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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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 Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:03 pm Post subject: Third-Hand Smoke Exposure As Deadly As Smoking |
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Riverside, Calif. (CBS ATLANTA) – Exposure to surfaces and objects that have been saturated in cigarette smoke, labeled as “third-hand smoke,” is just as deadly as smoking the cigarette itself.
A new study from the University of California, Riverside finds that the third-hand smoke that has soaked into the surfaces, objects and environment around people becomes increasingly toxic over time. Third-hand smoke is defined as the second-hand smoke that is allowed to settle on objects in any environment.
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2014/02/03/study-third-hand-smoke-exposure-as-deadly-as-smoking/
A good reason to stop smoking. Why? Because if you do, you are making the world worse for others. |
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optik404
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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| You don't really believe this do you? Or are you just looking for topics to post about? |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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| No. I do believe it. You don't? You think mainstream news networks publish made up fake news? |
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yodanole
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: La Florida
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| Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:58 am Post subject: |
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| If we want 4th hand smoke, will we have to travel to another dimension? |
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Hokie21
Joined: 01 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:47 am Post subject: |
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| yodanole wrote: |
| If we want 4th hand smoke, will we have to travel to another dimension? |
No...just travel to China....or better yet, let China come to you. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| The smoking boogieman is losing its teeth I see. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I hope they run with this. I think at some point the anti-smoking gestapo will overplay its hand and suffer a McCarthy-esqe "Have you no decency sir, at long last?" meltdown. |
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bossface
Joined: 05 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I've lost all too many friends and loved ones to the scourge of second and third hand smoking. Oh wait a minute, no I haven't. Neither has anybody I've ever met in my entire life. Nor have I ever seen a news report about somebody succumbing to second hand smoke. Strange how that works. |
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tiger fancini
Joined: 21 Mar 2006
Location: Testicles for Eyes
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| Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| The next revelation will probably be that simply looking at a pack of cigarettes can cause cancer and ruin children's lives forever. |
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WadRUG'naDoo
Joined: 15 Jun 2010
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 1:36 am Post subject: |
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| tiger fancini wrote: |
| The next revelation will probably be that simply looking at a pack of cigarettes can cause cancer and ruin children's lives forever. |
Yes. To be seen smoking will be a 500-dollar fine. Lesser fine for exposing cigarettes and an even lesser fine for exposing the pack. It will be called the Monkey See, Monkey Do Policy and will be considered as 4th-hand smoke, 5th-hand smoke, etc., depending on the degree of exposure. |
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Died By Bear
Joined: 13 Jul 2010
Location: On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
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| Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 3:58 am Post subject: |
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| tiger fancini wrote: |
| The next revelation will probably be that simply looking at a pack of cigarettes can cause cancer and ruin children's lives forever. |
You never heard of osmosis?  |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 3:10 am Post subject: |
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Here's a quote that reminds me of the responses in this thread:
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| I've worked in a lot of industries but I've never encountered so many people that exaggerate, or are just completely full of shit than I did in Korea among the ESL teacher community. |
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| bossface wrote: |
| I've lost all too many friends and loved ones to the scourge of second and third hand smoking. Oh wait a minute, no I haven't. Neither has anybody I've ever met in my entire life. Nor have I ever seen a news report about somebody succumbing to second hand smoke. Strange how that works. |
It's real, man. Just because you haven't seen a news report on second hand smoke (or third hand smoke) doesn't mean they haven't been aired.
Here's a news report on third hand smoke from five years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOJiP-itzck
Study: Secondhand Smoke Kills 600,000 Every Year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhfNQp1-dL0
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Exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke causes disease, disability, and death.[1][2][3] The health risks of second-hand smoke are a matter of scientific consensus.[4][5][6] These risks have been a major motivation for smoke-free laws in workplaces and indoor public places, including restaurants, bars and night clubs, as well as some open public spaces.
Concerns around second-hand smoke have played a central role in the debate over the harms and regulation of tobacco products. Since the early 1970s, the tobacco industry has viewed public concern over second-hand smoke as a serious threat to its business interests.[7] Harm to bystanders was perceived as a motivator for stricter regulation of tobacco products. Despite the industry's awareness of the harms of second-hand smoke as early as the 1980s, the tobacco industry coordinated a scientific controversy with the aim of forestalling regulation of their products.[4]:1242[6] |
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There is widespread scientific consensus that exposure to second-hand smoke is harmful.[4] The link between passive smoking and health risks is accepted by every major medical and scientific organisation, including:
The World Health Organization:[3] The governments of 168 nations have signed and currently 174 have ratified the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which states that "Parties recognize that scientific evidence has unequivocally established that exposure to tobacco smoke causes death, disease and disability."[1]
The U.S. National Institutes of Health[97]
The Centers for Disease Control[98]
The United States Surgeon General[2]
The U.S. National Cancer Institute[99]
The United States Environmental Protection Agency[100]
The California Environmental Protection Agency[8]
The American Heart Association,[101] American Lung Association,[102] and American Cancer Society[103]
The American Medical Association[104]
The American Academy of Pediatrics[105]
The Australian National Health and Medical Research Council[106]
The United Kingdom Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health[107] |
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| Recent major surveys conducted by the U.S. National Cancer Institute and Centers for Disease Control have found widespread public awareness that second-hand smoke is harmful. In both 1992 and 2000 surveys, more than 80% of respondents agreed with the statement that second-hand smoke was harmful. A 2001 study found that 95% of adults agreed that second-hand smoke was harmful to children, and 96% considered tobacco-industry claims that second-hand smoke was not harmful to be untruthful.[108] |
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joelove
Joined: 12 May 2011
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| Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 3:40 am Post subject: |
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| World Traveler wrote: |
| You think mainstream news networks publish made up fake news? |
Sure, to attract audiences. It's good business, isn't it? Get everybody worried about SARS and mad cow. We're very irrational creatures. We fear things that never happen to us and are extremely unlikely. This makes shocking news appealing. There are many stories in the news published by major sources that are totally full of it. They don't have time to check out things like veracity of claims or whether enough research has been done. That story has got to get out there fast because their competitors in the business are sure putting it out there. If they don't keep up money is lost. They have to make the news interesting to sell it or a bored public will turn to another source for that entertainment. |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 5:14 am Post subject: |
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From Wiki:
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| Tobacco is the single greatest cause of preventable death globally.[3] |
Good news:
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| CVS Caremark announced Wednesday it will stop selling cigarettes |
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CVS Caremark is the largest pharmacy in the United States based on total prescription revenue, according to the company. It operates more than 7,600 CVS/pharmacy stores nationwide in addition to more than 800 MinuteClinics, which are medical clinics within the pharmacy locations.
Health-oriented organizations and President Barack Obama praised the move.
"As one of the largest retailers and pharmacies in America, CVS Caremark sets a powerful example, and today's decision will help advance my administration's efforts to reduce tobacco-related deaths, cancer, and heart disease, as well as bring down health care costs -- ultimately saving lives and protecting untold numbers of families from pain and heartbreak for years to come," Obama said in a statement Wednesday. |
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/05/health/cvs-cigarettes/
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| The news is another blow to the $100 billion tobacco industry that is wrestling with slumping sales, rising taxes, widening smoking bans and a resurgence of public-information campaigns on the perils of smoking. |
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yodanole
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: La Florida
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| Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:19 am Post subject: |
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| Actually, birth is the single greatest preventable cause of death globally. |
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