not smoke themselves.
The study still points to air pollution as a cause for asthma, only it's indoor air pollution —
think second hand smoke, rodents, mold, etc. — that may be the main culprit.
The researchers point out that their calculations did not include the health and economic harms caused
by second hand smoke or smokeless forms of tobacco, and that their estimates of lost productivity applied only to those who were economically active.
This is something all women who are pregnant should stay away from, smoking in general, and then from areas where they and baby could potentially
inhale second hand smoke and make things worse for all concerned.
Each year 600,000 people die worldwide through passive inhalation of environmental tobacco smoke, also known
as second hand smoke.
Click here to listen to the interview: Dogs and cats can be poisoned by marijuana
from second hand smoke exposure, or from direct ingestion of marijuana or baked foods (e.g., pot brownies, pot butter, etc.) laced with THC.
Do not smoke marijuana near your pets The dangers of
second hand smoke exposure from tobacco are very well - known, and owners, in general, do avoid smoking cigarettes when their pets are present.
Not that you should... it has about a 10 % success rate, and you'll wind up dying of lung cancer from all
the second hand smoke.
Second hand smoke can cause serious respiratory illnesses in babies and chSyndromeildren.