Thursday, June 4, 2009

3rd hand smoking - more reason to QUIT SMOKING


As majority knows the effect of cigarette smoking on the smoker and the people or persons which is nearby the smoker area of toxicity, wherein they are bound to inhale the smokes from the original smoker, the usual term for them are 2nd hand smokers, in which they are also exposed to the same danger as the smoker is.

You may not heard of but there is a term 3rd hand smoking (what!), yes there is!. and that is pretty obvious specially if you observe keenly. I personally did not know of this term (3rd hand smoking) but I always knew it. It is best observe, in my case in a smoking room (office). It is pretty obvious that even without a single person in a smoking room (room for smokers where exhaust is installed) and you enter it, you can still somehow smell cigarette smokes, in my opinion the smell actually sticks on the walls, the exhaust never really purge majority of it, and that is what you can smell. And it is damn obvious because the wall that used have a painting of white color, after some time (day or months) it is turning yellow (wow!).

3rd hand smokers are the persons who are able to inhale the chemicals or substance of a cigarette smoking without even exposing themselves to a smoker actually smoking cigarettes. where can they get it? you see particles or substance (mostly dangerous specially for children) really stick or clings in some place where smokers smoke constantly.

here are the more probable that a 3rd hand smokers may get it:

  • hair and clothes of a smokers
  • home furnitures (couch, carpets, beds and etc.)
  • cars (might stick on its upholstery)
  • smoking rooms or area (don't enter even if there is no one smoking!)
Children are of major risk here since they mostly like to play on the floor (carpets) and might put some toys in their mouth and ingest some of these toxic cigarette substance. They are at the same risk to a 2nd hand smoker. So to all cigarette smokers, stop smoking inside the your car or house, even if it is well ventilated in due time cigarette substance will accumulate and will be dangerous, better yet kill smoking there is no other way, Quit smoking!

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