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Passive smoking (also known as involuntary smoking, secondhand smoking, or Environmental Tobacco Smoke) occurs when the ambient smoke from (a) one person's burning tobacco product or (b) the smoker's exhalation is inhaled by others. There is controversy surrounding the health risks of long term exposure to second hand smoke, but the most recent studies confirm the health risks. Passive smoking is one of the key issues leading to smoking bans in workplaces, smoke-free restaurants, and public places.
Short Term Effects
Some non-smokers are able to stay in a room with smokers for quite some time and notice little or no effects. For others, however, just a few minutes or an hour of exposure can make them feel quite ill. Persons with asthma can experience attacks brought on by proximity to smoke.Tobacco smoke is an allergen, and allergy sufferers can experience stuffy, runny noses, watery eyes, sneezing, coughing, wheezing, and all the other typical allergy symptoms within minutes of exposure. Some people with no known allergies and without asthma may cough in smoke-filled rooms, get headaches, feel nauseous, feel sleepy, and experience other ill effects. Many former smokers, and those who are trying to quit do not like to be around smoke as it can cause them to have cravings. Some people simply do not like the odor, which clings to hair and clothing.
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just caught some secondhand smoke while drinking root beer. Now I'm not a smoker but root beer ciagarettes..... hint hint future
justcallmecady (Juan Cabrera) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:32:52 -0000
just caught some secondhand smoke while drinking root beer. Now I'm not a smoker but root beer ciagarettes..... hint hint future
@MrSellers :o I wanted to see it before it died of secondhand smoke!
angelineyeahh (Angeline ) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:23:53 -0000
@MrSellers :o I wanted to see it before it died of secondhand smoke!
RT @PawLuxury: Canine Cancer Prevention #6: Keep your home smoke-free to eliminate the risk of lung cancer from secondhand smoke.
LaurenLO113 (Lauren LO) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:18:23 -0000
RT @PawLuxury: Canine Cancer Prevention #6: Keep your home smoke-free to eliminate the risk of lung cancer from secondhand smoke.
RT @PawLuxury Canine Cancer Prevention #6: Keep your home smoke-free to eliminate the risk of lung cancer from secondhand smoke.
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RT @PawLuxury Canine Cancer Prevention #6: Keep your home smoke-free to eliminate the risk of lung cancer from secondhand smoke.
Canine Cancer Prevention #6: Keep your home smoke-free to eliminate the risk of lung cancer from secondhand smoke.
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Canine Cancer Prevention #6: Keep your home smoke-free to eliminate the risk of lung cancer from secondhand smoke.
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Association for Nonsmokers -- Minnesota - Resources on smokefree workplaces, restaurants, and apartments.
Clean Indoor Air and Secondhand Smoke Resources and Organizations - List of online resources and groups working for clean, safe, indoor air.
Clean Indoor Air as a Youth Protection Strategy - ANR analysis puts forward a short summary of smokefree environments as a youth tobacco protection and prevention strategy.
Meta Description: [ Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) works to pass legislation at all levels of government to protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke and protect youth from tobacco addiction. The American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation (ANRF), ANR's educational arm, promotes smoking prevention and education ab... ]
Coalition for Clean Air and Clean Lungs - The world's first organization to address quality of air issues for residents in group housing. What you can do to protect yourself from secondhand smoke in apartments, at home, in the workplace, in public places. Also tobacco industry information, news, and analysis.
Meta Description: [ Cleanlungs.com and Citizens for Clean Air and Clean Lungs (CCAA) represent concerned individuals
who act to protect nonsmokers of all ages ]
GASP of Colorado - White papers and factsheets on secondhand smoke; smokefree dining database.
Meta Description: [ GASP of Colorado (Group to alleviate Smoking Pollution) is a statewide nonprofit organization that works to promote smoke-free policies and educate the public about the dangers of secondhand smoke. ]
GASP of Nebraska - Nonprofit organization founded in 1989, dedicated to the elimination of conditions in which people in Nebraska inhale secondhand smoke.
Smokefree Air For Everyone - SAFE is a network of individuals injured or disabled by secondhand smoke. Provide peer support, information and referrals to individuals and advocate for policies and laws which protect the public from exposure to secondhand smoke.
Thank You for Not Passing Gas - Provides information, stickers, and factsheets advocating for smokefree homes and cars.
Virginia GASP - Covers health effects of secondhand smoke, Virginia law, tobacco and youth issues, and the tobacco industry.
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