Third Hand Smoke: A New Name For An Old Problem

Third-hand smokeis lurking in your home! The toxic chemicals in smoke that hang around even aftera smoker has put out the cigarette.

Third-hand smoke
gets trapped in your walls, curtains, furniture, carpet, and even the kids toys. Third-hand smoke is defined as ‘residual tobacco smoke’ contamination that sticks around after the cigarette is put out. This includes toxins that settle on anything and everything in the home, and stay long after a cigarette has been smoked. Third-hand smoke can remain indoors even way after the smoking has stopped. Similar to low-level lead exposure, low levels of tobacco particulates has been associated with cognitive problems among children, and the higher the exposure level, the worse the problem.

Third hand smoke is real, and your nose tells you exactly why. The nose is the best tool to figure out if something is bad for you, and it has been proven that the smell of smoke can cause asthma attacks, what more information do you need? Third hand smoke is the toxic chemicals left on clothing and in you hair that lingers long after you’ve smoked a cigarette. So even if you don’t smoke around your kids, it’s still dangerous to children, giving us yet another reason to discourage tobacco use.

Third-hand smoke may be undetectable but it really stinks, because it’s toxic. smokers can’t smell it. It attaches to clothes worn by smokers and on walls,curtins, everything! Even in your car, and everywhere a smoker has lit up. Third-hand smoke was described in a new study, published in the latest issue of “Pediatrics,” that focused on the risks of these chemicals on young children. Many people that don’t smoke, can smell third-hand smoke, say, in a hotel room or cab after smokers have left. Third-hand smoke was defined as “residual tobacco smoke contamination that remains after the cigarette is extinguished”. This includes toxic chemicals that land on surfaces in your house, and remain even after a cigarette has been put out.

This is just one more reason to consider kicking that cigarette smoking addiction. When you start your “Why I want to stop smoking” add third hand smoke to your list!

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