Publication details
Co je „third-hand smoke"?
| Title in English | What is ..third-hand smoke"? |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Praktický lékař |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Field | Other medical specializations |
| Keywords | second-hand smoke; third-hand smoke; smoke aging; children exposure; prevention |
| Description | Health professionals have been describing the danger of second-hand smoke for decades and many countries have created the legislative norms protecting no-smokers against their involuntary exposure to passive smoking. Now a growing number of scientists is interested in the "third-hand smoke" (THS). residues of tobacco smoke that remain in the indoor air and surfaces for hours, weeks, months, when cigarettes are extinguished. The sources of chemicals involved into the THS are the components emitted from the burning tobacco (mainly nicotine), but also obvious parts of indoor air (ozone, nitrous acid, nitrogen oxides). These substances can produce new chemicals, such as tobacco-specific nitrosamines. volatile organic compounds and others, by their inter- reactions. Although the toxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic effects of THS are under investigation, the in-creasing public interest about the third-hand smoke could change attitudes to smoking and better protect non-smokers, especially children. |