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Preventive Medicine Reports, 2020 Secondhand smoke (SHS) is a common indoor pollutant in multiunit housing (MUH). It is also the precursor of thirdhand smoke (THS), the toxic mixture of tobacco smoke residue that accumulates in indoor environments where tobacco has been used.
Georg E. Matt +11 more
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Implementation of smoke-free homes in Poland
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2016 Objectives: Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) constitutes a threat to the health of many people. In order to diminish ETS exposure, countries (including Poland) implemented legal restrictions of smoking in public places and worksites ...
Dorota Kaleta +5 more
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Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022 Introduction and purpose Tobacco smoke is a major health concern globally. Due to tobacco epidemic, approximately 8 million people died as a result of cigarette smoking in 2020 alone, where 1.2 million were caused by non-smokers inhaling second-hand ...
Arkadiusz Standyło +2 more
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Social inequalities in secondhand smoke exposure in children in Spain
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Introduction Children are particularly vulnerable to the health effects of secondhand smoke (SHS). The objectives of this study are to describe SHS exposure of children younger than 12 years in Spain and to identify potential social inequalities ...
Maria J López +5 more
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Environmental Smoke, 2023 Second-hand smokers, in various settings such as recreational areas, schools, workplaces, homes and other enclosed public spaces also experience the detrimental effects of exposure to cigarette smoke (CS).
Etevaldo Deves Fernandes Neto +7 more
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Modifiable risk factors associated with bronchiolitis [PDF]
, 2017 Background: We sought to clarify possibly modifiable risk factors related to pollution responsible for acute bronchiolitis in hospitalized infants. Methods: For this observational study, we recruited 213 consecutive infants with bronchiolitis (cases ...
Alessandroni, Claudia +13 more
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PLoS ONE, 2016 Recent studies report a link between common environmental exposures, such as particulate matter air pollution and tobacco smoke, and decline in cognitive function.
Elizabeth A Best +4 more
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Children's exposure to second hand smoke at home: A cross-sectional study in Portugal
Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia (English Edition), 2015 Second-hand tobacco smoke (SHS) is a major indoor pollutant that causes serious health problems for all exposed, especially children. Children are often exposed to SHS at home, due to parental or other householdsâ or guestsâ smoking.
Paulo D. Vitória +8 more
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Environmental tobacco smoke: health policy and focus on Italian legislation. [PDF]
, 2013 Worldwide tobacco smoking kills nearly 6 million people each year, including more than 600,000 non-smokers who die from smoke exposure. Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS, also called secondhand smoke, involuntary smoke, or passive smoke) is the ...
De Luca D'alessandro, E +3 more
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On Air Pollution, Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Radon, and Lung Cancer [PDF]
JAPCA, 1988 The health of populations in industrialized societies has been affected for many years by ambient air pollutants presenting a threat of chronic bronchitis and lung cancer. In the 1980s indoor pollutants received much needed investigation to assess their hazards to health.
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