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
(Score: 3, Funny) by Mykl on Friday May 11 2018, @12:14AM (3 children)
Congratulations, you're halfway toward your Homeopathy certificate!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 11 2018, @01:50PM
Ok, you need a mechanism... It isn't hard:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3389568/ [nih.gov]
Thus smoking cessation may lead to lower fasting blood sugar and thus similar symptoms to carbohydrate withdrawal. This also explains the weight gain since the person begins craving food due to the sudden blood sugar vs insulin/etc imbalance. If they do eat more carbs in response they gain weight, if not (ie those on a special diet) then they lose weight.
Now I just need to collect some data and do some NHST to prove my theory correct. See how easy it is to do modern medical research?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 11 2018, @04:44PM
Hilariously if I follow the citation (107) for that claim there is nothing about glucose at all. The medical literature is great!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 11 2018, @04:54PM
More sources though:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7455580 [nih.gov]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24179100 [nih.gov]
I wish I could find out what made them write this:
http://whyquit.com/joel/Joel_03_21_blood_sugar.html [whyquit.com]
Is it just so well known that nobody even studies it directly anymore?