Secondhand smoke
Obesity and passive smoking reduce oxygen supply to unborn baby
Babies born to mothers with obesity and exposed to passive smoking are more likely to have health problems than others. This conclusion is based on evidence of elevated levels of nucleated red blood cells in the umbilical cord reported in the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health.
Pediatrician Abd ElBaky of the National [...]
Secondhand smoke harms teens’ arteries
A new study has found that teenagers who are exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke are more likely to have changes to their blood vessels that could lead to heart disease later in life.
Researcher Katariina Kallio of the University of Turku in Finland says her study on teenagers extends previous research, which found cardiovascular [...]
Passive smoking artery risk warning
Children who regularly inhale second-hand smoke can suffer signs of artery damage by the age of 13, a study has shown.
Researchers found significant evidence of artery wall thickening and poor functioning in youngsters with higher levels of “passive smoking” exposure.
Both are precursors of the artery hardening and narrowing which can increase the risk of heart [...]
Thirdhand smokes forms lasting cancer-causing residue
Tobacco smoke contamination lingering on furniture, clothes and other surfaces, dubbed thirdhand smoke, may react with indoor air chemicals to form potential cancer-causing substances, a study found.
After exposing a piece of paper to smoke, researchers found the sheet had levels of newly formed carcinogens that were 10 times higher after three hours in the presence [...]
Passive smoking raises tuberculosis risk
Smoking has long been known to boost tuberculosis risk, and recent research suggests that being exposed to someone else’s tobacco smoke also increases the likelihood of contracting the disease.
Researchers compared TB risk in older women living with at least one smoker to that of women living in smoke-free homes. The study included 15,486 non-smoking women [...]
Nicotine study sparks ‘third-hand smoke’ fears
First came the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer, then researchers found a link between second-hand smoke and chronic illnesses, now a study has pointed an accusing finger at “third-hand” smoke.
Scientists have found that significant quantities of cancer-causing chemicals are produced on indoor surfaces contaminated by tobacco smoke even when a smoker has been away [...]
Smokers Health & Passive Smoking
The smokers’ health can be attacked even by their cigarette smoke, a recent study found. Researchers warn that those who inhale their own secondhand smoke, especially while puffing out in enclosed areas like smoking lounges, may face serious health risks.
This recent study found that smokers can inhale toxins even from their secondhand smoke, which may [...]
Secondhand Smoke Is Bad For Smokers, Too
Smokers these days have been all but banished to sidewalks or cramped smoking lounges, but those smoking lounges may make a bad habit even worse for smokers’ health
A new study published in the journal Environmental Health finds that people who smoke in confined spaces inhale enough secondhand smoke to add significantly to their health risks [...]
Children with asthma found to suffer from secondhand exposure
More secondhand smoke exposure means less sleep for children with asthma, according to new research from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Sleep problems ranged from difficulty falling asleep, sleep-disordered breathing, nightmares, sleepwalking and increased daytime sleepiness, researchers led by environmental health expert Kimberly Yolton found.
The study, which appears in today’s online edition of “Pediatrics,” is the [...]
Gets an F in funding for prevention, cessation coverage
Maryland received two failing grades in a national report card that monitors tobacco programs – despite having smoking rates below the national level.
The American Lung Association yesterday released its annual State of Tobacco Control report card in which each state is graded in four categories – tobacco prevention and control spending, cigarette tax, smoke-free air, [...]
Smoking cessation rates improve with gain-framed messaging
Highlight the positives of refraining from an action rather than the negatives of sticking to the habit! That’s the moral that one may derive from the findings of a study on the impact of type of quitline messages and rates of smoking cessation.
Researchers from Yale Cancer Center and Roswell Park cancer [abnormal cells that divide [...]
Second hand smoke & emphysema risk
Children exposed to second hand smoke face a higher risk of early emphysema when they become nonsmoking adults, because their lungs might not recover totally from secondhand smoke exposure.
Emphysema is a long-term, progressive disease of the lungs that primarily causes shortness of breath. To judge the hypothesis that mechanical stress to alveolar walls may [...]
Emphysema Linked to Secondhand Smoke
Childhood exposure to environmental tobacco smoke correlated with increased evidence of emphysema on lung scans of nonsmoking adults, data from a large cohort study showed.
Structural and quantitative indices of emphysema differed significantly on CT lung scans of adults with a childhood history of secondhand smoke exposure compared with those with a negative exposure history, Gina [...]
Public Continues to be exposed to Harmful Second-Hand Smoke
Cigarette smoking and its impact on health has been investigated for many decades. The harmful effects of tobacco smoke are of big interest to a raising number of medical institutions, governmental entities and individuals who seek to inform the general public about the essential dangers of cigarette smoke, not only to the smoker but to [...]
