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Increasing amounts of research show that hazardous smoke residues can be absorbed through the skin, ingested, and inhaled months and even years after smoke has dissipated.
The latest study, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, shows how tobacco smoke from outdoor air can seep into a nonsmoking classroom and coat its surfaces, and how those hazardous chemicals often become airborne again and circulate throughout buildings via central air-conditioning systems.
From The Washington Post : Thirdhand smoke is widespread and may be dangerous, mounting evidence shows
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Everything you know is wrong!
(Score: 2) by istartedi on Thursday May 10 2018, @11:25PM (5 children)
Here in California they're running a commercial where they say that smoke can come through your electrical sockets and harm babies.
I think we've officially hit the "reefer madness" stage of the anti-tobacco campaign. I mean, I'm willing to wait for the science; but during the wild fires last year I probably got the equivalent of a few packs of smokes directly inhaled. My neighbors smoke, and I only worry about them starting fires, not the cigarette smoke itself.
I'm definitely not going to lose any sleep over an evil nicotine ghost sneaking in through the light-socket and strangling me with cancer in the middle of the night.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @11:58PM (3 children)
Link to the commercial?
(Score: 2) by istartedi on Friday May 11 2018, @10:57PM (2 children)
Here it is. [youtube.com]. "second hand smoke from a neighbor's apartment can enter your home through air vents, through light fixtures, and even through cracks in the walls and floors"
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(Score: 2) by istartedi on Friday May 11 2018, @11:02PM
The ghost was in another commercial. Here's that one. [youtube.com].
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 11 2018, @11:42PM
For some reason its the electrical sockets that really got me, too bad that didnt make it into the video.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 11 2018, @01:56PM
It sounds like a funny video, is it online?