The unavoidable inhalation of tobacco smoke by a person who is not smoking but who is sharing an atmosphere polluted by tobacco smoke. Tobacco smoke contains a range of toxic pollutants including nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide....

That component of tobacco smoke that disperses to atmosphere directly from burning tobacco together with smoke expelled following inhalation by smokers. Tobacco smoke contains a complex cocktail of chemicals, over 4,000 of which have been identified....

A mixture of sidestream smoke from the lighted end of a cigarette and mainstream smoke exhaled by the...

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Passive smoking is the involuntary inhalation of smoke from tobacco products. It occurs when tobacco smoke permeates any environment, causing inhalation by all people within that environment. Such smoke is called secondhand smoke or environmental...

PARENTAL SMOKING At present about half of the children in the UK share a home with someone who smokes. JENNIFER PERCIVAL, RCN tobacco education project manager, outlines a practical approach to minimise the harmful effects of parental smoking As 75% of the...

Passive risk: EPA loads anti-smoking gun Tobacco smoke inhaled by non-smokers may soon join the small but deadly club of "known human carcinogens" such as arsenic and asbestos. In a draft report unveiled June 25, EPA names environmental tobacco smoke the tenth...

Hungary supports a proposal to ban smoking in public places across the European Union, the health minister said Wednesday.The proposed ban _ to be discussed Thursday at a summit of EU health ministers in Brussels, Belgium _ would make it illegal to light up in...

“In the final analysis, it’s people—families—who have to make the adjustments. Certainly, the economy of the tobacco-producing states and the large manufacturers will be affected [by the tobacco lawsuits]. But the continuing...